Animal Names for Boys

Place-name of a settlement in Galilee in Israel.

The meaning of the place name Berian, in Pembrokeshire, is not known, but it may mean "plain" or "burial place". It would make an interesting -ian ending option for lovers of names like Julian and Adrian who want something a bit more off-the-beaten-track.

Another servile surname, this one connected to the go-between character in "Charlie's Angels."

This friendlier Celtic version of Edmund has an upbeat feel and a good chance of competing with Aidan and Damon sometime soon.

Cherokee is the name of a Native American tribe, the largest in the United States stretching from North Carolina through Oklahoma. The meaning of the word Cherokee is uncertain: It may be Choctaw for "those who live in the mountains" or "those who live in the cave country" or it may be an Anglicization of the word the Cherokee use to refer to themselves, Tsalagi. The name was given to 19 baby girls in the U.S. in 2013 but was not recorded on the boys' roster, though we'd consider it equally appropriate for either gender.

Cool, musical modern choice, especially as a middle name.

Variant of Eamonn, itself a form of Edmund

A Blaise/Blaze hybrid that maintains neither the history of Blaise nor the wordiness of Blaze.

Argider is a somewhat used boys' name in Basque-speaking parts of Spain.

If you don't want to limit yourself to one month of the year, this unique baby name offers the plus of the friendly nickname, Cal.

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.

Falconer is one choice that has morphed rapidly from outlandish to possible, even attractive, thanks to the fashion for occupational names. And really, if Archer is getting popular and Miller seems normal, why not Falconer?

We can get behind Divine, Saint, and even Messiah. But God? It's too loaded for us to recommend in good faith.

At this point, there are more newborn American baby Gilbertos than Gilberts.

We'll have our sherry in the parlor, please, Bainbridge.