Dog names from license records · Italian Greyhound

Italian Greyhound names, counted from 866 licensed dogs

These are the names owners actually gave their Italian Greyhounds, 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.
Stella is the most common Italian Greyhound name: 9 dogs, about 1 in 91
866Italian Greyhounds in the four license registers
819of them with a usable name
Stellamost common female name
Romeomost common male name

The 30 most common Italian Greyhound names

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

  1. 1Stella9
  2. 2Bella8
  3. 3Luna8
  4. 4Coco6
  5. 5Enzo6
  6. 6Luca6
  7. 7Romeo6
  8. 8Dobby5
  9. 9Leo5
  10. 10Louie5
  11. 11Ollie5
  12. 12Pepper5
  13. 13Bambi4
  14. 14Buffy4
  15. 15Charlie4
  16. 16Dexter4
  17. 17Gia4
  18. 18Olive4
  19. 19Prince4
  20. 20Ruby4
  21. 21Sophie4
  22. 22Twiggy4
  23. 23Vito4
  24. 24Andy3
  25. 25Bruno3
  26. 26Chloe3
  27. 27Cleo3
  28. 28Cosmo3
  29. 29Daisy3
  30. 30Dante3

Female and male Italian Greyhound names

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

Female Italian Greyhounds, top 10

  1. 1Stella9
  2. 2Bella7
  3. 3Luna7
  4. 4Buffy4
  5. 5Gia4
  6. 6Olive4
  7. 7Sophie4
  8. 8Bambi3
  9. 9Chloe3
  10. 10Cleo3

Male Italian Greyhounds, top 10

  1. 1Romeo6
  2. 2Dobby5
  3. 3Luca5
  4. 4Ollie5
  5. 5Dexter4
  6. 6Enzo4
  7. 7Leo4
  8. 8Louie4
  9. 9Prince4
  10. 10Vito4

Names Italian Greyhound owners choose far more than other owners

Names with 15 or more dogs only.

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

How far these Italian Greyhound names can be trusted

Four places, not the whole country

Only four US registers publish each dog's name and breed together. 86% of these Italian Greyhounds 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