Animal Names for Boys

Football fans just might want to honor star footballer Ahman Green, whose name can be seen as a variation of AHMED or AHMAD.

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.

Dickson's nickname problem keeps it from having the upside possibility of similar names like Jackson and Harrison. If you're looking for fresh baby names to honor an ancestral Richard or Dick, consider Dixon. Or better, Richardson.

Variant of Enoch with little appeal.

Flowing, melodic boy name with a sun-drenched meaning.

Baalzebub, also spelled Beelzebub, is a demon in Abrahamic religions. In Christian sources, Baalzebub is another name for Satan.

This name, also a term of affection, is popular in Turkey but has a spelling that may confuse English speakers.

Pleasant Irish last name that could be a more masculine alternative to the overused Cassidy. Early kings of Leinster bore the name, which relates to the first name Caomhan or Kevin and can also be spelled Kavanagh, Cavanagh, Cavenagh, and Kavanaugh.

Rhythmic and energetic, Drury is of French origin, with the wonderful meaning of "dear one, sweetheart."

French form of Fiachra

As wooden as its second syllable.

This is another form of the name the angel Raphael assumes for himself when he becomes human. One of the few attractive Biblical names that has not yet been discovered by modern parents, Azarias is certainly ripe for the taking.

Old-timey surname that's been very rarely used.

A combination of the Hebrew Dov, and Yiddish Ber — both of which mean "bear".