100+ Unique Dog Names Inspired by Travel, Nature, and the Great Outdoors

dog names inspired by travel nature and outdoors

Now that 2020 is here, we should be aware of some hipster dog name trends. Trends in canine names come and go, but there are some names that remain ever popular. There is also no standard or accurate way to predict trends of 2020 dog names. Many factors can play a role in making certain names more popular. Netflix shows, recent events, media coverage about celebrities, book characters, royal baby names, can all bring a name back and even make it popular. But today, our focus is on the great outdoors. These dog names are inspired by nature, travel, cities, and places. Some of these names have been around for ages and many of them are gender-neutral as well.

Dog names inspired by travel or city/place names

Female dog names with meaning inspired by travel

Anatola – Greek-inspired name. The male form of this name is Anatole. It can be varied as Anatalya, Anatolya, Anatalia (Italian), etc. The meaning is ‘rising sun, or from the East)
Asia – Varied as Ashia, Aysha.
Bobbie – this is a gender-neutral name. It means foreign or strange or traveler from a foreign land.
Brie – This is a popular name in 2020 thanks to Brie Larson, the famous actress. The name Brie means ‘marshland’.
Bristol – the name means the place at the bridge.
Carmel – means fresh or vineyard.
Charlotte – Popular French name meaning free or petite. A place in North Carolina.
Chelsea – place in England meaning ‘chalk wharf’.
Cheyenne – It is a tribe but also a region between Missouri and Arkansas rivers.
Chyna – Qin’s Kingdom
Dakota – State in USA.
Dacey – this name means southerner
Doris – varied as Doria, Dori, Dory and so on. It means from the ocean
Florence – a place in Italy; it means to flower or bloom.
Frances – from France
Galena – The Greek word means calm. Galena is also a place in Illinois.
Georgia – a State in the US and the name also means farmer or worker of the earth.
India – President Bush had a cat named India
Isla – The name means Island. It is one of the top 100 girl names in 2019-20.
Jordan – A country. It means flowing down.
Jorja – A variation of Georgia.
Kyoto – This Japanese inspired name means ‘mirror’.
Lacey – Lacey is a place in Washington. It means belonging to Lacy or Lassy
Louis – Derived from Louise, St. Louis is a city in Missouri.
Laurel – Nearly three cities with the name in the USA.
Lindsay – Two cities by this name in the US. The word means a lake or a place of linden trees.
Mali – Mali is a country. As far as names go, Mali is a good name for a female dog. It has Welsh as well as Thai origins. In Thai, Mali means jasmine flower.
Paloma – Paloma is a community in Calaveras County in California. The word is Spanish for dove.
River
Rochelle – New Rochelle is a place in New York.
Savannah – flat tropical grassland
Siena – a place in Northern Italy. It means to be old.
Tiana – a town in Barcelona in Spain. The word means princess.
Tunisia – from Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, the word means central urban hub.
Victoria
Virginia – a state in the US.

Male and female dog names inspired by nature

Robin – a bird, also the character from Batman ad Robin
Flint
Finch – a songbird
Forrest – inspired also by the movie Forrest Gump
Fox
Sky – a wonderful name for blue-eyed dogs like Huskies, malamutes, etc.
Tiger – badass dog name for a large dog.
Wolfie – the ideal name for a wolf-like dog. Check out these dog breeds that look very much like the wolf.
Willow
Lynx – medium-sized wild-cat.
Flora
Hazel – a nice name for a female dog with bluish-green eyes.
Anise
Saffron
Posie
Ivy
Gaia

Mountain related dog names

There are many mountain dog breeds that are large and majestic as the mountains they originated in. Some of the popular mountain dog breeds are:

Cool names for mountain dog breeds inspired by some famous mountains of the world:

dog lying on a rock and looking in the distance

Acacus – meaning mountain
Ararat – inspired by Mt. Ararat
Elbrus – after Mt. Elbrus
Elias – after Mt. St. Elias
Everest – after Mt. Everest
Denali – Mount Denali
Fuji – inspired by Mt. Fujiyama
Kailash – after Kailash Parvat
Kea – after Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano
Kenya – after Mt. Kenya
Logan – after Mt. Logan
Olympus – after Mt. Olympus
Nevada – snow-covered mountains in the US. This makes a great gender-neutral name.
Rainier – an active volcano
Rocky – after Rocky mountains
Sinai – after Mt. Sinai in Egypt; also after the Biblical Mount Sinai where Moses received the Ten Commandments.
Smoky – the beautiful Smoky Mountains in the United States.
Tacoma – a mountain in the US. It also means to ‘surpass’ or ‘go beyond’.

5 mythological locations that make unique names for dogs

Arcadia – an idyllic community
Brasil – paradisiacal island off the coast of Ireland
Reynes –the name of the kingdom in 13th-century work King Horn
Zion – legendary hill in Jerusalem.
Findias – one of the four Northern Irish cities of supernatural beings.

Male and female dog names for outdoor enthusiasts – based on popularity

These are popular and unique dog names inspired by nature.

Oliver
Alan – meaning rock
Arbor – meaning the great outdoors. This is a gender-neutral name.
Leo
Olivia
Poppy
Lily
Daisy
Sienna
Ivy
Willow
Rosie
Summer
Terran – means a ‘person of the earth’.
Timber
Thistle
Elm

We hope you like these trendy, unique and hipster dog names inspired by mountains, volcanoes, cities, places, rivers, and, in general, by nature.