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BraccoItalian Either a nickname derived from Calabrian braccu meaning "small, chubby", or probably for someone thought to resemble a hunting dog, from Italian bracco literally meaning "hunting dog, bloodhound"... [more]
CadedduItalian From Sardinian cadeddu "puppy, whelp", ultimately from Latin catellus.
ConantOld Celtic, Pictish A patronym from the ancient Celtic personal name Conan, which derives from the Celtic kunovals meaning "high" and "mighty".... [more]
CooganIrish Anglicized form of the Gaelic name "MacCogadhain"; composed of the Gaelic prefix "mac," which means "son of," and the Gaelic personal name "Cuchogaidh", which means "Hound of War". The name is also found in Ireland as Cogan, Coggan, Coggen, Cogin, Coggon, Coogan and Goggin(s).
CunniffIrish From Irish Gaelic Mac Conduibh "son of Condubh", a personal name meaning literally "black dog".
DodgeEnglish Possibly a nickname from Middle English dogge "dog" (Old English docga, dogga).
EscuintlaNahuatl From Nahuatl Itzcuintlan meaning "abundance or place of dogs".
InuiJapanese Inu means "dog" and i means "well, mineshaft, pit".
InukaiJapanese From Japanese 犬 (inu) meaning "dog" and 飼 (kai) meaning "domesticate, raise".
McnameeIrish Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Conmidhe, a patronymic from the personal name Cú Mhidhe, meaning "hound of Meath". Meath is a county in Ierland. This family were hereditary poets in Ulster.
NokhaevKalmyk Derived from Kalmyk ноха (nokha) meaning "dog".
Ó GibneIrish 'Descendant of Gibne', a byname meaning "hound". This sept came from Counties Meath and Cavan. This was a very ancient sept but unfortunately, there are few references surviving.