Animal Names for Boys

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

With Finn, Finley, Finnegan, and Flynn in the charts, Finan offers another way to get to that popular sound. A spelling variant of Fionnan, Finan is an Irish name that means "little, white and blessed".

Old Testament male name and biblical place name.

An ancient and dashing princely European name, belonging to one of the Grimaldi princes of Monaco from the 18th and 19th centuries. Florestan is also a character in Ludwig van Beethoven's opera "Fidelio" (1814).

Old Testament name of a son of Moses used by the Puritans, and now by Orthodox Jews.

A simple and straightforward choice from northwest Africa.

Variant of Auley

The name of a fire demon in the Japanese animated film Howl's Moving Castle is given to a dozen or two babies in recent years.

Bello is as handsome as Bella is beautiful, but rarely heard outside the Italian community. With its energetic 'o' ending, it could be ripe for export.

Crittenden is a habitational surname denoting ancestors from the village of Crittenden in Kent, England. It is derived from the Old English name Guddhere, a cognate of Gunnar, ing, designating the possessive, and denn, "woodland pasture."

This could be a fresh way to honor an ancestral Walter.

While Isidore feels bookish and stern, Isidoro has a more romantic sound, with its handsome -o ending.

The modern Hebrew variation of Ithai, a name from the Old Testament.

Bartholomew is one vintage name with Biblical antecedents that hasn't risen again in the modern world, perhaps because short form Bart, as in Simpson, would be too difficult for a contemporary boy to bear. But antique nickname Bat might work better. Might.