Choosing an Australian dog name for your new pup is a terrific idea. After all, the wonders of this remote continent are apparent in culture, language, food, attitude—and top dog breeds! Whether you’ve just adopted an Australian dog breed, can’t stop streaming Tame Impala or Keith Urban, or totally fell in love with Australia after watching Finding Nemo for the 10th time, we have a ripper (really cool!) list to help you pick the perfect name your dog. Australian Cattle Dog in woods Credit: Mary Swift / Getty Australian Girl Dog Names SiaBindiSydneyIsaAdelaide HarperMoiraSheila AliceJannaliMatildaCoralAriahWillowZoeIndigoJuneeCassiaSummerImogenPiperHazel RELATED: 240 Creative Girl Dog Names for Every Letter of the Alphabet Australian Boy Dog Names IrwinHoganBazJoeyFosterBowen CliftonAlvieDarwinWestonCoenZanthusOliverJackDundeeJervisRangerWentworthAngusKaiMalcomLevi RELATED: 260 Clever Name Ideas for Boy Dogs Dog Names Inspired by Australian Slang G’dog! (G’day!—short for good day or hello)Dog Under (‘Down Under’)Oz or Ozzie (short for Australia)Straya (also short for Australia)Barbie (barbeque)Arvo (afternoon)Boonie (safari hat)‘Roo (short for kangaroo)Lollies (sweets)Mate (friend)Biccy (biscuit) Cooee (come here)Bennie (Eggs Benedict)Ripper (really cool)True Blue (genuine Australian)Chook (chicken)Woop Woop (middle of nowhere)Sammie (sandwich)Bonzer (good, great)Mozzie (mosquito)Avo (avocado)Grommet (young surfer)Chockers or Chocka (very full)Crackin’ (what’s going on) Taz (Tasmania) RELATED: 190+ Cool Names for Your New Dog Australian Working Dog Names for Your Dedicated Doggo ArcherRoxyMaggieYakkaBitzerMaxArchieLunaMontyScoutLadyMarleyBearHunterLuluAce JasperBoomer RELATED: 10 Cattle Dog Breeds That Can Round Up the Herd in a Flash Popular Dog Names in Australia KiwiDingoBellaLokiCocoJetHarleyTillyBanjoZeusMollyBuddyRubyNalaOscarBentleyCharlieJaxLucy MiloPepperBailey RELATED: Naming Your Puppy: 150 Popular Dog Names from Axl to Zeus Dog Names Inspired by Australian Nature UluruCrocPoppyWallabeeGolden WattleAcacia BrumbyHuntsmanFlying foxKakaduLilly PillyMungoKooka or KookaburraBungleEuca or EucalyptusWombatBanksia Beachy Australian Dog Names ByronCoolangattaBondi ManlyCableNoosaPinkyCoogeeMooloolabaSandyHyamsCossies Dog Name Ideas from Australian Towns and Cities Toowoomba (Queensland)Talia (South Australia)Kurri Kurri (New South Wales) Ding-a-Ding (Victoria)Tuggeranong (Canberra)Borroloola (Northern Territory)Ringarooma (Tasmania) Dog Names Inspired By Attractive Australian Actors Chris Hemsworth OK, Fine, More Dog Names Inspired By Australian Actors Liam (Hemsworth)Margot (Robbie)Simon (Baker)Nicole (Kidman)Hugh (Jackman)Charlotte (Nicdao)Geoffrey (Rush)Toni (Collette)Heath (Ledger)Kylie (Minogue) Isla (Fisher)Hugo (Weaving)Aisha (Dee) Ryan (Kwanten)Naomi (Watts)Jordan (Rodrigues)Cate (Blanchett)Eric (Bana)Jackie (Weaver)Luke (Hemsworth)Rose (Byrne) David (Gulpilil)Abbie (Cornish)Alex (Dimitriades and O’Loughlin)Rebel (Wilson) Keiynan (Lonsdale)Melissa (George)Guy (Pearce)Rachel (Griffiths)Russell (Crowe) RELATED: 150+ Famous Dog Names for Your Prestigious Pup Aboriginal Australian Dog Names The First Nations cultures of Australia and its surrounding islands are the Aboriginal people and the Torres Strait Islander people. History indicates the Aboriginal people might be the oldest human civilization, migrating from Africa more than 70,000 years ago. If you’d like to honor this ancient heritage, consider naming your dog with words from Aboriginal languages. Aari (mountain of strength)Adina (good, pleasant)Amarina (rain)Aruma (happy)Bunji (modern term for friend or mate)Bardo (water)Carinya (happy home)Dulili (together)Euroa (joyful) Karri (type of eucalyptus tree)Kaya (hello)Kirra (leaf)Kylie (type of boomerang)Kuranya (rainbow)Mandu (sun)Malparara (two friends)Migaloo (ghost or spirit)Miki (moon)Nala (earth)Norin (honorable)Nunkeri (beautiful)Pankina (be happy)Tidda (sister or best female friend)
Choosing an Australian dog name for your new pup is a terrific idea. After all, the wonders of this remote continent are apparent in culture, language, food, attitude—and top dog breeds!
