Victoria Dog Names

Introduction

Victoria is one of the smallest states in Australia, and the most densely packed. Although it encompasses only around three percent of the country’s total area, approximately twenty-four percent of the entire population of Australia is packed into Victoria, in part due to the Victorian Gold Rush that was triggered by the discovery of gold in 1851. It is the home of Australia’s capital city of Melbourne, a bustling city with a population of a little over four million individuals, as well as seven more of the fifty most populous cities in Australia. Victoria also has beautiful landscapes, including captivating beaches, towering mountains, underground caves, and the third largest volcanic plains in the world.

Victoria Dog Names in Pop Culture

Featured Famous Victoria Dog

Bazz

American Foulbrood, first classified in 1906, is caused by a rod-shaped bacterium known as Paenibacillus larvae and is known to be highly infectious and destructive to beehives. When eaten by larvae that are less than three days old, the spores propagate in the body of the larvae, not only killing the host but also creating up to a hundred million spores per infected larvae, spores which can live for up to forty years in honey. Weakened hives are also more susceptible to theft from bees that belong to other hives, which allows the spores to infect the hive of the thief as well. The disease is difficult to treat, and even more difficult to spot before it becomes ruinous to the hive, and it has invaded hives throughout Australia including the hives located in the state of Victoria.

Fortunately, hives in the southern part of Australia have a new hero helping to discover American Foulbrood in their hive before they damage the hives beyond repair, a Black Lab by the name of Bazz, who hails from Tintinara, a town just a little west of Victoria, in the state of South Australia. When his owner, a beekeeper by the name of Josh Kennett, first began training Bazz to sniff out the disease he ran into a problem. While there are several sniffer dogs who work to find the disease in hives in the United States, they typically work in the winter when the hives are covered with a light dusting of snow, and the bees are less active, thereby avoiding dangerous stings. This doesn’t work in Australia; however, as it does not get as cold there, and Bazz was aggressively chased away from the hives whenever he approached. Mr. Kennett, not one to give up on a great idea, began developing a suit to keep the canine safe, much like the beekeeper suit that he wore himself. While it took a great deal of trial and error, Mr. Kennett eventually came up with a workable design that not only completely protected the dog but also allowed the dog to smell through it and move about easily. Since the suit has become a success, Bazz has been able to detect the disease in many hives, allowing apiarists to remove the infected bees before the spores spread, and the RIRDC (Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation) has authorized the training of a second dog, Elroy, who is to be sent to Tintinara for twelve months to be trained to help the eradication efforts in Australia alongside Bazz.

Victoria Dog Name Considerations

Although it is one of the smallest of the Australian states, the rich diversity of this amazing Australian state provides several opportunities for inspiration when searching for a moniker for your new canine companion. Some individuals may choose a Victorian name that describes their dog's physical appearance, such as Fairy for a very small dog, or Ada for a larger dog, while others may prefer to describe the dog's habits and behavioral traits, selecting a name like Billy, for a dog that never gives up, or Wallaby or Roo for a dog that does a lot of hopping around. Others may choose to honor a famous person who was born in the state, such as Cate Blanchett, Steve Irwin, or Emily Browning, while others may prefer to honor someone who is politically significant to the state, such as Linda Dessau or Daniel Michael Andrews. There are also several National and State parks that can be found in Victoria, such as Wilson's Promontory National Park and the Alpine National park, as well as several wonderful Universities, like Deakin University, Monash University, or the University of Divinity. The native wildlife can also be quite inspirational with a variety of different native animals such as the Echidna, the Cockatoo, or even the endangered Baw Baw Frog.

