Horse names
Name ideas for your horse
By coat colour, by breed, by style, and for mares, geldings and ponies: forty ideas in each group, from short barn names to the kind that goes on papers.
By coat colour
Grey and white horses
Silver, Frost, Moonbeam, Ash, Smoke, Pearl…
Chestnut and sorrel horsesCopper, Rusty, Ember, Blaze, Cinnamon, Penny…
Bay horsesCocoa, Umber, Mahogany, Chestnut Run, Sable, Ebony Star…
Palomino horsesGoldie, Honey, Sunny, Amber, Biscuit, Butterscotch…
Black horsesMidnight, Onyx, Ebony, Raven, Jet, Shadow…
Paint and pinto horsesPatch, Calico, Dapple, Mosaic, Spotlight, Cocoa Puff…
Buckskin and dun horsesCinnamon, Sandy, Dusty, Golden Hour, Amber, Sierra…
Roan horsesRosie, Frost, Blue Smoke, Ember, Cinder, Sugarplum…
Spotted horsesDapple, Freckles, Pepper, Mosaic, Cookie, Domino…
Cremello and perlino horsesCloud, Frost, Opal, Moonbeam, Ivory, Snowfall…
By style
Classic barn names
Bella, Daisy, Molly, Biscuit, Maggie, Penny…
Western and ranch namesTucker, Dusty, Sheriff, Wrangler, Buck, Maverick…
Nature namesStorm, Juniper, Cedar, Ember, Willow, Thunder…
Show and registered namesMidnight Valor, Golden Crown Royale, Silver Meadow Star, Thunder Creek Legend, Crimson Ridge Prince, Highland Sovereign…
Racing-style namesMidnight Rebel, Thunder Bay Bound, Gold Rush Lady, Late Bloomer, Second Wind, Photo Finish…
Myth and legend namesPegasus, Sleipnir, Epona, Bucephalus, Arion, Odin…
Old-fashioned namesAda, Bessie, Clara, Dolly, Edith, Florence…
Funny namesSir Loafalot, Pancake, Gravy Boat, Mister Wiggles, Sofa King, Captain Crumb…
Mares, geldings, ponies
By breed
Quarter Horses
Dusty, Maverick, Sonny, Doc Jesse, Ranger, Copper…
ThoroughbredsSecretariat Jr, Seabiscuit, Man o' War, Silver Stride, Dash Ahead, Winner's Circle…
ArabiansZara, Sahara, Qamar, Nadia, Basha, Amira…
Paint HorsesCalico, Dakota Spark, Patches, Sunny Ridge, Maverick, Cocoa Bean…
AppaloosasNez Perce, Spotlight, Dapple, Freckles, Pinto Star, Cloud Dancer…
MorgansJustin, Morgan Pride, Green Mountain, Vermont Star, Ethan, Daniel Morgan…
MustangsSagebrush, Canyon, Wild Sage, Ridgeline, Blue Mesa, Juniper…
Tennessee Walking HorsesDixie Belle, Sweet Tea, Magnolia, Cotton Creek, Bourbon Run, Savannah…
FriesiansFriso, Ebony Star, Halvard, Sjoerd, Nordwind, Onyx…
Clydesdales and draft horsesBruce, Angus, Hamish, Duncan, Fergus, Callum…
WarmbloodsValentino, Chapeau, Ravelli, Donnerwetter, Fürst, Adelberg…
Andalusians and LusitanosSol, Alba, Brisa, Dorado, Estrella, Fuego…
Icelandic horsesSleipnir, Grani, Skjoldur, Freyja, Njord, Hrafn…
Haflingers and FjordsBran, Solveig, Heidi, Fjella, Kaspar, Liesl…
Ideas written by Hoofdeck editors, updated November 2026. There is no public register of horse names, so these are suggestions, not a count of what is popular.