Dog Names that Start with At

Introduction

When you and your family welcome a new four-legged furry family member into your home, it's not all wiggles, waggles, and kisses. Pet ownership carries with it some responsibilities which can compare to those of human parenthood. Some of those higher priority duties include selecting a healthy food and snack regimen, deciding where your pup will sleep and when to begin housebreakings and leash training. One of the responsibilities most avoided by pet owners is that of picking the perfect moniker for that newest furry family member. We at Wag! want to help make it more fun and less stressful.

Dog Names that Start with 'At' in Pop Culture

Featured Famous Dog with Name that Starts with 'At'

Atlas

No doubt you know someone who has been in a wartime atmosphere and has experienced the horrors associated with that arena. Perhaps you are married to a person who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or you may even be the one saddled with this malady. For those with PTSD, life is anything but typical, steady and safe. They suffer from horrible flashbacks and panic attacks that can come anytime and anywhere with no particular way to know what triggers them. The treatments available for our PTSD veterans generally includes talk therapy and many drugs, most of which do little to "cure" or "heal" the patient.

Our pop culture spotlight today is Atlas, the "face" of The Battle Buddy Foundation. Atlas, also known as "the wonder dog," is a service dog owned by a soldier who suffered a traumatic brain injury after getting tangled up with a roadside bomb in Iraq. The soldier describes himself as being totally lost and locked up tight in a prison that is personal and real. While the soldier reports that he did begin getting treatment for his PTSD while still on active duty, talk therapy sessions and a single prescription drug that did little to help him. More than a decade later, he reports that he was using more than eight prescription drugs which involved taking over 33 pills every day, his life feeling "very sad, hazy and hopeless."

Then, Atlas came into his life! He describes Atlas as not just a mere service dog, but instead his lifesaver, in many more ways than we who don't suffer from this condition can imagine. Atlas was trained to sense the emotional changes that take place in humans when those horrible wartime flashbacks present themselves. For this soldier, this training took on a grounding and solid presence when Atlas, sensing the changes in his master, would nudge his hand, or awaken him from the throes of a nightmare or stand behind him to let him know that "he had my back." The soldier makes no bones about the fact that it is Atlas' influence in his life which has allowed him to be an active and positive person in the lives of his children. He feels like dogs like Atlas are a beacon of hope for those who think there is no hope, letting them know that there is a way to find yourself and that the pain and fears are not valueless.

Dog Name that Starts with 'At' Considerations

There are many precious moments ahead for you, your family and your new pup. There are also some not so precious moments in your future, some of which are less pleasant than others. Those moments include the times when you must take them outside in the wee hours of the morning because they need to relieve themselves or those times when you step in one of the reasons why it was necessary to get up 10 minutes earlier to take them out. But, perhaps the one that evokes the most fear and trepidation occurs when you sit down to consider the label you're going to hang on that darling doggie who came home with you today. While this may seem like an incredible obstacle in your path to developing a "new normal," it is doable if you approach it as you would any other task, by forming a plan. Successful completion of this task could take any of several paths, with differing methods working better for some pet parents than others. Some pet owners will utilize the type of dog they have adopted as a starting point, along with coat color. Other pet parents will employ the alphabet to glean clues for that all important pet name, considering only names that begin or end with specific letters. May we suggest dog names that start with "At?"

Male Dog Names that Start with 'At'

Votes	Name	Vote
0	Atlantis A fictional island mentioned in Plato's hubris of nations
0	Atlas Greek word meaning carried; mythical Atlas was forced to carry the heavens on his shoulders
0	Attala Reminiscent of Atlas and Attila
0	Atticus Titus Pomponius Atticus, a respected influential Roman
0	Attila Turkish word for little father
0	Atu African word meaning born on Saturday
0	Ata Egyptian word meaning Twin; Turkish word meaning ancestor
0	Atemu Egyptian mythical great god Annu
0	Athamas Greek word for father of Prixus and Helle; Latin word for brother of Sisyphus
0	Athdar Gaelic word meaning from the oak tree ford; variation of Adair
0	Athemar English word for noble or famous
0	Atherton English word meaning from the town or settlement near the spring
0	Atreus Greek and Latin word meaning father of Agamemnon
0	Attie Celtic word meaning strong as a bear
0	Attis Greek for son of Manes; Latin word for the name of a priest
0	Atum Egyptian meaning the original sun god of Heliopolis
0	Atwood English word meaning one who lives near or in the woods
0	Athan Greek word meaning eternal life
0	Atley Old English word meaning the meadow
0	Atlee English word meaning the meadow
0	Ataman Turkish word meaning father of horseman
0	Atanacio Greek and Spanish word meaning without death
0	Athelstan English and German for noble stone
0	Athol Name of a district in Scotland
0	Athos Name of Byzantine monk who founded a monastic community on Mt. Athos
0	Atom The smallest irreducible particle of a substance
0	Atreus King of Mycenae in the Peloponnese in Greek Myth
0	Attison A transferred use of English surname; derived from Middle English Addisone (Son of Addy)
0	Atul Sanskrit word meaning incomparable
0	Atreo Greek word meaning King

Female Dog Names that Start with 'At'

Votes	Name	Vote
0	Atalanta Greek for immovable; Greek mythical name of female athlete and huntress
0	Atala Hebrew and French literary name
0	Atalie Hebrew and Swedish word for pure
0	Atara Hebrew word meaning crown, coronet, related to the word tiara
0	Athalia Hebrew word meaning the Lord is exalted; Old Testament power hungry wife of the King of Judah
0	Athelas English word meaning miraculously nourishing bread from "The Lord of the Rings"
0	Athracht Irish word that is another name for Saint Attracta
0	Atoosa Persian name of a princess
0	Atropos In Greek mythology one of the 3 fates
0	Atthis Greek mythological princess for whom the city of Attica was named
0	Athena Greek goddess of war and wisdom; favorite daughter of Zeus
0	Athalie Hebrew and French word meaning God is praised
0	Atalia Hebrew for the Lord is exalted
0	Ataya Quaranic word meaning gifts, presents, bestowal
0	Atleigh English word meaning a person living in a woods or meadow
0	Atarach Hebrew word for crown
0	Athanasia Greek for immortal or immortality
0	Athlyn Variation of Kathlyn or Caitlin meaning pure
0	Athene Greek mythical goddess of wisdom, skill and warfare
0	Atira A unisex name which in Hebrew means a prayer
0	Attica A city in the U.S. state of New York
0	Atreya Indian word meaning receptacle of glory; a unisex name
0	Atabey Taino religious name of one of two supreme dieties
0	Atalanna Greek word meaning equal in weight
0	Athenais Cognate of the Greek Athene, the goddess of wisdom, skill and warfare
0	Athea A village in West County Limerick, Ireland
0	Atria Star name
0	Atherton English place name that is also a surname
0	Atlanta A city in the U.S. state of Georgia
0	Atchara Thai word meaning angel