Are you adopting a rescue dog that is about to become – or recently is – a mother dog? Or bring a pregnant dog into a shelter or rescue? We’ve put together a collection of the best mother dog names, inspired by everything from famous moms on the silver screen to names for moms around the world.
Sweet name for mother dog
Batman: for the super hero mama dog with bat ears
mother
mother bear
mom: Used in the UK as slang for mother, Mamaw is commonly used for grandmother in the US.
Mamma Mia
mammy
mamsy or mom
MeeMee
mom
milky mom
mom
Mummies
Mummies: Mumsy is often used as an English name for Mother.
superman or superman
tiger mother: for pregnant brindle or striped dogs.
Mother’s name from other languages
um: Arabic
Aiti: Finnish
Amá: Spanish nickname for Mother.
amami: A Spanish nickname used similar to Mother, amami Mainly used in Mexico.
Anne: Turkish
ema: Estonian
madrecita: Spanish diminutive of mistressMadrecita literally means “little mother”.
mistress: Italian
code: Portuguese
majka: Croatian
mom: Welsh people
Mamacita: Spanish for a small mother–and a name for an attractive woman
mamaita: An old way of saying “Mother” or “Mother” in Spanish.
mom: French for mom.
mami: Spanish
mamita: Used similarly to Mamacita or Madrecita, as a diminutive of Mami.
mana: Greek
man: Haitian Creole
cool hair: Irish
Matka: Czech and Polish
Merely: French for Mom.
Moeder: Dutch
Mor: Norwegian
motina: Lithuanian
muttering: german for mother
Mutti: German for Mom
Nanay: Filipino
Nene: Albanian
Oka-san: Japanese
Oh: Vine
Famous mothers in literature, film and television
Carol Brady: The matriarch of the Brady Bunch family, Carol Brady or Mrs. Brady would be a good name for a dog carrying six puppies that could then be named: Greg, Peter, Bobby, Marcia, January and Cindy.
June cutter: Belong to Leave it to the Beaver Famously, June Cleaver put a clever name for the classic dog mother for the two puppies: Beaver and Wally.
kà la: The gorilla mother survived her son’s death to later adopt Tarzan.
Kanga: Mother kangaroo loves Roo in Winnie-the-Pooh.
Ghost Wilder: Little House on the Prairie
Marge Simpson: For a large-haired dog that is a mother of two children: Bart and Lisa.
Uncle Marilla: Me in Anne of Green Gables
marmee: Little woman
Morticia Addams: A trendy name for the rescue dog brought in for Halloween season, lord of The The Addams . family is the mother to Pugsley and Wednesday.
Mother goose
Mrs. Potts: Beauty and the Beast
Mrs. Quimby: The mother in Ramona books.
Mrs Weasley: Ron Weasley’s mother in Harry Potter series.
Hubbard’s old mother
Perdita: Perdita (lost in spanish) is 101 Dalmatians mother with 15 puppies of her own (and 86 that she adopted). Not all of Perdita’s puppies are named in the book, just patch, Lucky, Cadpig and Roly Poly. The movie name some additional children. [Also see: Disney Dog Names]
Shirley partridge: Matriarch of Participant family, the name would be a hilarious nickname for the mother who rescued a litter of four. The puppies can then be named Laurie, Danny, Tracy and Chris!
Adopting an older mother dog?
Whether you’re adopting an older mother dog—or looking for a shelter name for a new litter—we have a selection of grandma names from around the world.
Abus: Grandma in Spanish.
Abue: Granny in Spanish, short for Abuela or grandmother.
Abuelita: A sweet little word of Abuela in Spanish.
baccia: Grandmother in Polish.
Babička: Grandmother in Czech.
Babushka: Grandmother in Russian.
the best: Grandmother in Norwegian.
Grand-mère: Grandmother in French.
Grootmoeder: Grandma in Dutch.
Isoäiti: Grandma in Finnish.
Lita: A nickname for Abuelita.
Mormor: Grandmother in Swedish.
Nanna: Grandmother in Maltese.
Nene: Grandmother in Turkish.
Nonna: Grandmother in Italian.
ummu: Grandmother in Icelandic.
Sobo: Grandmother in Japanese.
yaya: Nana in Spanish.
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