Finding a nice name for your horse or mare becomes very easy thanks to the pet rescue blog. Choose the criteria that suit you (gender, length of the name, letter, the character of your companion, color, or even your hobbies) and discover a list of horse names that will surely suit your horse perfectly. Hundreds of names are available! It’s up to you to choose the one that best suits your horse companion!
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How To Choose a Name For Your Horse
The horse is a noble, beautiful, and intelligent animal that will quickly assimilate its new name. It is a habitual animal and that is why repetition is a key factor. Unlike other animals, the horse has a special sensitivity for everything related to understanding and communication.
He is able to interpret human feelings and sensations despite the fact that he cannot communicate with us. They are also able to feel emotions such as sadness, joy, and fear. We don’t have enough examples to tell you how important it is to find a good name for our horse. It is an animal that deserves all the affection and respect that we can offer it, and that starts with finding it a beautiful name:
- Choose an easy-to-remember name
- easy to pronounce with a clear sound
- Avoid too long names (no more than 18 letters)
- Avoid vulgar or bad names
- It should be pleasant to listen to and should be easy to pronounce
- Do not choose a confusing name
Horse Names By Gender
While choosing the best name for your horse, definitely you will consider some characteristics. Choosing your horse’s name by gender is the best choice. To make it easy, we list about 200 names for females and males.
Female Horse Names
The name for female ponies must be evocative and friendly. It can draw on the world of comics, children’s cartoons, and fruit. A name that must be child-proof / that also indicates the character of the animal. You can also play with the size of the pony which contrasts with eloquent names such as “majestic” or “divine”.
Continue reading and discover horse names for females and mares! We hope that you will find a name that will arouse your curiosity and in which you will recognize your new friend or your new best friend, and if this is not the case, you will find a little below a list of mixed names.
| Name | Name | Name |
| Aquamarine | Agate | Alabama |
| Babe | Bella | Breeze |
| Bridget | Cherie | Calliope |
| Circe | Cleopatra | Clio |
| Crescent | Dakota | Goddess |
| Delice | Diana | Diva |
| Dolly | Dora | Dorotea |
| Duchess | Elena | Ester |
| Faith | Fable | Fauna |
| Fly magic | Flora | Fortunata |
| Frida | Gaia | Galaxy |
| Gea | Geneva | Glory |
| Grace | Hecate | Hera |
| Impetuous | Isolde | Janie |
| Jane | Jasmin | Jewel |
| Kora | Lady | Lady Marian |
| Legend | Dragonfly | Firefly |
| Moon | Jellyfish | Majestic Spot |
| Misla | Mister | Moon |
| Moonlight | Mystery | Naike |
| Nebraska | Nevada | Nike |
| Nikita | Nymph | Peggy |
| Penelope | Petra | Rain |
| Spring | Princess | Priscilla |
| Ray of light | Rain | Real Lady |
| Pink / Black rose | Roxy | Dew |
| Storm Storm | Blizzard | Tzarina |
| Lightning | Sasha | Seraphia |
| Simba | Syria | Sofia |
| Smeralda | Snowflake | Witch |
| Viktoria | Viper | Zoe |
Horse Names For Mares
A noble and proud but also delicate animal for which it is important to respect it already from the name to which it is intended. Below the list of top horse names for mares. I hope one of these will be suitable for your companion.
- Cherry
- Countess
- Cristal
- Divina
- Dolly
- Emy
- Esmeralda
- Fedora
- Filomena
- Fiona
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Horse Names For Males
You are looking for a name for your new horse or pony. We, therefore, offer you many ideas that you may like. All first names are listed in alphabetical order.
Below is a complete list of horse names for males and we hope that you will be able to find one that surprises you and you like it. If not, keep reading and try to get inspired by the list of unisex names for horses.
| Name | Name | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Aaron | Acacia | Ace |
| Ace of Spades | Achille | Achitaka |
| Acorus | Acoustics | Babar |
| Babou | Beyblade | Bibo |
| Bicolo | Big evening | Bullitt |
| Bulup | Cactus | Cadichon |
| Caesar | Calgary | Calico |
| Caliente | Calimero | Calimino |
| Eragon | Erion | Evan |
| Ezior | Falko | Flopy |
| Furioso | Ginko | Hans |
| Hans | Lorca | Magnificent |
| Matisse | Ozo | Peru |
| Philou | Piccolo | Robin |
| Romeo | Scotty | Sinbad |
| Sweedam | Tiago | Tippi |
| Udrine | Urak | Whisper |
| Yannis | Zingaro |
Horse Names By Color
The coats of horses have an extraordinary variety that differs both in color and in some characteristics such as spots, spots, or shades.
