145 Festive Holiday Names to Charm Your Dog

With the holidays visiting us soon in the winter months, take a peek at these 145 Christmas and Hanukkah names to get in the holiday spirit. You may just feel jolly enough to give your pooch a winter holiday-themed name!

Holiday names for male dogs

• Bailey (from ​It's a Wonderful Life​)
  
• Bernard
  
• Bert (from ​It's a Wonderful Life​)
  
• Billy (from ​It's a Wonderful Life​)
  
• Blitzen
  
• Bowie
  
• Buddy
  
• Charlie Brown
  
• Christian
  
• Claus (or Claws if you want to be cute)
  
• Clay (I had a little dreidel…)
  
• Comet
  
• Cupid
  
• Dash
  
• Dasher
  
• Donner
  
• Ebeneezer
  
• Elf
  
• Grinch
  
• George (from ​It's a Wonderful Life​)
  
• Jack (from ​The Nightmare Before Christmas​)
  
• Jamie (from ​Jingle All the Way​)
  
• Jesus
  
• Joseph
  
• Judah
  
• Keebler
  
• Kevin (from ​Home Alone​)
  
• Klaus
  
• Kringle
  
• Linus
  
• Mac
  
• Maccabee
  
• Or (Hebrew for "light.")
  
• Ralphie (from ​Home Alone​)
  
• Rudolph
  
• Rudy
  
• Santa
  
• Scrooge
  
• Tiny Tim

Holiday names for female dogs

• Annie (from ​It's a Wonderful Life​)
  
• Bell
  
• Carol
  
• Christina
  
• Christine
  
• Cindy Lou
  
• Clara
  
• Clementine
  
• Cocoa
  
• Eve
  
• Faith
  
• Ginger
  
• Glitter
  
• Gloria
  
• Glory
  
• Holly
  
• Hope
  
• Ivy
  
• Jovie (from ​Elf​)
  
• Joy
  
• Lucy
  
• Mary
  
• Maria
  
• Merry
  
• Noella
  
• Noelle
  
• Orit (Hebrew for light)
  
• Virginia
  
• Zuzu (from ​It's a Wonderful Life​)

Holiday names for male or female dogs

• Angel
  
• Applesauce
  
• Berry
  
• Blanket
  
• Bow
  
• Brisket
  
• Candy Cane
  
• Candle
  
• Cashmere
  
• Cheer
  
• Chestnut
  
• Chocolate
  
• Chimney
  
• Chilly
  
• Christmas
  
• Clay
  
• Coal
  
• Coin
  
• Cookie
  
• Cranberry
  
• Dancer
  
• Doughnut
  
• Dreidel
  
• Feliz
  
• Flame
  
• Frost
  
• Frosty
  
• Garland
  
• Gelt
  
• Gimel
  
• Gingerbread
• Hanukkah
  
• Jelly
  
• Jolly
  
• Jingle
  
• Kris
  
• Latke
  
• Marshmallow
  
• Menorah
  
• Midnight
  
• Miracle
  
• Mistletoe
  
• Mitten
  
• Mitzvah
  
• Navidad
  
• Nippy
  
• Nun
  
• Nutcracker
  
• Nutmeg
  
• Ornament
  
• Peppermint
  
• Pie
  
• Pine
  
• Potato
  
• Present
  
• Pudding
  
• Pumpkin
  
• Reindeer
  
• Reign
  
• Ribbon
  
• Saint
  
• Shai (Hebrew name that means gift or present)
  
• Shamash (the helper candle on the hannukiyah)
  
• Shin
  
• Sleighbell
  
• Snow
  
• Snowball
  
• Snowy
  
• Socks
  
• Spirit
  
• Star
  
• Sugarplum
  
• Tinsel
  
• Vixen
  
• Yuletide
  
• Yule
  

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