Coming up with a name for your new furry friend is an important task. The dog's fur colors and markings can help you come up with great names that suit his personality.
Great White Dog Names
White dogs may be pure white or include other colors. Pick out a great dog name by looking at various things in nature and around you that are associated with the color white. Get inspired by food, famous dogs throughout history, fur patterns, famous people with white in their names, and personality:
- Beyaz - White in Turkish
- Bianca - White in Italian
- Blanco/Blanca - White in Spanish
- Creamer
- Dots or Dottie
- Happy
- Hurricane
- Koori - Ice in Japanese
- Nieve - Snow in Spanish
- North/Northy
- Paisley- Place of worship
- Pandabear
- Pegasus- A winged horse
- Penguin
- Popcorn
- Salty
- Sandy
- Skunky
- Spot
- Stardust
- Starlight
- Stripesy
- Sugar or Sugarbaby
- Unicorn
- Valky - Short for "valkoinen", Finnish for white
- Vino- Wine
- Zebra
All White Dog Names
Pure white dogs need a name worthy of their brilliant coat. Look for names that represent their white fur:
- Alabaster - Another term for white
- Artic
- Beluga - Like the white whale
- Blizzard
- Boo
- Cauli - As in cauliflower
- Casper - Like the famous friendly ghost
- Cheesecake
- Cloud
- Coconut
- Comet
- Cotton
- Dagger - Hero who wears white in Cloak and Dagger
- Dove or Dovey
- Flash
- Freezey
- Frosting
- Frosty
- Ghost
- Glacier
- Gnocchi- A type of dumpling
- Icicle
- Icing
- Icy
- Iceman (or Icewoman)
- Iggy - Short for igloo
- Kindle - For Amazon's "paperwhite" book reader
- Lambchop/Lamby
- Lightning
- Lipi - For Lipizzaner white horses
- Marshmallow
- Milk
- Moon
- Moonlight
- Moon Knight - Character in Marvel comics who wears white
- Mozzarella
- Phantom - Zorro's white horse
- Polar - As in the earth's snowy poles, or white polar bears
- Powder
- Snowball
- Snowfall
- Snowflake
- Snowman
- Snowy
- Vanilla or Nilly
- Whitestar
- Whitey
- Winter
- Winterfell - From Game of Thrones
- Wolfy/Wolfie
- Yeti- A white, furry ape-like creature from the Himalayan Mountains
White Fluffy Dog Names
When your dog's fur looks more like a fuzzball than a coat, you might want to use that as your inspiration. It doesn't matter if you have a large or small fluffy dog, these names all fit your happy friend:
- Bubbles
- Chewbacca or Chewy - From Star Wars
- Feathers
- Fizzster
- Foam
- Frizzles
- Fuzzy
- Mousse
- Pillows
- Pom-pom
- Puffball
- Puffcorn
- Pufferfish
- Razzle or Razzle Dazzle
- Shaggy - From Scooby Doo
- Spazzsters
- Stuffins
- Teddy - As in a teddy bear
- Whippy
- Wooly
White Female Dog Names
Try one of these fabulous suggestions for a white female dog name:
- Angel
- Betty - As in actress Betty White
- Crystal
- Daisy - For the white flower
- Diamond
- Elsa - Disney princess with freezing powers
- Emma - X-Men's Emma Frost character
- Heaven
- Ivory
- Lacey
- Leia - Princess in Star Wars who wears white
- Lily - For the white flower
- Luna
- Millie - For George H.W. Bush's black and white spaniel
- Moonflower
- Nana - The black and white dog from Peter Pan
- Opal
- Pearl
- Penny - Typically a female name, but also short for Pennywise, the clown with a white face from IT
- Perdita - For a Dalmatian, from 101 Dalmatians
- Purity- Pure
- Rogue - X-Men character with a white streak in her hair
- Rose - Roses are white
- Snow White - Disney princess
- Vanna - Like Wheel of Fortune's Vanna White
- Witch or Witchy - For the White Witch from The Chronicles of Narnia
White Boy Dog Names
Try one of these great white male dog names:
- Al - Short for albino
- Alfredo
- Beethoven - For a Saint Bernard with lots of white fur, after the dog in the movie Beethoven
- Bolt - After the white dog in the movie Bolt
- Eddie - After the terrier in Frasier
- Fly - After the Border Collie in Babe
- Gandalf - For Gandalf the White in Lord of the Rings
- Hero - Heroes are often associated with the color white
- Joker - For the DC Comics villain who painted his face white
- Knight - As in a "white knight"
- Lassie - For a Collie with white markings, from Lassie
- Monster - For the White Monster in Teen Titans
- Olaf - Snowman from Frozen
- Petey - White dog with black ring around his eye in The Little Rascals
- Pongo - For a Dalmatian, from 101 Dalmatians
- Potato, Tater or Tots
- Reggie - As in football player Reggie White
- Shaun - As in snowboarder Shaun White
- Snoopy - From the Peanuts comic strip
- Storm Shadow - G.I. Joe villain
- Trooper - For Storm Troopers in Star Wars
- Tux - For a black and white dog with tuxedo markings
- White Fang - From the book White Fang
Selecting Your Dog's Name
The best dog name for your white-furred friend is the one you feel suits him best. Try out a few, and then pick that one that fits!