Great Dane Name Generator

Tall, gentle and Danish-flavored names for giant dogs

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Names for Great Danes, male and female: tall and leggy names like Stilts and Skyscraper, coat names such as Harlequin, Mantle and Bluetooth, gentle giants like Lullaby and Lap Dog, and a Danish wink at the breed's English name, from Elsinore and Tivoli to Hamlet and Margrethe.

About Great Dane names

The Great Dane is a German breed with a Danish-sounding name. In Germany it is the Deutsche Dogge, older English books call it the German boarhound, and fanciers have long nicknamed it the Apollo of dogs. What sets it apart from other giant breeds is height rather than bulk, along with a gentle temper and a habit of leaning on people.

In this list, tall and leggy names (Stilts, Skyscraper, Longshanks) outnumber heavy ones, and gentle giants (Lullaby, Lap Dog, Big Softie) sit beside regal titles such as Empress and Chancellor. Coat names cover the breed's colors: Harlequin, Pierrot and Inkblot for harlequins, then Mantle, Fawn, Brindle and Merle, plus blues and blacks like Bluetooth and Sort Sol (Danish for black sun). The German share is modest: Dogge, Kammerhund, Sanfter Riese (gentle giant) and given names such as Anneliese and Ruprecht.

The Danish names play on the English breed name and say nothing about origin: real given names for females and males (Margrethe, Signe, Viggo, Søren), places from Elsinore to Tivoli, and the cast of Hamlet. The rest is humor: ironic small names like Tiny and Teacup, horse and furniture jokes (Not a Pony, Sofa, Couch Hog), Dane puns, and a few famous Great Danes: Scooby-Doo, Scrappy, Marmaduke, Astro and Just Nuisance.

How to choose Great Dane names

  • Say the name out loud at full volume before you decide. Tivoli, Viggo, Mantle and Hamlet carry across a park far better than Guildenstern.
  • Long names work as a formal name with a short call name: Rosencrantz can be Rosie, Skyscraper can be Sky and Frederikke can be Rikke.
  • Look up how a Danish name is said before you choose it. The j in Jens, Jeppe and Jørgen sounds like an English y, and æ, ø and å are vowels of their own.
  • Ironic names age well with this breed. A puppy called Tiny, Teacup or Pocket Pup will be resting a chin on the kitchen table soon enough.
  • Two Danes? Pair names from one theme, such as Hamlet and Ophelia, Konge and Dronning (Danish for king and queen), or Great Belt and Little Belt, two Danish straits.

Frequently asked questions

What are cool names for a Great Dane?

Names that fit the height, the coat or the calm temper of the breed tend to work best. From this list, try Stilts, Longshanks, Elsinore, Kronborg, Chancellor, Bluetooth, Harlequin or Apollo of Dogs. If you like a joke, Not a Pony, Counter Surfer and Couch Hog describe life with a Dane fairly well.

What are cool female Great Dane names?

Female names run through the whole list. There are Danish given names such as Margrethe, Signe, Thyra and Lærke, titles like Empress, Duchess and Grande Dame, stage names such as Ophelia, Colombina and Pierrette, and tall, elegant picks like Statuesque, Runway and Swan Lake.

Which names suit a harlequin, mantle, blue, brindle or fawn Great Dane?

For a harlequin, look at Harlequin, Pierrot, Inkblot, Piano Keys and Domino Effect. Mantle, Tuxedo and Tailcoat suit a mantle, and Brindle, Tiger Stripe and Gestromt (the German word for brindle) a brindle. Fawn, Lioness and Flaxen fit a fawn. For a blue there are Slate, Blue Heron and Bluetooth, the byname of the tenth-century Danish king Harald Bluetooth.

Which famous Great Danes are in the list?

A small share, as plain pet names: Scooby, Scooby-Doo, Scrappy and Scooby-Dum from the cartoons, Marmaduke from the comic strip, Astro from The Jetsons, Einstein from Oliver and Company and Brutus from The Ugly Dachshund. Just Nuisance was a real Great Dane enlisted in the Royal Navy in South Africa during the Second World War, and Gibson and Giant George each held the record for the world's tallest dog.

