Bringing home a new puppy is such an exciting time—but picking out the right name for your new fur baby can be a little stress-inducing. To find the right fit, look back to mythology. This list of god and goddess dog names will help you choose the mythological match for your pup’s personality. illustrations of a dog looking like a greek god with greek columns behind him Credit: Kailey Whitman Greek Goddess Names for Female Dogs Whether you have a loving lapdog or a fearless hunting dog, there’s a Greek goddess for every pup personality. Aphrodite Artemis Athena DemeterEosHecate HeraHestiaIrisNike Nyx PersephoneSelene RELATED: 125 Big Fat Greek Dog Names for Your New Pup Greek God Names for Male Dogs Do you have a black dog? “Hades” is the perfect fit. Or a golden retriever? Name him Helios! Apollo Ares DionysusErosHades Helios Hephaestus Hermes Poseidon Zeus RELATED: 260 Clever Name Ideas for Boy Dogs Norse God Names for Dogs Even if your pup isn’t a Swedish vallhund descendant of the Vikings, you can still add these names to your shortlist. Balder Eir Freya Freyr Frigg Heimdall Hel Hod/Hoder Idun Loki Odin Sif Skadi Thor Tyr Váli RELATED: 150 Cute Dog Names for Your Adorable Pup Roman God Names for Dogs Greek god names not speaking to you? Put a Roman twist on it. Apollo Ceres Cupid Diana Janus Juno Jupiter Mars Mercury Minerva Neptune Pluto Venus Vesta Vulcan RELATED: 190 Cool Names for Your New Dog Dog Names Inspired by Egyptian Mythology Fun fact: The skinny, big-eared Ibizan hound was thought to be the inspiration behind the image of Anubis, the dog-headed god who oversaw embalming. But these names are great for any pup, ancient Egyptian roots or not. Amentet Amun Anhur Anubis Anuket Apep Bastet Geb Hathor Heqet Hesat Horus Kek Isis Ma’at Maahes Menhit NefertumNeith Nemty Nut Osiris Ptah Ra Sekhmet Set Thoth RELATED: 240 Creative Girl Dog Names for Every Letter of the Alphabet Dog Names Inspired by Gaelic and Celtic Mythology From the towering Irish wolfhound to the bearded Kerry blue terrier, choose a Celtic mythology name for your Irish puppy. Abarta Aed Aengus Aoife Arawn Balor Belenus Brigid Cernunnos Cian Dagda Donn Eire Elatha Epona Grannus Lir Lugh Morrígan Neit Ogmios Taranis RELATED: 58 Irish Dog Names for Your Happy-Go-Lucky Puppy
Bringing home a new puppy is such an exciting time—but picking out the right name for your new fur baby can be a little stress-inducing. To find the right fit, look back to mythology. This list of god and goddess dog names will help you choose the mythological match for your pup’s personality.
illustrations of a dog looking like a greek god with greek columns behind him Credit: Kailey Whitman
Greek Goddess Names for Female Dogs
Whether you have a loving lapdog or a fearless hunting dog, there’s a Greek goddess for every pup personality.
Aphrodite Artemis Athena DemeterEosHecate HeraHestiaIrisNike Nyx PersephoneSelene
RELATED: 125 Big Fat Greek Dog Names for Your New Pup
Greek God Names for Male Dogs
Do you have a black dog? “Hades” is the perfect fit. Or a golden retriever? Name him Helios!
Apollo Ares DionysusErosHades Helios Hephaestus Hermes Poseidon Zeus
RELATED: 260 Clever Name Ideas for Boy Dogs
Norse God Names for Dogs
Even if your pup isn’t a Swedish vallhund descendant of the Vikings, you can still add these names to your shortlist.
Balder Eir Freya Freyr Frigg Heimdall Hel Hod/Hoder Idun Loki Odin Sif Skadi Thor Tyr Váli
RELATED: 150 Cute Dog Names for Your Adorable Pup
Roman God Names for Dogs
Greek god names not speaking to you? Put a Roman twist on it.
Apollo Ceres Cupid Diana Janus Juno Jupiter Mars Mercury Minerva Neptune Pluto Venus Vesta Vulcan
RELATED: 190 Cool Names for Your New Dog
Dog Names Inspired by Egyptian Mythology
Fun fact: The skinny, big-eared Ibizan hound was thought to be the inspiration behind the image of Anubis, the dog-headed god who oversaw embalming. But these names are great for any pup, ancient Egyptian roots or not.
Amentet Amun Anhur Anubis Anuket Apep Bastet Geb Hathor Heqet Hesat Horus Kek Isis Ma’at Maahes Menhit NefertumNeith Nemty Nut Osiris Ptah Ra Sekhmet Set Thoth
RELATED: 240 Creative Girl Dog Names for Every Letter of the Alphabet
Dog Names Inspired by Gaelic and Celtic Mythology
From the towering Irish wolfhound to the bearded Kerry blue terrier, choose a Celtic mythology name for your Irish puppy.
Abarta Aed Aengus Aoife Arawn Balor Belenus Brigid Cernunnos Cian Dagda Donn Eire Elatha Epona Grannus Lir Lugh Morrígan Neit Ogmios Taranis
RELATED: 58 Irish Dog Names for Your Happy-Go-Lucky Puppy
illustrations of a dog looking like a greek god with greek columns behind him Credit: Kailey Whitman
illustrations of a dog looking like a greek god with greek columns behind him
Credit: Kailey Whitman
