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Have you welcomed a new Dachshund into your heart and home? You’re lucky! These spirited dogs are devoted companions – and one that deserves the right name. We’ve taken Dachshund names back to Doxie’s German heritage, from hot dog descriptions and endearing terms for your new fur baby to popular German names and names Famous Dachshunds!
Our own Dachshund name!
My childhood dog was a standard Dachshund:
I named him Peanuts for the Peanuts cartoon strip. During the last years of his life, Peanut was best friends with our duck named Daisy.
When Peanut had surgery for disc disease, his rehabilitation involved swimming with Daisy — and years later, they became the subject of my first major writing assignment: a feature for give Reader’s Notice magazine on Peanut and Daisy!
Hot dog name for your new Wiener dog
Looking for a fun name for your new hot dog? Whether they’re called sausage dogs or wiener dogs, one thing is for sure: this moniker has spawned a lot of cute Dachshund names. Here are some of the most popular sausages that make great names for Dachshund puppies:
- Andouille: this spicy sausage is a favorite in Cajun dishes
- Banger
- Boudin
- Bratwurst
- Chili Dog
- spicy sausage
- Ciavar: Italian sausage also known as “crazy sausage”
- Corn dog
- Diode: this sausage is a favorite in the Savoy region of France
- Drisheen: an Irish sausage
- Embutido: sausage in spanish
- Hot dog
- Kielbasa
- Klobasa: sausage in Czech
- Knipp: German sausage made from pork and oats
- Korv: sausage in Swedish
- Link
- Mortadella: Italian sausage (and lunch meat)
- Smoked sausage
- Pinkel: a German smoked sausage
- Prasky: Polish summer sausage
- Rolliche: Dutch sausage
- Italian sausage
- Saucisson: one French name for a dry sausage similar to Italian sausage
- Selsig: “sausage” in Welsh
- Divers: British slang for sausage (dating from the time of the Royal Navy)
- Sopressa: an old Italian sausage (and a nice name if you’re raising an older Dachshund!)
- Teewurst: German sausage including bacon
- Vienna
- Weißwurst or Weisswurst: German White Sausage, a funny name for a blonde Dachshund!
- Wiener
- Wurst
- Würstchen: “sausage” in German
- Zalzett: “sausage” in vine
Name Dachshund female
These traditional German girls’ names make for great female Dachshund names too!
- Adele
- Amalia
- Astrid
- Bertha (but pronounce it the German way: bear-ta!)
- Birgit
- Elsa
- Frida
- Gisela
- Greta
- Gretel
- Heidi
- Helga
- Hilda
- Hildegard
- Ilse
- Ingrid
- Johanna
- Jutta
- Karin
- Katrin
- Leonie
- Margit
- Mathilda
- Monika
- Sigfrida
- Tanja
- Ursula
Male Dachshund Name
Like our list of female names, this list of male Dachshund names takes cues from traditional German names for boys.
- August
- Axel
- Bruno
- Carl
- Dietrich
- Emil
- Ernst
- Franz
- Fritz
- Gunter
- Hans
- Heinz – a fun name for the Doxie combination!
- Hermann
- Jakob
- Jonas
- Josef
- Kaspar
- Klaus: this would especially be an interesting name for a Dachshund that was adopted near the Christmas season
- Leon
- Ludwig
- Luka
- Lukas
- Manfred
- Oskar
- Otto
- Rolf
- Stefan
- Follow
- Tobias
- Walter
- Wilhelm
- Wolfgang (or Wolfie!)
Dapple Dachshund puppy name
Are you bringing a Dachshund Dapple into your home? These names reflect the dog’s beautiful speckled coat:
- Camo
- Dapple
- Flicker
- Blackhead
- Merle
- Motorcycle
- Paint
- Pepper
- Peppery
- Spotted
- Spot
- sprinkle
- Storm
German food and drink makes a good name
- Brezel: German soft biscuits
- Brot: bread
- Butterkuchen: German Butter Cake
- Haribo: maker of the famous Haribo gummy bears
- Lebkuchen: German Gingerbread
- marzipan
- Pretzels
- Riesen: Germany’s first candy brand
- sauerkraut
- Schnapps
- Schnitzel
Words related to Dachshunds
- Badger: Dachshund was originally bred to hunt badgers
- Dachs: badger in German. Dax would also be an interesting name!
- Dackel: modern German word for Dachshund
- Krieger: one of the first mentions of Dachshund as “Dachs Krieger” or “badger warrior”
- Teckel: a feathered Dachshund
Famous Dachshunds
- Archie and Amos: These Dachshunds are often mentioned in Andy Warhol’s writings and diaries.
- Crusoe the Dachshund: One of the most popular Instagrams pet influencers, Crusoe also has a popular Facebook and YouTube channel, a video game and a best-selling book.
- Hump: Lump (meaning rascal in German) is the muse for 45 works by Pablo Picasso
- Waldi: The first Olympic mascot, Waldi was the symbol for the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.
Funny Dachshund name
Your dachshund may be small in the statue but it is huge in spirit. These funny Dachshund names would also be good names for Miniature Dachshunds:
- Amazon
- Big Foot
- Biggie
- Bruiser
- Bruno
- Butch
- Colossus
- Fang
- Godzilla
- Goliath
- Hercules
- storm
- Jumbo
- King Kong
- Loki
- Marmaduke
- Boss
- Sheena
- Point
- Tank
- T-Rex
- Thunder
- Wolverine
- Yeti
German Names and German Terms of Love
- Bärchen: Bär means “bear”, so Bärchen is a diminutive of a little bear but often used for the people you love (or the Dachshund that stole your heart!)
- Bärli: This Swiss-German nickname means “little bear” (and is the name of one of our dogs!)
- Häschen: Literally meaning “rabbit”, Häschen is often used as “lover” as a term for endearment.
- Kuschelbär: Bear hugs
- Lie: “favourite”
- Maus: Meaning “rat”, this word is often used as a term of endearment in German.
- Mausebär: Combining Maus and Bär, this sweet term means – you guessed it – Bear Mouse.
- Schatzi: Meaning “little treasure,” a Doxie named Schatzi has shared the screen as the Formans family dog for three seasons of That’s 70 performances. An interesting name for a miniature Dachshund!
- Schnecke: Meaning “snail”, this term is used, believe it or not, as an endearment term but can also be a good name for a slow Doxie.
- Susse (feminine) or Susser (masculine): lover
Dachshund’s name in the movie
Do you recognize some of these Dachshund characters from the big screen?
- Adolphus: big hotel
- Friend: Pet’s secret life
- Bombs: Toy Story
- Gilpin: Mrs. Henderson presented
- Dachsie: You are a woman and you are a wanderer
- Hundley: Curious George
- Itchiford itch: All dogs go to heaven
- Jorge: Clifford, the big red dog
- Marshall: The Bonfire of The Vanities
- Odie: terrier / Dachshund combined in Garfield movies and comics
- Raisins: Marmaduke
- Slinky: Toy Story
- Waffles: City of Manhattan
- Zero: Nightmare before Christmas
German place name
- Baden-Baden
- Bavaria
- Berlin
- Bonn
- Coburg
- Cologne
- Frankfurt
- Furth
- Hamburg
- Lindau
- Munich
- Potsdam
- Rhine
- Saxony
- Westphalia
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