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This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 43 names

  • Aalborg
  • Aarhus
  • Abbey Road
  • Abelone
  • Æbleskiver
  • Absalon
  • Ace High
  • Adonis
  • Agnete
  • Aksel
  • Alberte
  • Alexandrine
  • Alfred the Great
  • All Elbows
  • Alley-Oop
  • Alma
  • Altitude
  • Amager
  • Amalienborg
  • Amaryllis
  • Amazon
  • Anders
  • Anemone
  • Anholt
  • Anne-Mette
  • Anneliese
  • Ansgar
  • Antiope
  • Apollo
  • Apollo of Dogs
  • Archduchess
  • Archduke
  • Archway
  • Arlecchino
  • Armchair
  • Ærø
  • Åse
  • Asger
  • Asta
  • Astro
  • Athena Parthenos
  • August
  • Azure

B: 86 names

  • Baby Blue
  • Bacall
  • Backseat Driver
  • Ballerina
  • Balmoral
  • Baltic
  • Bambi Legs
  • Bamse
  • Barleycorn
  • Baron Von Wag
  • Battleship
  • Baymax
  • Beanpole
  • Beanstalk
  • Bear Hug
  • Bed Hog
  • Belfry
  • Bell Tower
  • Belvedere
  • Benedikte
  • Bengal
  • Bent
  • Bente
  • Bernardo
  • BFG
  • Big Baby
  • Big Ben
  • Big Bird
  • Big Blue
  • Big Cheese
  • Big Deal
  • Big Fella
  • Big Galoot
  • Big Paws
  • Big Shot
  • Big Softie
  • Billboard
  • Birgitte
  • Birthe
  • Blå
  • Black and White
  • Black Beauty
  • Black Coffee

B, continued

  • Black Mask
  • Black Orchid
  • Black Pearl
  • Black Swan
  • Black Velvet
  • Blackbird
  • Blackout
  • Blanket Thief
  • Blau
  • Blid
  • Blixen
  • Blue
  • Blue Dane-ube
  • Blue Heron
  • Blue Hour
  • Blue Monday
  • Blue Moon
  • Blue Ridge
  • Blue Spruce
  • Blue Steel
  • Blue Whale
  • Bluefin
  • Blueprint
  • Bluestone
  • Bluetooth
  • Bo
  • Boarhound
  • Bodil
  • Bøg
  • Bohr
  • Bolette
  • Bornholm
  • Bow Tie
  • Brahe
  • Brindle
  • Britannia
  • Britta
  • Brobdingnag
  • Brutus
  • Buddy Long Legs
  • Burj
  • Burlwood
  • Butler

C: 67 names

  • Calamity Dane
  • California King
  • Calliope
  • Campanile
  • Cape
  • Caped Crusader
  • Caroline Mathilde
  • Caryatid
  • Castellan
  • Cathedral
  • Catherine the Great
  • Catwalk
  • Cecilie
  • Cerulean
  • Chaise
  • Chaise Longue
  • Chalkboard
  • Chancellor
  • Charlotte Amalie
  • Chateau
  • Chatelaine
  • Checkered Flag
  • Cheese Danish
  • Chessboard
  • Chesterfield
  • Chevron
  • Chin on Table
  • Christian
  • Christiania
  • Christiansborg
  • Christianshavn
  • Citizen Dane
  • Claudius

C, continued

  • Claus
  • Clio
  • Cloak
  • Clock Tower
  • Cloud Nine
  • Cloudburst
  • Cnut the Great
  • Cobalt
  • Cobblestone
  • Coffee Table
  • Coffee Table Clearer
  • Colombina
  • Colonnade
  • Columbia
  • Column
  • Commedia
  • Cookies and Cream
  • Copenhagen
  • Coppelia
  • Cornflower
  • Couch Hog
  • Couch Potato
  • Cougar
  • Count Barkula
  • Counter Surfer
  • Countertop
  • Courtier
  • Crane
  • Creme Brulee
  • Crosswalk
  • Crow's Nest
  • Crown Prince
  • Cuddle
  • Cuddle Bug

