Kilo

Kilo is the International System of Units prefix meaning one thousand, derived from the Greek khilioi meaning thousand. In the NATO phonetic alphabet, Kilo represents the letter K. As a pet name it has a crisp, precise quality — clean, strong, and slightly technical, which makes it interesting on a living creature who has no regard for metrics.

Kilo is a name that sounds like it belongs to a working dog — something disciplined, capable, and trained. K9 units and military dogs suit it perfectly. But Kilo also has enough clean simplicity to work for any large, strong male dog who carries himself with authority. The K sound gives it an energetic, decisive start. There's also a pleasing irony in a very large dog named Kilo, or an equally pleasing irony in a very small one. Either way, the name commands attention.