Labrador Name Generator

Coat, field and water names for Labs

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500 names for Labrador Retrievers, from coat names like Fudge, Hushpuppy, Onyx and Red Rover to field names such as Drake and Otter Tail. Newfoundland places like Bonavista and Lab puns like Labradorable are in the list too.

About Labrador names

The Labrador Retriever does not come from Labrador. Its ancestor was the St. John's water dog of Newfoundland, a fishermen's dog that worked from small boats in cold water. Dogs shipped to England in the early 1800s were bred into the retriever we know on sporting estates, among them those of the Earls of Malmesbury and the Dukes of Buccleuch. That history is in the list: Bonavista, Twillingate, Fogo and Quidi Vidi are real Newfoundland places, Nain and Makkovik are communities on the Labrador coast, and Dory, Killick and Touton come from island life.

A Lab comes in three recognized colors, black, yellow and chocolate, and fox red is a deep shade of yellow rather than a fourth color. Each coat has its own set here: Fudge, Ganache and Hot Cocoa for chocolate, Biscuit, Hushpuppy and Butter Tart for yellow, Onyx, Caviar and Eight Ball for black, and Red Rover, Foxfire and Ginger Nut for fox red.

The rest follows what Labs do. Field names come from the duck marsh and the hunt test (Drake, Teal, Decoy, Otter Tail, Soft Mouth, Blind Retrieve), water names from the dock (Cannonball, Bellyflop, Puddle Jumper), and food names from the breed's well-known appetite (Hoover, Counter Surfer, Second Breakfast). There are Lab puns too, such as Labradorable, Collabrador and Lab Rat.

How to choose Labrador names

Chocolate Labs: dessert and dark-wood names describe the coat best. Fudge, Brownie, Ganache, Mahogany and Java Chip all fit, and Chocolate Moose suits a big male.
Yellow Labs run from pale cream to deep gold, so pick by shade: Custard, Buttercream and Polar for a light coat, Cornbread, Barley and Yukon Gold for a darker one.
Black Labs: this set is short and a little offbeat on purpose. Try Caviar, Eight Ball, Top Hat, Black Ice or Midnight Snack before you settle on the name every other black dog has.
Fox red is a shade of yellow on paper, but the coat earns names of its own: Red Rover, Foxfire, Cinnabar, Rusty Nail and Swamp Fox.
For a working gundog, choose one or two crisp syllables. Drake, Teal, Buck and Boomer carry across a marsh. Skip Mark and Honor if you use those words as cues in training.

Frequently asked questions

What are good names for a chocolate Lab?

Food names lead the chocolate set: Fudge, Brownie, Mocha, Praline and Double Fudge. For something less sweet, try Mahogany, Teak, Sepia or Grizz, and for a joke, Chocolate Moose or Seventy Percent.

What are good names for a black Lab?

Onyx, Caviar, Jackdaw, Anvil and Nocturne are in the list, along with jokes like Lights Out and Midnight Snack. The black set is kept modest here because the site's black dog name generator covers that coat in depth.

What should I name a yellow or fox-red Lab?

Yellow Labs suit bakery and field names such as Biscuit, Cornbread, Hushpuppy, Barley and Hayloft. For the darker fox-red shade, look at Copper, Red Rover, Foxfire, Bonfire and Ginger Nut.

Why are there Newfoundland place names in a Labrador list?

The breed began on the island of Newfoundland as the St. John's water dog, which worked with fishermen. Bonavista, Fogo, Cape Spear, Gros Morne and St. John's are real places on the island, and Nain, Hopedale and Torngat are on the Labrador side of the province.

