Are you adopting a rescue canine who will quickly be–or not too long ago was–a mom canine? Or intaking a pregnant canine right into a shelter or rescue? We’ve rounded up a group of the very best names for mom canines, drawing inspiration from every part from well-known mothers of the silver display screen to names for moms from across the globe.
Candy Names for Mom Canines
Batmom: for the superhero mama canine with bat ears
Mama
Mama Bear
Mamaw: Used within the UK as slang for Mother, Mamaw is extra typically used for grandmothers within the US.
Mamma Mia
Mammy
Mamsy or Mamsie
MeeMee
Mommy
Momsy
Mum
Mummy
Mumsy: Mumsy is most frequently used as a British identify for Mother.
Supermom or Supermum
Tiger Mother: for the pregnant brindle or striped canine.
Mother names from different languages
Ahm: Arabic
Aiti: Finnish
Amá: The Spanish nickname for Mamá.
Amami: A Spanish nickname used equally to Mother, Amami is primarily utilized in Mexico.
Anne: Turkish
Ema: Estonian
Madrecita: The Spanish diminutive of Madre, Madrecita actually means “little mom.”
Madre: Italian
Mãe: Portuguese
Majka: Croatian
Mam: Welsh
Mamacita: Spanish for little mom–and a reputation for a lovely lady
Mamaíta: An previous strategy to say “Mother” or “Mommy” in Spanish.
Maman: French for Mother.
Mami: Spanish
Mamita: Used equally to Mamacita or Madrecita, as a dinimutive of Mami.
Mana: Greek
Manman: Haitian Creole
Máthair: Irish
Matka: Czech and Polish
Mère: French for mom.
Moeder: Dutch
Mor: Norwegian
Motina: Lithuanian
Mutter: German for mom
Mutti: German for Mother
Nanay: Filipino
Nene: Albanian
Oka-san: Japanese
Omm: Maltese
Well-known Moms in Literature, Motion pictures and TV
Carol Brady: The matriarch of The Brady Bunch clan, Carol Brady or Mrs. Brady could be a superb identify for a canine pregnant with six pups who can then be named: Greg, Peter, Bobby, Marcia, Jan and Cindy.
June Cleaver: Of Go away It to Beaver fame, June Cleaver makes a intelligent identify for the traditional canine mother to 2 pups: Beaver and Wally.
Kala: The gorilla mother who survives the loss of life of her son to then later undertake Tarzan.
Kanga: The loving kangaroo mom to Roo in Winnie-the-Pooh.
Ma Wilder: Little Home on the Prairie
Marge Simpson: For the big-haired canine who’s mother to 2 pups: Bart and Lisa.
Marilla: Mom in Anne of Inexperienced Gables
Marmee: Little Girls
Morticia Addams: A well timed identify for the rescue canine introduced in in the course of the Halloween season, the matriarch of The Addams Household was mother to Pugsley and Wednesday.
Mom Goose
Mrs. Potts: Magnificence and the Beast
Mrs. Quimby: The mom within the Ramona e-book collection.
Mrs. Weasley: Ron Weasley’s mom within the Harry Potter collection.
Previous Mom Hubbard
Perdita: Perdita (misplaced in Spanish) is the 101 Dalmatians mother with 15 puppies of her personal (and 86 that she adopts). Not all of Perdita’s pups had been named within the e-book, simply Patch, Fortunate, Cadpig and Roly Poly. The film names some further pups. [Also see: Disney Dog Names]
Shirley Partridge: The matriarch of The Partridge Household, this identify could be a enjoyable moniker for the rescue mother to a litter of 4. The pups can then be named Laurie, Danny, Tracy and Chris!
Adopting an older mama canine?
Whether or not you might be adopting an older canine who has been a mom–or searching for a shelter identify for a brand new consumption–we’ve received a collection of grandmother names from across the globe.
Abu: Granny in Spanish.
Abue: Granny in Spanish, quick for Abuela or grandmother.
Abuelita: A candy diminutive of Abuela in Spanish.
Babcia: Grandmother in Polish.
Babička: Grandmother in Czech.
Babushka: Grandmother in Russian.
Bestemor: Grandmother in Norwegian.
Grand-mère: Grandmother in French.
Grootmoeder: Grandmother in Dutch.
Isoäiti: Grandmother in Finnish.
Lita: A nickname for Abuelita.
Mormor: Grandmother in Swedish.
Nanna: Grandmother in Maltese.
Nene: Grandmother in Turkish.
Nonna: Grandmother in Italian.
ömmu: Grandmother in Icelandic.
Sobo: Grandmother in Japanese.
Yaya: Nana in Spanish.
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