Animal Names for Boys

Upstanding New England patrician name.

Waspy, but preferable to Nanny Diaries satiric name Grayer. Grayton Greydon, Greyton.

Where as a serenade is an evening love song, an aubade is sung first thing in the morning.

Less substantial than many other Latin choices.

Variation of Fenrir.

A historic name seeing some modern use among French-speaking parents.

Spiritual author Deepak Chopra made this familiar, if not particularly accessible, outside the Indian community.

Reality TV star Raven Gates gave her on-trend s-ending surname to her son, named Gates Zev. Gates joins an impressive lineup of celebrity babies with similar names, including Hillary Duff's Banks and Emma Roberts' Rhodes. Gates is also famously the surname of Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft.

A less-popular spelling of on-the-rise Cason.

This name of a saint from Galway whose monastery became a center of learning, is an undiscovered Gaelic gem.

It looks unfamiliar at first, but we think this strong Danish name is worthy of further consideration. It has a great meaning and is unusual without being a mouthful or too challenging. To us it feels like an arty or creative name, perhaps because one famous bearer, Asger Jorn, was an avant-garde sculptor and painter.

Eleven didn't feel more namelike than any other number...until the (female) "Stranger Things" character came along. Now it seems like a possibility - albeit a rare one - for both sexes. Other associations include the number of players in a football team, and Apollo 11, the spacecraft of the first moon landing.

Ensio derives from the Finnish word ensimmäinen, meaning "first one."

St Elwen is venerated in Cornwall and Brittany, and lent his name to several regional place names. It is also found as a surname, especially in Norfolk, England.

The name of the father of Jonah in the Old Testament. Has a cool, energetic sound.

Combine the charm of Beau with the strength of Ford and you’ll get Beauford, an attractive French surname waiting to be discovered. The most notable bearer is Beauford Delaney, a modernist painter who participated in the Harlem Renaissance.

Short form of Alfred that had fallen out of favor, but could come back alongside Alfie and other clunky old-style nicknames like Gus and Ike.

A bit too bad-boy (think bars, beer, Harley) for us, as well as being the name of a grain.