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All 500 Labrador names

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: 9 names

Absolute Unit
All You Can Eat
Always Hungry
Antares
Anvil
Arabica
Atom
Autumn
Avalon

B: 71 names

Backstroke
Bacon
Bag Limit
Bagheera
Bakeapple
Ball Hog
Ballboy
Bamboo
Barley
Barnacle
Barrel
Bartlett
Battle Harbour
Beachcomber
Beaker
Beaver
Bed Hog
Belle Isle
Bellyflop
Ben of Hyde
Bergy Bit
Big Air
Big Lug
Big Red
Birddog
Biscuit
Biscuit Thief
Biscuits and Gravy
Bittersweet
Blabrador
Black Bean
Black Coffee
Black Forest
Black Ice
Black Pepper

B, continued

Blackberry
Blackstrap
Blanket Thief
Blind Retrieve
Blitz
Bluebill
Bog Monster
Bolo
Bonavista
Bonfire
Boomer
Bosco
Bottomless Pit
Bounder
Bowling Ball
Breakwater
Brick
Brigadeiro
Brigus
Briquette
Brisket
Brownie
Brownie Batter
Buccleuch
Buck
Buckwheat
Buffalo
Buffet
Bulldozer
Bullet
Bunsen
Butter Bandit
Butter Pecan
Butter Tart
Buttercream
Buttered Toast

C: 54 names

Cacao
Cacao Nib
Canebrake
Cannonball
Canoe
Canyon
Cape Race
Cape Spear
Capelin
Caramel
Carob
Carrot
Caviar
Chantilly
Chardonnay
Cheeseburger
Cherrywood
Chickpea
Chimney
Chocolate Chip
Chocolate Moose
Chocolate Thunder
Chomp
Chow Hound
Chowder
Cinnabar
Cocoa Bean
Cocoa Loco
Cod
Coffee Bean
Cola
Cold Front
Collabrador
Come By Chance
Conker
Control Group
Copilot
Copper
Cordovan
Cormack
Cormorant
Corn Dog
Cornbread
Couch Potato
Count Snackula
Counter Surfer
Covert
Cream Soda
Crosswind
Crowbar
Crumb Catcher
Cupids
Curie
Custard

D: 26 names

Dark Roast
Dawn Patrol
Decoy
Deep End
Delta
Devil's Food
Dijon
Dingus
Dinner Bell
Dock Diver
Doctor Drool
Dogberry
Doggy Bag
Doggy Paddle
Doofus
Dory
Double Fudge
Double Mark
Drake
Duck Blind
Duck Boat
Duck Call
Duck Soup
Dulce de Leche
Dune
Dutch Cocoa

E: 5 names

Eclair
Eight Ball
Elaborate
Elevenses
Elliston

F: 24 names

Fabrador
Farthing
Ferryland
Fetch
Field Trial
Figgy Duff
Firecracker
First Light
Flabrador
Flame
Flask
Flipper
Floaties
Flyball
Flyway
Fogo
Foot Warmer
Forge
Fox
Foxfire
Frosty Morning
Fudge
Fudge Ripple
Fullback

G: 23 names

Gadwall
Galoot
Gambo
Ganache
Gannet
Garbage Disposal
Ginger Ale
Ginger Beer
Ginger Nut
Gingerbread
Good Boy
Good Girl
Goose Bay
Grackle
Gravy
Green Timber
Greenhead
Grenfell
Grits
Grizz
Gros Morne
Growler
Gunner

H: 23 names

Ha'penny
Hangry
Happy Adventure
Harbor
Havarti
Hayloft
Hayride
Heart's Content
Hearth
Hedgerow
Heron Court
Hie On
High Tide
Honker
Honor
Hoover
Hopedale
Hot Cocoa
Huckleberry
Hullabaloo
Hunt Test
Hushpuppy
Hypothesis

I: 2 names

Iceberg
Is It Dinner Yet

J: 6 names

Jackdaw
Java Chip
Jiggs
Joe Batt's Arm
Johnnycake
Jon Boat

K: 10 names

Kalamata
Kayak
Keel
Kerplunk
Khaki
Kibble
Killick
Kittiwake
Knight
Kona

L: 33 names

Lab Goggles
Lab Manager
Lab Rat
Lab Results
Lab Safety
Lab Tech
Lab Test
Labby McLabface
Labor Day
Labor of Love
Laboratory Retriever
Labracadabra
Labrador Tea
Labradorable
Labradorite
Labrathor
Labsolutely
Labyrinth
Ladyfinger
Lager
Lanyard
Lap Dog
Leftovers
Lemonade
Lifeguard
Lights Out
Linebacker
Lioness
Litmus
Little Red
Lord of the Fries
Lummox
Lunchbox