D: 42 names

  • Daddy Longlegs
  • Dagny
  • Dalmatian
  • Dame Dane
  • Danbo
  • Dane Austen
  • Dane Doe
  • Dane Eyre
  • Dane Train
  • Dane-iel
  • Dane-ielle
  • Dane-ish
  • Danish
  • Danish Pastry
  • Danmark
  • Dannebrog
  • Daphne
  • Dapple
  • Darling
  • Davenport
  • Daybed
  • Daybreak
  • Daydream
  • Dearheart
  • Deep Blue
  • Delos
  • Delphi
  • Delphinium
  • Deutsche Dogge
  • Dice
  • Dietrich
  • Ditte
  • Dogge
  • Domino Effect
  • Doorstop
  • Dorthe
  • Double Decker
  • Dove Gray
  • Dowager
  • Dragør
  • Dronning
  • Duchess

E: 36 names

  • Easygoing
  • Ebba
  • Ebeltoft
  • Eberhard
  • Ebony and Ivory
  • Edel
  • Egeskov
  • Eiderdown
  • Eiffel
  • Einstein
  • Ejnar
  • Ejvind
  • Eland
  • Elector
  • Electress
  • Elegance
  • Elephant Gray
  • Elevation
  • Ellen
  • Elna
  • Else
  • Elsinore
  • Emilie
  • Empire State
  • Empress
  • Emu
  • End Table
  • Equerry
  • Erie
  • Esben
  • Esbjerg
  • Esrom
  • Estella
  • Estrid
  • Extra Large
  • Eye Level

F: 43 names

  • Faaborg
  • Falk
  • Falster
  • Fanø
  • Fawn
  • Featherbed
  • Fee Fi Fo Fum
  • Fezzik
  • Filippa
  • Film Noir
  • First Lady
  • Fjord
  • Flagpole
  • Flagstone
  • Flamingo
  • Flan
  • Flax
  • Flaxen
  • Flemming
  • Flødebolle
  • Foggy
  • Folmer
  • Footstool
  • Forget-Me-Not
  • Forkbeard
  • Fortinbras
  • Fräulein
  • Fredensborg
  • Frederick the Great
  • Frederik
  • Frederikke
  • Frederiksberg
  • Frederiksborg
  • Freiherr
  • Friederike
  • Friendly Giant
  • Frikadelle
  • Frode
  • Frøken
  • Funen
  • Fürst
  • Fürstin
  • Futon

G: 56 names

  • Galumph
  • Gangly
  • Garbo
  • Gefleckt
  • Gelb
  • Gemütlich
  • Gentle Ben
  • Gentle Giant
  • Gentle Jane
  • Gerda
  • Gertrude
  • Gestromt
  • Giant George
  • Gibson
  • Giddy Up
  • Gilleleje
  • Giraffe
  • Gitte
  • Glæde
  • Gladiolus
  • Golden Hour
  • Goodheart
  • Gorm
  • Gorm the Old
  • Gottfried
  • Grå
  • Grace Note
  • Gräfin
  • Grand Duchess
  • Grand Duke
  • Grand Piano
  • Grande Dame
  • Grautiger
  • Graystone
  • Great Balls of Fur
  • Great Belt
  • Great Dame
  • Great Expectations
  • Great Gatsby
  • Great Gonzo
  • Great Heavens
  • Great Houdini
  • Great Pumpkin
  • Great Scott
  • Greatness
  • Grenen
  • Grethe
  • Greve
  • Greystoke
  • Gry
  • Gudhjem
  • Guildenstern
  • Gunhild
  • Gunnar
  • Guppy
  • Gurli

H: 66 names

  • Habsburg
  • Half and Half
  • Half Pint
  • Hamlet
  • Hanne
  • Harald
  • Harlequin
  • Harlequinade
  • Harlow
  • Hart
  • Havarti
  • Havfrue
  • Havisham
  • Haze
  • Head in the Clouds
  • Hedvig
  • Heiress
  • Helge
  • Helios
  • Helle
  • Helsingør
  • Henriette
  • Henrik
  • Hepburn
  • Her Tallness
  • Herning
  • Hertug
  • Herzog
  • Herzogin
  • High Heels
  • High Hopes
  • High Horse
  • High Pockets

