Animal Names for Boys

The S may confuse English speakers, but it's a French classic.

In Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, Gavroche is the name adopted by the unfortunate younger brother of Éponine and Azelma Thénardier after he is turned out onto the streets by his cruel and selfish parents. The name Gavroche has therefore become a French slang word meaning "urchin" or "mischievous child".

A handsome Lithuanian form of Adam.

The name of the first English king, who ruled in the 10th century AD.

Arda is a simple name used for both girls and boys, with roots in several culture. In Turkey, it's usually used for males and means scepter. There is also a Turkish river called the Arda. The Hebrew name Arda means bronze. And Arda may be a form of the English Arden, the name of a magical Shakespearean forest.

Huntley was best known as Brinkley's news partner several decades ago. With the new genre of girls' names that are unusual surnames ending with the lee sound -- think Mosley, Yardley -- Huntley or Huntlea or Huntleigh might rise for girls.

Most of the parents that name their sons Avri are likely using it as a creative spelling of Avery. It's also seen as a nickname for Avraham, the Biblical Hebrew variation of Abraham.

If you like the idea of King and Prince but find them too sophisticated, this might be the name for you.

Whatever its merits as a name, Haman is a Biblical villain, a member of the Persian king's court who plotted to slaughter the Jews. His plan was foiled by Queen Esther and Haman was hanged. Not a role model you want for your child.

Rarely used cerebral-sounding name that is actually the Yiddish form of Ezekiel.

Helier is the patron saint of the Jersey, one of the Channel Islands, and it is for him that St. Helier, Jersey's capital, is named. The name is related to Hilary, Ilario etc, and therefor shares their wonderful meanings.

Derived from the Cherokee word adohi, meaning "woods." But buyer beware: Adahy is very close to the Cherokee word for "poison," adahi'i.

Turns Axel into a word name.

Ifor seems to make more sense in its Anglicized version, Ivor.