| German dog names begining from A |
| Ada |
 | Diminutive of Adeline and Adela: Sweet or pleasant; of the nobility. Noble. From the Old German 'athal' meaning noble. |
| Adal |
 | Noble. |
| Adal |
 | Sweet or noble. |
| Adali |
 | Noble. |
| Addie |
 | Diminutive of Adeline and Adela: Sweet or pleasant; of the nobility. Noble. From the Old German 'athal' meaning noble. |
| Addy |
 | Diminutive of Adeline and Adela: Sweet or pleasant; of the nobility. Noble. From the Old German 'athal' meaning noble. |
| Adel |
 | Noble. |
| Adela |
 | Pleasant; Of the nobility. Noble. From the Old German 'athal' meaning noble. Famous bearer: Adela was the name of one of British King William I's daughters. |
| Adele |
 | Variant of Adela: Pleasant; Of the nobility. Noble. From the Old German 'athal' meaning noble. |
| Adene |
 | Variant of Aline: Diminutive of Adeline, from the Old German 'athal' meaning noble. |
| Adine |
 | Variant of Aline: Diminutive of Adeline, from the Old German 'athal' meaning noble. |
| Adlar |
 | Eagle. |
| Adler |
 | An eagle. |
| Adne |
 | Eagle. |
| Adoff |
 | German form of Adalwolf meaning noble wolf, generally associated with the 20th-century German dictator Adolf Hitler. |
| Adolf |
 | Variant of Adolph: Noble wolf. |
| Ahren |
 | Eagle. |
| Ailbe |
 | Intelligent or noble. |
| Aili |
 | Sweet. |
| Ailis |
 | Sweet. |
| Ailna |
 | Diminutive of Adeline and Adela: Sweet or pleasant; of the nobility. Noble. From the Old German 'athal' meaning 'noble. |
| Ailne |
 | Diminutive of Adeline and Adela: Sweet or pleasant; of the nobility. Noble. From the Old German 'athal' meaning 'noble. |
| Ailsa |
 | Variant of Elsa: A diminutive of Elizabeth, meaning 'my god is bountiful', or 'god of plenty.' Also from the Old German athal meaning 'noble'. Famous bearers: heroine of Wagner's opera 'Loheogrin'; the tame lioness in Joy Adamson's Born Free. |
| Ailse |
 | Sweet. |
| Aksel |
 | Father of peace. |
| Al |
 | Diminutive of Alvin: Friend. |
| Ald |
 | Old or wise. |
| Alda |
 | Feminine form of Aldo: Originally an Old German name meaning old. Popular in Italy and among North American families of Italian descent. Aldo was an 8th century saint. |
| Aldo |
 | Originally an Old German name meaning old. Popular in Italy and among North American families of Italian descent. Aldo was an 8th century saint. Old or wise. |
| Alds |
 | Variant of Aldo: Originally an Old German name meaning old. Popular in Italy and among North American families of Italian descent. Aldo was an 8th century saint. Old or wise. |
| Aldus |
 | Variant of Aldo: Originally an Old German name meaning old. Popular in Italy and among North American families of Italian descent. Aldo was an 8th century saint. Old or wise. |
| Aleda |
 | Archaic. |
| Alger |
 | Noble spearman. |
| Alia |
 | An Old German name meaning 'all'. |
| Alice |
 | From the Old German Adalheidis meaning nobility. Also sweet. |
| Alida |
 | Archaic. |
| Alina |
 | Diminutive of Adeline, from the Old German 'athal' meaning noble. |
| Aline |
 | Diminutive of Adeline, from the Old German 'athal' meaning noble. |
| Alion |
 | Variant of Alvin: Friend. |
| Alisz |
 | Sweet. |
| Aliz |
 | Sweet. |
| Alois |
 | Famous warrior. |
| Alric |
 | Rules all. The historical Gothic king who plundered Rome in A.D. 410. |
| Alrik |
 | Noble leader. |
| Aluin |
 | Variant of Alvin: Friend. |
| Alva |
 | Army of elves. |
| Alva |
 | Variant of Alvin: Friend. |
| Alvan |
 | Variant of Alvin: Friend. |
| Alvar |
 | Army of elves. |
| Alvar |
 | Truth-speaker or guardian. |
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