Whether you’ve just adopted an Australian dog breed, can’t stop streaming Tame Impala or Keith Urban, or totally fell in love with Australia after watching Finding Nemo for the 10th time, we have a ripper (really cool!) list to help you pick the perfect name your dog.
Australian Cattle Dog in woods Credit: Mary Swift / Getty
Australian Girl Dog Names
SiaBindiSydneyIsaAdelaide HarperMoiraSheila AliceJannaliMatildaCoralAriahWillowZoeIndigoJuneeCassiaSummerImogenPiperHazel
RELATED: 240 Creative Girl Dog Names for Every Letter of the Alphabet
Australian Boy Dog Names
IrwinHoganBazJoeyFosterBowen CliftonAlvieDarwinWestonCoenZanthusOliverJackDundeeJervisRangerWentworthAngusKaiMalcomLevi
RELATED: 260 Clever Name Ideas for Boy Dogs
Dog Names Inspired by Australian Slang
G’dog! (G’day!—short for good day or hello)Dog Under (‘Down Under’)Oz or Ozzie (short for Australia)Straya (also short for Australia)Barbie (barbeque)Arvo (afternoon)Boonie (safari hat)‘Roo (short for kangaroo)Lollies (sweets)Mate (friend)Biccy (biscuit) Cooee (come here)Bennie (Eggs Benedict)Ripper (really cool)True Blue (genuine Australian)Chook (chicken)Woop Woop (middle of nowhere)Sammie (sandwich)Bonzer (good, great)Mozzie (mosquito)Avo (avocado)Grommet (young surfer)Chockers or Chocka (very full)Crackin’ (what’s going on) Taz (Tasmania)
RELATED: 190+ Cool Names for Your New Dog
Australian Working Dog Names for Your Dedicated Doggo
ArcherRoxyMaggieYakkaBitzerMaxArchieLunaMontyScoutLadyMarleyBearHunterLuluAce JasperBoomer
RELATED: 10 Cattle Dog Breeds That Can Round Up the Herd in a Flash
Popular Dog Names in Australia
KiwiDingoBellaLokiCocoJetHarleyTillyBanjoZeusMollyBuddyRubyNalaOscarBentleyCharlieJaxLucy MiloPepperBailey
RELATED: Naming Your Puppy: 150 Popular Dog Names from Axl to Zeus
Dog Names Inspired by Australian Nature
UluruCrocPoppyWallabeeGolden WattleAcacia BrumbyHuntsmanFlying foxKakaduLilly PillyMungoKooka or KookaburraBungleEuca or EucalyptusWombatBanksia
Beachy Australian Dog Names
ByronCoolangattaBondi ManlyCableNoosaPinkyCoogeeMooloolabaSandyHyamsCossies
Dog Name Ideas from Australian Towns and Cities
Toowoomba (Queensland)Talia (South Australia)Kurri Kurri (New South Wales) Ding-a-Ding (Victoria)Tuggeranong (Canberra)Borroloola (Northern Territory)Ringarooma (Tasmania)
Dog Names Inspired By Attractive Australian Actors
Chris Hemsworth
OK, Fine, More Dog Names Inspired By Australian Actors
Liam (Hemsworth)Margot (Robbie)Simon (Baker)Nicole (Kidman)Hugh (Jackman)Charlotte (Nicdao)Geoffrey (Rush)Toni (Collette)Heath (Ledger)Kylie (Minogue) Isla (Fisher)Hugo (Weaving)Aisha (Dee) Ryan (Kwanten)Naomi (Watts)Jordan (Rodrigues)Cate (Blanchett)Eric (Bana)Jackie (Weaver)Luke (Hemsworth)Rose (Byrne) David (Gulpilil)Abbie (Cornish)Alex (Dimitriades and O’Loughlin)Rebel (Wilson) Keiynan (Lonsdale)Melissa (George)Guy (Pearce)Rachel (Griffiths)Russell (Crowe)
RELATED: 150+ Famous Dog Names for Your Prestigious Pup
Aboriginal Australian Dog Names
The First Nations cultures of Australia and its surrounding islands are the Aboriginal people and the Torres Strait Islander people. History indicates the Aboriginal people might be the oldest human civilization, migrating from Africa more than 70,000 years ago. If you’d like to honor this ancient heritage, consider naming your dog with words from Aboriginal languages.
Aari (mountain of strength)Adina (good, pleasant)Amarina (rain)Aruma (happy)Bunji (modern term for friend or mate)Bardo (water)Carinya (happy home)Dulili (together)Euroa (joyful) Karri (type of eucalyptus tree)Kaya (hello)Kirra (leaf)Kylie (type of boomerang)Kuranya (rainbow)Mandu (sun)Malparara (two friends)Migaloo (ghost or spirit)Miki (moon)Nala (earth)Norin (honorable)Nunkeri (beautiful)Pankina (be happy)Tidda (sister or best female friend)
Australian Cattle Dog in woods Credit: Mary Swift / Getty
Australian Cattle Dog in woods
Credit: Mary Swift / Getty