M: 30 names

Madeleine
Magnum
Mahogany
Makkovik
Malmesbury
Malt
Maple Leaf
Marco Polo
Mariner
Mark
Match Point
Matchstick
Mayhem
Mellow Yellow
Midnight Snack
Milk Chocolate
Mink
Minnow
Mischief
Mississippi Mud
Mocha
Mochaccino
Molasses
Mousse
Mud Pie
Mud Puddle
Muddy Paws
Mummer
Muncher
Murre

N: 11 names

Nain
Nanaimo
Navigator
Never Been Fed
New Moon
Newton
Nibbles
Nightfall
Ninja
Nocturne
North Wind

O: 6 names

Oatcake
October
Onyx
Opening Day
Otter
Otter Tail

P: 33 names

Parsnip
Partridgeberry
PB and J
Peanut
Peer Review
Penuche
Petri
Petty Harbour
Pilsner
Pitch
Pitcher Plant
Pizza Crust
Placebo
Plate Licker
Plunge
Pogo
Polar
Polenta
Pool Noodle
Poole
Popcorn
Poppyseed
Pork Chop
Pot Pie
Pound Cake
Praline
Professor
Professor Crumbs
Provolone
Pudding Cup
Puddle Jumper
Puffin
Pumpkin Spice

Q: 3 names

Quack
Queso
Quidi Vidi

R: 16 names

Rapids
Red Bay
Red Clay
Red Fox
Red Oak
Red Rover
Riffle
Rigolet
Ringneck
Riptide
Roost
Round Boy
Rowan
Ruckus
Rudder
Rusty Nail

S: 54 names

S'more
Saddle
Salty
Sand Dollar
Sandcastle
Sandwich Thief
Sarge
Sawgrass
Schooner
Scoff
Sea Dog
Second Breakfast
Sedona
Semi-Sweet
Semolina
Sepia
Seventy Percent
Shandy
Shenanigan
Sidekick
Signal Hill
Sir Labs-a-Lot
Sir Loin
Sir Snacks-a-Lot
Slobber Ball
Slugger
Snack Dragon
Snapper
Snorkel
Snowshoe
Soaker
Soft Mouth
Soggy
Sou'wester
Splash
Splashdown
Sploosh
Spoonbill
Sprinkler
Spud
Squeaky
Squid Ink
Sriracha
St. John's
Steadfast
Steady Eddie
Steamroller
Stovepipe
Sugar Cookie
Sundown
Suppertime
Swabbie
Swamp Fox
Sweet Potato

T: 34 names

Table Clearer
Tailfeather
Tailgate
Tar
Tater Tot
Teak
Teal
Terra Nova
Test Tube
Thumper
Tickle
Tidepool
Tigerlily
Tilting
Timber
Titian
Toast Bandit
Tod
Tomfoolery
Tootsie
Top Hat
Top Spin
Torbay
Torngat
Touton
Trash Panda
Treat Seeker
Trepassey
Trout
True Blue
Trusty
Tuckamore
Turr
Twillingate

U: 2 names

Undertow
Upland

V: 1 name

Vanilla Wafer

W: 21 names

Waders
Wags
Walleye
Water Dog
Water Entry
Water Wings
Waterlogged
Webfoot
Wet Dog
Wharf
Whip Tail
Whistle
Whitecap
Whoopie Pie
Wild Rice
Wildfire
Wimbledon
Wingman
Wishbone
Woodie
Wrecking Ball

Y: 2 names

Yellow Submarine
Yukon Gold

Z: 1 name

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