Animal Names for Boys

Drago sounds fierce but has a sweet meaning. It may be used as a standalone name or as a short form of other Slavic names beginning with the element dragu "dear", such as Dragoljub or Dragomir.

Quirky tree name with baby name potential.

The girls have Charli, so why not Charlo for boys?

A Desi variation that moves the name away from Lucy -- though it's just as dizzy. TV star Jaime Pressly used it for her son.

A nickname for Isak, the Nordic variation of Isaac.

A cute Welsh name with a strong meaning. This was the name of a 6th-century Welsh saint who founded Caergybi, or Holyhead in English.

This geographical name, which belongs to an English Premier League football club, is popular in soccer-mad Brazil.

A cool and rare Welsh nickname, though it may put some people in mind of the Banana Boat Song.

A strong Arabic name with a powerful positive meaning.

The charming Hitch played by Will Smith in the eponymous movie put this into the lexicon. Also known as the nickname of director Alfred Hitchcock and writer Christopher Hitchens, who titled his autobiography "Hitch."

Delta is an unusual vintage name for girls or an futuristic modern option for boys. Delta is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet and also the geographical name given to an island formed at the mouth of a river.

Don't let the long-nose connotations put you off. Cyrano feels so current with names like Theo, Leo, Cypriano and Cyrus finding fans again and even the fictional character has so many redeeming features (poet, musicians, self-made man).

Rhythmic name sometimes associated with calypso singer King Ajamu.

One of Jacob’s perkier variations.