Are you looking for that perfect dog name that just fits your pooch? Does your dog have gold or golden hair?

Naming a dog can be difficult. One way many pet owners do it is to look for a name that goes with your dog’s physical characteristic such as his coat color.

Here are some dog names that can be associated with those gold hair-coated dogs! I hope this helps you find the perfect name for your dog!

Dog names for “gold or golden colored dogs”)

  • Biscuit
  • Brandie – he color of oat bran
  • Buffy
  • Butter
  • Butterball
  • Buttercup
  • Butterscotch
  • Cadbury
  • Canoli
  • Carmel
  • Carob -because she wasn’t the color of real “Chocolate”
  • Chamois
  • Cheesecake
  • Cookie
  • Corky
  • Corona
  • Crackers
  • Creamer
  • Custard
  • Dandelion
  • Dandy Lion
  • Dew (for mountain dew)
  • Donut
  • Dunkin (like donuts or dipping your coffee)
  • Dusty Copper
  • Flaxen
  • Giallo (gee-all-o) means yellow in italian. We call her gia or gigi for short.
  • Ginger
  • Gingersnap
  • Ginky
  • Godiva
  • Goldie
  • Gold
  • Gemstone
  • Gravy
  • Heath
  • Hershey
  • Highlighter
  • Karo
  • Kasha – which is Ukrainian for buckwheat.
  • Honey
  • Marzipan or Marzi
  • Mellow
  • Motts – the color of applesauce
  • Mousse/Moose
  • Mustard
  • Mylo – a hot chocolate drink from Australia
  • Nestle
  • Nilla (for Vanilla)
  • Noodle
  • Nutello” plus he was as sweet as Nutella’s flavor is!
  • Nutmeg
  • Nuts
  • Oatmeal
  • Old Yellew
  • Penny (for the color but also because it is lucky)
  • Popcorn
  • Rocky Road
  • Rolo
  • Roux (pronounced Roo) my chocolate lab was the color of a roux. Making a roux is the first step in making a pot of Gumbo.You stir flour & oil over heat until it’s a nice dark brown color…the color of a chocolate lab. – My dog was a Cajun.
  • Russet
  • Rusty
  • Sahra is named for the Sah(a)ra Desert
  • Sandy
  • Skippy Peanut Butter (brown and he also skips)
  • Sun
  • Sunflower
  • Sunny
  • Sunshine
  • Syrup
  • Taffy
  • Tapioca
  • Tawny
  • Taxi
  • Teak
  • Tequila
  • Tetley
  • Treasure, because treasure is gold
  • Timber, as in timber wood
  • Toast
  • Toffi
  • Truffle
  • Truffles
  • Twink
  • Twinkie
  • Vanilla
  • Waffle
  • Whiskey
  • Yeller
  • Yellow
  • Yellow Dog… After the movie Funny Farm with Chevy Chase.