Afrikaans Dog Names

Some dogs are short, some are tall, some are small, and some are big. There are big dogs, and then there are super massive big doggos that make their way into the Internet fame just because of their immense size. Not saying that they do not deserve it, because they definitely do, it takes time and dedication to grow to such immense sizes. One of such lovely large pups is the adorable Ultra Grigory, whose name reminds of a wrestler’s moniker, or that of a superhero. And he is, or was, a little bit of both at times.

Ultra Grigory was a huge Boerboel who became popular after a photo of him was posted on the Internet sitting and smiling on the stairs next to his owner, Brink Botha. The Internet went into a frenzy when this photo was posted. People were leaving comments on all platforms, deliberating whether the photograph was doctored or somehow tampered with. They started memeing the photo, using it as an example of huge dogs, and made Grigory into a superstar! His owner confirmed that the photo was not altered in any way and that Grigory’s immense size is due to the angle of the photo, which makes him look bigger than he really is, but that there are videos on the World Wide Web that show his actual measurements. Even after watching the videos, one would conclude that Grigory is a huge doggo either way, but maybe not as gigantic as the photo leads us to believe.

Grigory was born in 2001 (location unknown), to a mom named Hansom Penny and a dad named Gretchen Symmo. This gorgeous dog has so many offspring, so his genes still live on, even though he, sadly, passed away. Grigory is a dad to Survivor Noekie, Mauzer Rooies, and Romanov Nikita, to name a few, who are all amazing dogs with strong pedigrees.

As previously mentioned, Grigory was a Boeroel, a breed also known as the South African Mastiff. It is a large, Molosser breed from South Africa, and if they could talk, they would surely speak Afrikaans. These big doggos were bred as farm dogs and guard dogs, and they are exceptionally strong. Their name comes from the Afrikaans word boer, which means farmer, showing their original breeding purpose, and the word boel, which is a slang word for dog – so, their name can literally be translated as farmer’s dog.