H, continued

  • High Rise
  • High Top
  • Hillerød
  • Himmel
  • Himmelbjerget
  • Himmelhoch
  • Hind
  • Hippolyta
  • His Lordship
  • Hjørdis
  • Hobby Horse
  • Hochhaus
  • Hohenzollern
  • Holger
  • Holger Danske
  • Hollyhock
  • Holstein
  • Honeybun
  • Horatio
  • Hornbæk
  • Horse
  • Horsens
  • Horsepower
  • Housemate
  • Hug Monster
  • Hund
  • Huron
  • Hurri-Dane
  • Hush
  • Hushabye
  • Hyacinth
  • Hygge
  • Hyperion

I: 13 names

  • Ib
  • Inge
  • Ingeborg
  • Inger
  • Ink and Paper
  • Ink Pot
  • Ink Spill
  • Inkblot
  • Irmgard
  • Iron Giant
  • Isabella
  • Itsy Bitsy
  • Ivory Keys

J: 15 names

  • Jelling
  • Jens
  • Jeppe
  • Jesper
  • Jester
  • Jette
  • Joakim
  • Johan
  • Johanne
  • Jonna
  • Jørgen
  • Josefine
  • Just Nuisance
  • Jutland
  • Jytte

K: 38 names

  • Kaiserin
  • Kaj
  • Kaja
  • Kamma
  • Kammerhund
  • Kæmpe
  • Kanelsnegl
  • Kappe
  • Kaptajn
  • Karen
  • Karla
  • Karoline
  • Karsten
  • Kasper
  • Kastellet
  • Katrine
  • Kattegat
  • Kierkegaard
  • King Size
  • Kirsten
  • Kirstine
  • Kitten
  • Kjeld
  • Klods-Hans
  • Kløver
  • Knud
  • Køge
  • Kolding
  • Koldskål
  • Konge
  • Kongeblå
  • Konrad
  • Korsør
  • Kringle
  • Kronborg
  • Kudu
  • Kunigunde
  • Kuschelbär

L: 70 names

  • Ladder
  • Lady Dane
  • Lady Jane
  • Laertes
  • Lakrids
  • Lamb Chop
  • Lambkin
  • Lamppost
  • Landmark
  • Langbein
  • Langelinie
  • Lanky
  • Lap Dog
  • Lærke
  • Lars
  • Læsø
  • Lasse
  • Laura
  • Laurits
  • Leading Lady
  • Lean On Me
  • Leaner
  • Leggy
  • Legs
  • Lene
  • Leto
  • Lighthouse
  • Lights Out
  • Lil Bit
  • Lilje
  • Lille
  • Lille Ven
  • Lilliput
  • Limfjord
  • Limousine

L, continued

  • Limpet
  • Lion Cub
  • Lioness
  • Lis
  • Lise
  • Liselotte
  • Little Belt
  • Little John
  • Little Mermaid
  • Little Miss Big
  • Liva
  • Lofty
  • Lois Dane
  • Lolland
  • Lone
  • Long John
  • Long Lashes
  • Long Neck
  • Long Tall Sally
  • Long Tall Texan
  • Longfellow
  • Longshanks
  • Lord Chamberlain
  • Lorelei
  • Lothar
  • Louise
  • Loveseat
  • Ludvig
  • Lullaby
  • Lupine
  • Lurch
  • Lykke
  • Lyn
  • Lyng
  • Lyre

M: 47 names

  • Mads
  • Main Dane
  • Maja
  • Majesty
  • Major Tom
  • Malene
  • Malthe
  • Mama Bear
  • Manatee
  • Måne
  • Mantle
  • Marbled
  • Marcellus
  • Margerit
  • Margrave
  • Margrethe
  • Marianne
  • Maribo
  • Marmaduke
  • Marmor
  • Masquerade
  • Mast
  • Maypole
  • Mechthild
  • Mellow
  • Merete
  • Merle
  • Meteor Shower
  • Mette
  • Midnight Sun
  • Mikkel
  • Milky Way
  • Minaret
  • Mini Me
  • Minna
  • Mister Big
  • Mister Ed
  • Mogens
  • Møn
  • Møns Klint
  • Monument
  • Moonrock
  • Morten
  • Motley
  • Mouse
  • Muse
  • Mystery Machine

