About

YourPetName.com started in 2012 as a small side project to help friends find names for their new pets. Today it has thousands of hand-picked pet names, each with its origin and meaning, and it’s used by new pet owners all over the world.

How the names are chosen

Every name in the database is added by hand. I look for names that are fun to say, easy to call across a park, and have an interesting story behind them. You can read more about how to use the generator on the home page.

• Classic names like Max, Bella and Charlie
• Playful picks like Pickle, Zoom and Waffles
• Names from literature, mythology and pop culture

Have a suggestion for a name that should be in the database? I’d love to hear it.