Animal Names for Boys

The Dutch answer to Gus. Pronounce it like the English word and you have a name that means air.

A meeting of two trends — compound names a la Myking and Alegend and money-related -illion names such as Million and Billion.

Averill is an ancient name, most properly spelled Averil, that has a Boston Brahmin air – probably due to the image of statesman Averill Harriman. It's of the rare English surname names that originally derived from a female given name: Eoforhild (Everild), meaning "boar battle".

Samuel Beckett, inspired by the French surname Godeau, created the name Godot for his play, Waiting for Godot.

Americans tend to pronounce Godot with the emphasis on the second syllable, but Beckett has said this is incorrect. The correct pronunciation is GOD-oh, with the first syllable stressed.

A very rare Cas name with that cool and cozy -wyn ending.

An upper-crusty-sounding name with humble origins.

Fast-rising boy name thanks to Indian actress Dia Mirza. Avyaan is related to Ganesha, the Hindu god of beginnings and good luck.

As a masculine name, Gauri is Finnish in origin and derives from Gabriel.

This unusual, in the US at least, Turkish name has an attractive sound and a modern meaning. We can imagine it becoming much more widely known and used, the way the Irish Declan has over the past generation.

A dramatic name which – fittingly – belonged to an Ancient Greek playwright, known as the father of comedy.

A Saudi Arabian royal name that has remained within its own culture.

This unusual (to the American ear) unisex name is used throughout Scandinavia and Germany.

Branton may be more unusual than Brandon but it will forever be confused with that name.

A Latinized form of Kleanthes, this name is best associated with literary and poetry critic, Cleanth Brooks.

If you're a movie fan or a sports fan, you might be attracted to this name, via the film "Donnie Darko" or the Serbian-born basketball star Darko Milicic. It is kind of dark, though.