N: 20 names

  • Naja
  • Nanna
  • Nap Time
  • Nete
  • Neuschwanstein
  • Newsreel
  • Niels
  • Night Shift
  • Nightingale
  • Nikolaj
  • Nikoline
  • Nisse
  • Noble
  • Nocturne
  • Nørrebro
  • North Sea
  • Not a Dalmatian
  • Not a Pony
  • Nyborg
  • Nyhavn

O: 17 names

  • Obelisk
  • Odense
  • Ogier
  • Ole
  • Ole Lukøje
  • Oluf
  • Ontario
  • Ophelia
  • Or Not To Be
  • Oracle
  • Øresund
  • Osric
  • Østerbro
  • Ostrich
  • Ottoline
  • Ottoman
  • Overcast

P: 53 names

  • Palace
  • Palle
  • Pantaloon
  • Parnassus
  • Patchwork
  • Paul Bunyan
  • Paws
  • Pecos Bill
  • Peder
  • Penthesilea
  • Penthouse
  • Penumbra
  • Per
  • Periscope
  • Periwinkle
  • Pernille
  • Peter the Great
  • Petite
  • Phoebus
  • Piano Keys
  • Piebald
  • Pierrette
  • Pierrot
  • Pillar
  • Pillow Thief
  • Pinnacle
  • Pipsqueak
  • Placid
  • Plain Dane
  • Player King
  • Player Queen
  • Plet
  • Plettet
  • Pocket Pup
  • Poise
  • Polonius
  • Pølse
  • Pony
  • Poplar
  • Poul
  • Preben
  • Prima
  • Prince of Denmark
  • Princess and the Pea
  • Prins
  • Prinsesse
  • Prussian Blue
  • Puma
  • Punchinello
  • Purple Dane
  • Purse Dog
  • Pylon
  • Pythia

Q: 1 name

  • Queen Size

R: 39 names

  • Raccoon
  • Ragnhild
  • Raincloud
  • Randers
  • Rapunzel
  • Rasmus
  • Recliner
  • Redwood
  • Regalia
  • Reinhold
  • Remoulade
  • Reverie
  • Reynaldo
  • Rhein
  • Ribe
  • Ridder
  • Riese
  • Rigmor
  • Rikke
  • Risalamande
  • Rocking Horse
  • Rødgrød
  • Roe
  • Rømø
  • Rønne
  • Rooftop
  • Roommate
  • Rorschach
  • Rosalind
  • Rosenborg
  • Rosencrantz
  • Roskilde
  • Roswitha
  • Rugbrød
  • Ruh-Roh
  • Rundetaarn
  • Rune
  • Runway
  • Ruprecht

S: 126 names

  • Saddle Up
  • Salt and Pepper
  • Samsø
  • Sandringham
  • Sandwich Thief
  • Sanft
  • Sanfter Riese
  • Sanne
  • Sanssouci
  • Scaramouche
  • Scepter
  • Schloss
  • Schnucki
  • Schönbrunn
  • Schwarz
  • Schwarzwald
  • Scooby
  • Scooby Snack
  • Scooby-Doo
  • Scooby-Dum
  • Scrappy
  • Seabiscuit
  • Seal
  • Secretariat
  • Sectional
  • Seersucker
  • Selma
  • Seneschal
  • Sequoia
  • Serene
  • Serenity
  • Settee
  • Seven Footer
  • Shale
  • Shard
  • Sheet Music
  • Shetland
  • Sidsel
  • Sieglinde
  • Signe
  • Signorina
  • Sigurd