If your companion has a pure color either black or white, we collect some special names so you can select the best horse name by color for him or her.
Black Horse Names
Here is a list of black horse names we hope this can be useful for finding ideas with which to find the ideal name for the horse.
| Name | Name | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Acorus | Acoustics | Babar |
| Babou | Beyblade | Bibo |
| Hans | Lorca | Magnificent |
| Matisse | Ozo | Peru |
| Impetuous | Isolde | Janie |
| Jane | Jasmin | Jewel |
| Kora | Lady | Lady Marian |
| Smeralda | Snowflake | Witch |
| Viktoria | Viper | Zoe |
Horse Names White
Below is the list of white horse names, we hope one of these will be appealing to you.
- Ace
- Achitaka
- Babar
- Bibo
- Bullitt
- Cadichon
- Calico
- Calimino
- Evan
- Flopy
- Magnificent
- Peru
- Robin
- Sinbad
- Tippi
- Whisper
Horse Names Kentucky Derby
- Long Range Toddy
- Country House
- Tacitus
- Plus Que Parfait
- Master Fencer
- Maximum Security
- Vekoma
- Haikal
- By My Standards
- Code of Honor
- War of Will
- Bodexpress
- Spinoff
Horse Names unique
Looking for a unique horse, or mare names? Here is a list of unique horse names.
- Acoustics
- Beyblade
- Lorca
- Ozo
- Isolde
- Jasmin
- Lady
- Snowflake
- Viper
- Jane
Horse Names By Bread
To choose the name of a horse, several factors must be considered, including first of all the breed of the equine (Arab, American, thoroughbred, Indian, Argentine, Spanish, pony etc.), its age, the color of the coat, the character of the animal and the discipline to which it will be destined.
Horse Names Western
The horse is a very sensitive animal that knows how to interpret mood, feelings, emotions, and human sensations. Below are listed names collected through research from different sources. Choose one of the best western horse names you think your companion will love.
| Name | Name | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Annabelle | Annie | Arizona |
| Arrow | Babs | Bailey |
| Bella | Bess | Betsy |
| Blaze | Boots | Charlotte |
| Cowgirl | Curly | Dawn |
| Duck | Dumplin’ | Grainger |
| Jolene | Justice | Kate |
| Maybelle | Morgan | Paisley |
| Rawhide | Rose | Sally |
| Starr | Sundance | Tulsa |
Horse Names Indian
- KEEGSQUAW
- ONATAH
- SHESHEBENS
- PELIPA
- OYA
- WICHAHPI
- CHUMANI
- ZIRACUNY
- PULES
- YEPA
Famous Horse Names
we wanted to reserve a special section for all these famous horses that have been part of popular history or culture. So, if you are looking for famous horse names, you will find several famous horse names below:
- Sleipnir: In Norse mythology, Sleipnir was a gray eight-legged horse capable of reaching the Hel, kingdom of death. It belonged to the god Odin.
- The Trojan horse: although it is not a horse of flesh and blood, the Trojan horse is particularly popular because of its history. It was a horse-shaped object which the Greeks used to house the soldiers and enter the fortified city of Troy.
- Rocinante: this is the name of Don Quixote’s horse, the protagonist of “Don Quixote de la Mancha”.
- Kolstomer: protagonist in “Kolstomer: the story of a horse” by Tolstói.
- Bayard: popular in Gesta songs, in the Christian Middle Ages, Bayard was half horse and half fairy.
- Spirit: he was the protagonist of the film “The Spirit, the indomitable horse”.
- Marengo: it was probably Napoleon’s best known and most famous horse. He was Arab and was imported directly from Egypt.
- Perdigón: it was Woody’s horse in the different sagas of “Toy Story”.
- Tornado: it was the horse of the “Fox”, present in the various films and books.
- Gripoil: in the “Lord of the Rings”, Gripoil was a horse loaned by king Théoden to Gandalf.
- Palomo: it was one of Simon Bolivar’s horses, although it is doubtful that it is the real name.
- Pegasus: In Greek mythology, Pegasus was the winged horse of Zeus, born from the bloodshed by Medusa, after Perseus had cut off his head.
- Bucéphale: it is the name of the horse of Alexander the Great, which literally means “ox’s head”. It is probably the most famous horse of Classical Antiquity.
