Male Horse Names

10 Popular Male Horse Names

What is in a male horse (gelding) name? Everything! The name you give to your male horse stays with you for your horse's lifespan – 20 to 30 years. That is a long time to be asking "Shadow Dancer" to canter, walk etc. So you have to be comfortable with the name from the start.

Observe your male horse closely when you are about to purchase him and an appropriate name may jump out at you. Is your male horse "lucky" to have been rescued? Do you look at him and his colour reminds you of a hot chocolate, "Cocoa"? Does that beautiful male horse remind you of a movie star – "Oscar" or "Rocky" or "Mr Ed" or "Sundance"?

From our recent Australian survey, here is our latest list of ten popular male horse names.

Male Horse Names

1. Sunny
2. Shadow
3. Cody
4. Chip
5. Dakota
6. Cocoa
7. Rusty
8. Sundance
9. Toby
10. Cooper

Female Horse Names

10 Popular Female Horse Names

What is in a female horse (mare) name? Everything! The name you give to your female horse stays with you for your horse's lifespan – 20 to 30 years. That is a long time to be asking "Daisy" to canter, walk etc. So you have to be comfortable with the name from the start.

Observe your female horse closely when you are about to purchase her and an appropriate name may jump out at you. Is your female horse "lucky" to have been rescued? Do you look at her and her colour reminds you of "Brandy"? Does that beautiful female horse remind you of a movie star – "Maggie" or "Lady" or "Polly"?

From our recent Australian survey, here is our latest list of ten popular female horse names.

Female Horse Names

1. Maggie
2. Comet
3. Brandy
4. Lady
5. Lucky
6. Midnight
7. Sunny
8. Misty
9. Holly
10. Daisy