Male Victoria Dog Names

Votes	Name	Vote
0	Alpine The Alpine National Park is a 646,000-hectare National park located in Victoria
0	Bandicoot Victoria boasts several species of small mammals known as Bandicoots
0	Bazz The country’s first dog trained to seek out foulbrood, a serious bacterial threat to bees in all areas of Australia, including Victoria
0	Bendigo Gold was discovered near two Victorian cities in 1851, Ballarat and Bendigo
0	Billy The Puffing Billy Railway is one of the five narrow gauge lines of the Victorian Railways
0	Buchan The Buchan Caves are a group of limestone caves that serve as a major tourist attraction
0	Bushranger The Victorian Bushrangers are Victoria’s cricket team
0	Carlton World Heritage Site of the Carlton Gardens are of botanical significance due to their exceptional collection of plants
0	Cole Mount Cole State Forest grows around the base of Mount Cole in Victoria
0	Colin The Healesville Sanctuary, one of only two places to have successfully bred a platypus, was set up by Sir Colin MacKenzie
0	Daniel Daniel Michael Andrews has served as the Premier of Victoria since 2014
0	Deakin Deakin University in Victoria boasts the highest student satisfaction in Victoria
0	Dingo A variety of wild canine that is only found in Australia
0	Flinder The Flinders Street station is the hub of Melbourne’s suburban train network
0	Frogmouth The Tawny Frogmouth is a common bird in Victoria
0	Geelong The second largest Victorian city, Geelong, is also known as the Gateway City
0	Hoddle The Hoddle Grid is a grid of streets in Melbourne that forms the central business district
0	Jacky The Jacky dragon was one of the first Australian reptiles to be named and is often found in Victoria
0	Keilor Keilor Archaeological Site is estimated to be one of the earliest sites of human habitation in Australia
0	Kookaburra This iconic Australian bird is commonly seen in Melbourne Gardens
0	Kulin The Kulin nation, an alliance of five Aboriginal nations, makes up much of the central portion of the state
0	Littlejohn The Littlejohn’s tree frog’s native habitat reaches from Wyong, New South Wales to Buchan, Victoria
0	Melbourne The largest city in the state and the capital of Victoria
0	Monash One of the leading universities in Australia, Monash University, is located in Victoria
0	Phillip Phillip Island is the home of the well-known Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
0	Potoroo The Long Footed Potoroo is a marsupial that is found only in a small coastal area between Victoria and New South Wales
0	Steve Steve Irwin, better known as the Crocodile Hunter, was born in Essendon, Victoria
0	Sullivan The first attempt to settle Europeans permanently was a short-lived convict settlement at Sullivan Bay, south of what is now Melbourne
0	Wallaby The Swamp Wallaby can be found in just a few areas of Australia, including south-western Victoria
0	Wilson Wilson’s Promontory National Park is the most popular park in Victoria

Female Victoria Dog Names

Votes	Name	Vote
0	Ada The giant mountain ash known as the Ada Tree is one of the largest flowering trees in the world
0	Ballarat Gold was discovered near two Victorian cities in 1851, Ballarat and Bendigo
0	Baw Baw Zoos Victoria commenced a breeding program for the critically endangered Baw Baw Frog in 2010
0	Bettong Bettongs, also known as rat kangaroos, are indigenous to Australian and can be found in Victoria
0	Cate Cate Blanchett, born in Ivanhoe, Victoria, was named as one of the 100 most influential people by Time magazine in 2007
0	Cockatoo Both Sulpher-Crested and Black Cockatoos can be found in the backyards of Victoria
0	Cricket The Melbourne Cricket Ground, where the 1956 Olympic Summer Games were held, is the largest stadium in Australia
0	Divinity The University of Divinity, a collection of theological colleges, is based in Melbourne in Victoria
0	Echidna Echidnas are mammals found in Victoria that are covered in both fur and spines and lay eggs
0	Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth II is the queen of both England and Australia
0	Emily Named Breakthrough Performer of the Year in 2011 at the Hamptons International Film Festival, Emily Browning was born in Melbourne, Victoria
0	Eureka The Eureka Stockade was a rebellion in Victoria that was instigated by gold miners in the Ballarat area
0	Fairy The smallest species of penguin, Little Penguins, also known as the Fairy Penguins, can be found on the coastline of Victoria
0	Goldie The gold rush that started in 1851 created a large influx of people into the area
0	Roo Several species of kangaroo live in and around the state of Victoria
0	Koala Koalas can be found in the eucalyptus woodlands along the coasts of Victoria
0	Kylie Kylie Minogue, the singer known as the Princess of Pop, was born in Melbourne, Victoria
0	Linda Linda Dessau has been the Governor of Victoria since 2015
0	Luna Historic amusement park, Luna Park, opened in December of 1912
0	Mildura A major horticultural center that supplies eighty percent of Victoria’s grapes
0	Morelia The most southerly occurring python in the world, found in Victoria, is the carpet python, known in the scientific community as Morelia Spilota Spilota
0	Ocean The Great Ocean Road is a popular scenic drive that winds along Victoria’s coastline
0	Pear Farms in Victoria produce ninety percent of Australian pears
0	Possum Several varieties of possum live in and around Victoria
0	Tilly Tilly Anderson, born in Carisbrook, Victoria, founded the Victoria Association of Braille Writers
0	Victoria The state of Victoria was named in honor of Queen Victoria
0	Vixen The Melbourne Vixens represent Victoria in the ANZ Championship, the premier netball league in Australia
0	Werribee Werribee Open Range Zoo focuses on African wildlife rather than Australian
0	Wombat The Wombat Forest in Victoria is home to several endangered plants and fungi
0	Yarra The Yarra Valley features more than seventy wineries