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The beautiful Samoyed, known for its fluffy white coat and playful “Sammy smile”, is native to Siberia. If you’re welcoming one of these companions into your life, we’ve taken Samoyed names inspired by Samoyed’s distinctive looks, ancestral homeland, the North Pole and common names Siberia and Russia.
For more information on Samoyed, don’t miss our post on International Samoyed Day including famous Sammies and famous Samoyed pet parents.
Nickname Samoyed
- Sam
- Sammy or Sammie
- Smile: The famous “Sammy Smile” earned Samoyed this nickname!
Other names for Samoyed
- BJ.: Bjelkier It might sound a bit harsh but BJ would be a cute name.
- Sobaka: Samoiedskaya Sobaka Definitely too much to scream at the dog park but Sobaka would be a good name for the Samoyeds.
- Laika: Nemetskaya Laika or Nemets Herding Laika is another name for Samoyed; Laika is a Russian word that means barking dog.
Arctic themed dog names
- Snow storm
- Fast
- It will be cold
- Crystal
- Flurry
- Freezy
- Ice
- frozen
- Ice River
- Icicle
- Ice
- Pole
- Polar bears
- Snow
- Snowball
- Snowfall
- Ursa: “bear”
- Eddy
- Winter
- Wintry
Name inspired by Samoyed’s White Coat
- Alabaster
- Bisque
- Biscuit: A reference to the “Cookie” coat color of some Samoyed
- Cloud
- Cotton
- Diamond
- Dove
- Ermine
- Fog
- Ghost
- Ivory
- Fog
- Foggy
- Pearl
- Quartz
- Street
- Vanilla
- Yogurt
Siberian female names
Samoyed originated in Siberia in an area inhabited by the Nenets, who also speak the Nenets language. Nenets is currently considered an endangered language by UNESCO. Here are some of the best Nenets names for girls:
- Edeyne: new woman
- Evane: orphan, proper name for rescue dog Samoyed
- Khadako: grandma, name of an older Samoyed rescue
- Khadne: meaning woman in a blizzard (for girls born in a blizzard), this name can also refer to Samoyed’s beautiful white coat
- Khoni: Snoring
- Neko: woman
- Syvne: winter woman
- Yedeyne: new woman
Southern Siberian name
As well as our list of girl names, this list of boys names features male names in Nenets culture:
- Igney: Ignatius
- Iriko: grandpa, a good choice when adopting a high-class Samoyed
- Kona: Nicholas
- Noley: Alexis
- Nolyako: smallest
- Petrako: Peter
Russian women’s names
- Alina: beautiful
- Alisa: happiness
- Anya: charming
- Ekaterina: perfect
- Kira: to lead or to love
- Mila: my lover
- Mischa: bee or Who is like God?
- Natalya: birthday or christmas
- Oksana: bless God
- Pasha: small
- Polina: small
- Sasha: protector or helper of mankind
Russian male name
- Alexei: defender
- Andrei: manly, warrior
- Dmitri: lover of the earth
- Igor: combatant
- Ivan: Merciful Gift of God or Merciful God
- Leonid: lion like
- Lev: lion
- Luka: light bearer
- Maxim: the greatest
- Mikhail: who is like god
- Nikolai: win
- Pasha: small
- Sasha: protector or helper of mankind
- Valentine: strong, healthy
Geographic name from Siberia
- Amur: the 10th longest river in the world named after the Siberian Amur leopard and the Amur tiger
- North Pole: northern boundary of Siberia
- Baikal: What is the deepest lake in the world
- Kola: The Kola Peninsula is home to many Nenets.
- Laika: Dogs from Siberia include many types; Samoyed is sometimes called Samoyed Laika. Laika is a Russian word meaning “bark”.
- Lena: One of the three largest rivers in Siberia
- Omsk: One of the two largest cities in Siberia
- Tomsk: a city in Siberia
- Tundra
- Ural: Siberia’s Ural Mountains
- Yamal: Yamal . Peninsula
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