Dog names from license records · Great Dane

Great Dane names, counted from 928 licensed dogs

These are the names owners actually gave their Great Danes, taken from city dog license records and counted one dog at a time. No suggestions, no made-up lists.

Source: dog license records from New York City, Seattle, Allegheny County, PA and Cambridge, MA, updated to Oct 2026.
Luna is the most common Great Dane name: 10 dogs, about 1 in 92
928Great Danes in the four license registers
917of them with a usable name
Lunamost common female name
Apollomost common male name

The 30 most common Great Dane names

Ranked by the number of licensed Great Danes with each name. The figure beside each name is the dog count.

  1. 1Luna10
  2. 2Bella8
  3. 3Blue8
  4. 4Apollo7
  5. 5Athena7
  6. 6Lucy7
  7. 7Millie7
  8. 8Moose7
  9. 9Willow7
  10. 10Charlie6
  11. 11Daisy6
  12. 12Harley6
  13. 13Hank5
  14. 14Loki5
  15. 15Murphy5
  16. 16Nala5
  17. 17Ruby5
  18. 18Cooper4
  19. 19Duke4
  20. 20Ella4
  21. 21Goose4
  22. 22Gus4
  23. 23King4
  24. 24Milo4
  25. 25Nova4
  26. 26Stella4
  27. 27Tank4
  28. 28Atlas3
  29. 29Bailey3
  30. 30Buddy3

Female and male Great Dane names

From registers that record sex (New York, Allegheny County and Cambridge). Seattle doesn't.

Female Great Danes, top 10

  1. 1Luna9
  2. 2Bella8
  3. 3Athena7
  4. 4Lucy7
  5. 5Millie6
  6. 6Willow6
  7. 7Daisy5
  8. 8Nala5
  9. 9Ella4
  10. 10Harley4

Male Great Danes, top 10

  1. 1Apollo7
  2. 2Blue6
  3. 3Moose6
  4. 4Murphy5
  5. 5Charlie4
  6. 6Duke4
  7. 7Goose4
  8. 8Gus4
  9. 9Hank4
  10. 10King4

Names Great Dane owners choose far more than other owners

Names with 15 or more dogs only.

No name stands out for Great Danes: their names follow the same pattern as dogs in general.

How far these Great Dane names can be trusted

Four places, not the whole country

Only four US registers publish each dog's name and breed together. 49% of these Great Danes are licensed in New York City, so the list leans towards New York tastes. Many owners never license their dog, so this is a large sample of licensed dogs, not a census.

Names for other breeds

Sources for these figures