Dog Names that Start with Te

Introduction

There are several methods that people can use to select a name for their new canine companion. Many people choose to honor an individual that they cared about or admired, or look to a book, television show, or movie for inspiration while others are more likely to pick a name based on its definition. An alternative is to start their search with a specific letter or letters at either the beginning or the end of the name, such as the letters "Te", either to match another pet or person in the house, because the dog responds well to that particular sound, or because that set of letters has a specific meaning to the pet parent.

Dog Names that Start with 'Te' in Pop Culture

Featured Famous Dog with a Name that Starts with 'Te'

Terry

Wizard of Oz, released in 1939, followed the adventures of a little girl named Dorothy as she travels through a magical but dangerous land known as Oz. On the way, she meets a Scarecrow, a Cowardly Lion, and a Tin Man, but the most loyal of her friends is her canine companion that she brought with her from Kansas, a little terrier by the name of Toto, played by a purebred Cairn Terrier named Terry, a true Hollywood star in her own right.

Terry was born in 1933, and her first owners, a couple from Pasadena, CA, brought her to renowned animal trainer Carl Spitz, hoping to cure her of a carpet wetting problem and her anxiety. Although it only took a few weeks for the legendary trainer to solve the issue, it seems that Terry’s original owners didn’t have any faith that Carl would be able to housebreak the little dog. He tried to contact the couple, who were delinquent on their payments and discovered that their telephone line had been disconnected. Terry had been abandoned.

Carl and his wife, Alice, decided to keep the terrier as a family pet, but Terry was destined to be much more than that. When a studio executive visited the Spitz’s training center with Clark Gable to visit a canine actor by the name of Buck, a Saint Bernard that was slated to be in his upcoming movie, Call of the Wild, Terry caught their eye. Carl trained the pup and in 1934 she got her first role, a small part in the movie Ready for Love, shortly followed by a role in the movie Bright Eyes, alongside one of the most popular and famous of all child stars to date, Shirley Temple.

By the time that Terry was cast in the role of Toto in 1939, she was a veteran to the industry and had been featured in seven films, and after Wizard of Oz was released, she starred in another twelve full-length feature films, working with well-known Hollywood actors like Spencer Tracy, Joan Crawford, Henry Fonda, Hedy Lamarr, and Jack Benny. The canine acting world mourned Terry when she passed away on September 1^st, 1945, and although her original resting place on Carl Spitz’s ranch was demolished in 1958, due to the creation of the Ventura Freeway, she was given a permanent memorial at the Hollywood Forever Cemetary. When Ventura Freeway expansion began in 2013, a leatherbound scrapbook containing Terry’s story, told from her point of view, was found by Willard Carroll, and published as a delightful autobiography entitled “I, Toto: The Autobiography of Terry, the Dog who was Toto.”

Dog Name that Starts with 'Te' Considerations

Choosing an appropriate name for your canine companion is an important early step in your role as a pet parent. A good name is typically easy to understand clearly and to differentiate from other commands, and one that the dog responds well to. The letters "T" and "e" at the beginning of the name give it a strong and distinctive sound that your dog will be able to quickly react to, and there are many strong and beautiful names in this category. One way of narrowing down a list of names that start with a specific letter or set of letters is to choose a name that describes the animal’s physical appearance. Names like Tetryl, referring to a yellowish compound, may be appropriate for a dog with a yellow or cream-colored coat, or Terell or Tetsu for a strong, powerful animal, while a name like Tegan, meaning beautiful, works for any dog that catches your eye. This list also has a number of names that may describe how your pup makes you feel, such as Teitr, meaning joyful, Terrwyn, meaning brave, or Teja, meaning radiant, as well as names that work for multiple dogs, such as Teoma and Teva, both of which mean twin.

Male Dog Names that Start with 'Te'

Votes	Name	Vote
0	Teague An Irish Gaelic name that means poet or bard
0	Teak A durable hardwood that is often used to build ships and boats
0	Tearlach A name that means strong in Scotland and manly in France
0	Tebogo A name most commonly used in Botswana that means we are thankful
0	Teddy Teddy can be a diminutive of Theodore, meaning God’s gift, Edgar, meaning rich or happy, or Edward, meaning rich guard
0	Teetonka A name from the Sioux nation that means big lodge
0	Tefo An African name that means payment
0	Teijo A name from Japan that means righteous or well-governed
0	Teitr An Icelandic name that means joyful
0	Telemachus A name from Greece that means distant fighter
0	Telford A French name that means works in iron
0	Telman A Hebrew name that means right hand or south
0	Templeton A name from England that means Temple Town, or town of sanctuary
0	Ten Eyck A Dutch name that means lives near the oak tree
0	Tenji A Japanese name that means of Heaven and Earth
0	Tennessee A mid-western state in the United States of America
0	Tennyson Lord Alfred Tennyson was the Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of the Victorian period
0	Teo A name from Spain that means God
0	Teoma A name from Armenia that means twin
0	Teppo An Israeli name that means victorious
0	Terell A name meaning powerful, used in both Germany and England
0	Teremun An Egyptian name meaning loved by his father
0	Terror A feeling of great fear
0	Tertius A name from Greece that means the third
0	Terzo A name from Italy that means third one, typically given to the third son
0	Tesar A name from the Czech-Republic that means carpenter
0	Teucer A Greecian name that means archer
0	Tex An American name that refers to the state of Texas
0	Teyen An English name that means from the enclosure
0	Teyrnon A Celtic name meaning regal

Female Dog Names that Start with 'Te'

Votes	Name	Vote
0	Tea A Spanish name that means either princess or aunt
0	Teal A medium blue-green color or the name of a Eurasian breed of duck with a teal colored stripe on their head
0	Tecla A Greecian name that means renowned fame
0	Teege A Low German word that means tithe
0	Tefia A Latin-American name that means Earth
0	Tegan A Welsh, English, and Irish name that means beautiful
0	Tehani A name from Tahiti that means the sweet caress of flowers
0	Tehya A Pueblo and Zuni name that means precious
0	Teiran A name from Germany that means strong-willed or determined
0	Teja A name from India that means radiant
0	Tekla A Grecian name that means divine fame
0	Teles A Latin name that means siren
0	Teleza An African name from Ngoni and Malawi that means slippery
0	Tellus The Latin word for land or earth
0	Telyn A Welsh name that means harp
0	Temima A Hebrew name that means whole or without flaw
0	Temperance A word that means moderation or restraint
0	Tempest A word that means a great storm
0	Tendai An African name that means be thankful to God
0	Terciera A name from Spain that means born third
0	Terra A name referring to the Earth
0	Terrwyn An English and Welsh name that means brave
0	Terry A shortened version of the English name Teresa, meaning harvester
0	Tesanee A name from Thailand that means beautiful view or beautiful rose
0	Tessa A name from Greece that means gatherer
0	Tetri A type of currency used in the country of Georgia
0	Tetryl A yellow crystalline compound that is often used as a denotator
0	Tetsu A Japanese name that means iron or strong one
0	Teva A name from Scotland that means twin
0	Tevy A Cambodian name that means angel