Meaning & Story
Luther comes from Old High German "Lüther," possibly from "liut" (people) and "heri" (army), meaning "people's warrior" — or from "liuther" meaning "famous warrior." Martin Luther, the reformer who sparked the Protestant Reformation, gave the name an indelible connection to courage and conviction.
Luther is a name of conviction — it carries the weight of Martin Luther's world-changing act of conscience, the 95 Theses, the refusal to recant. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. deepened that legacy with his own enormous moral courage. For pets, Luther suits the principled and the steady: the dog who has decided what is right and holds to it, who guards with quiet determination, who seems to operate from a place of settled certainty. A name for the pet who has their own code and keeps to it faithfully.