S, continued

  • Silent Film
  • Silkeborg
  • Sille
  • Sir Galahad
  • Sir Lancelot
  • Skagen
  • Skagerrak
  • Skål
  • Skat
  • Sky High
  • Sky Hook
  • Skyline
  • Skyscraper
  • Skywalker
  • Slam Dunk
  • Slate
  • Sleepyhead
  • Smeraldina
  • Smørrebrød
  • Snack Thief
  • Snapdragon
  • Snow Queen
  • Snuffleupagus
  • Snuffy
  • Snuggle
  • Soccer Ball
  • Sød
  • Sofa
  • Sofie
  • Softheart
  • Soliloquy
  • Sønderborg
  • Sophie Amalie
  • Søren
  • Sort
  • Sort Sol
  • Space Needle
  • Spaghetti Legs
  • Spandauer
  • Speed Bump
  • Spire
  • Spot On

S, continued

  • Squid Ink
  • Stable Mate
  • Starless
  • Starlet
  • Starry Night
  • Statuesque
  • Stature
  • Steel Blue
  • Steen
  • Steeple
  • Stepladder
  • Steward
  • Stilt Walker
  • Stilts
  • Stine
  • Stjerne
  • Stor
  • Stork
  • Storm Gray
  • Stormcloud
  • Stratosphere
  • Streaky
  • Streifen
  • Stretch
  • Stribe
  • String Bean
  • Strøget
  • Sugar Dane
  • Sugar Plum
  • Sun Chariot
  • Sunflower
  • Superior
  • Supermodel
  • Susanne
  • Svane
  • Svend
  • Svendborg
  • Swan Lake
  • Sweet Prince
  • Sweetheart
  • Sylph
  • Sylvester

T: 70 names

  • Table Height
  • Tage
  • Tail Sweeper
  • Tailcoat
  • Tall Drink
  • Tall Girl
  • Tall Order
  • Tall Paul
  • Tall Tale
  • Tallulah
  • Tassilo
  • Teacup
  • Tebirkes
  • Teddy Bear
  • Telescope
  • Terpsichore
  • Terrazzo
  • Thalia
  • The Play's the Thing
  • Thea
  • Theis
  • Third Wheel
  • Thoroughbred
  • Thorvald
  • Throne
  • Throw Rug
  • Thumbelina
  • Thundercloud
  • Thyra
  • Tiger Lily
  • Tiger Moth
  • Tiger Stripe
  • Tigerdogge
  • Tigerwood
  • Tigress

T, continued

  • Tigris
  • Tilde
  • Tin Soldier
  • Tinderbox
  • Tine
  • Tiny
  • Tiny Dancer
  • Tiny Tim
  • Tippy Taps
  • Tivoli
  • Tom Thumb
  • Tønder
  • Too Tall
  • Top Floor
  • Top Shelf
  • Torben
  • Torden
  • Tove
  • Tower
  • Tranquil
  • Treasure
  • Tree Bark
  • Treebeard
  • Treetop
  • Trine
  • Troels
  • Trojan Horse
  • Trotter
  • Tulipan
  • Turm
  • Turret
  • Tuxedo
  • Twiga
  • Tycho
  • Tyge

U: 8 names

  • Ugly Duckling
  • Ulla
  • Ulm
  • Ulmer
  • Ulrik
  • Upper Deck
  • Upstairs
  • Urania

V: 21 names

  • Vagn
  • Valdemar
  • Valentina
  • Vejle
  • Velvet Night
  • Ven
  • Verner
  • Vesterbro
  • Vibe
  • Vibeke
  • Viborg
  • Vigga
  • Viggo
  • Vilhelm
  • Villads
  • Vinyl
  • Viol
  • Viscount
  • Viscountess
  • Vita
  • Voltemand

W: 16 names

  • Waltraud
  • Wartburg
  • Watchtower
  • Water Tower
  • Wee One
  • Wheatfield
  • Whisper
  • White Socks
  • Whoa Nelly
  • Whole Back Seat
  • Wienerbrød
  • Wiggle Butt
  • Wilhelmine
  • Wingspan
  • Wunderbar
  • Württemberg

Y: 4 names

  • Yardstick
  • Yin Yang
  • Yorick
  • Yrsa

Z: 3 names

  • Zealand
  • Zebra Crossing
  • Zinc