Animal Names for Boys

A Julian derivative, via Spanish conquistadors, that could be a more unusual yet still reasonable substitute for that current favorite.

A relatively common French surname associated with sometimes scandalous French novelist/dramatist Jean Genet. The name may derive from genêt, the French name for the broom shrub. Alternatively, it can derive from the French forms of Eugene, John or Janet as an ancestral surname.

Near Eastern name with lots of opportunities for variation and improvisation.

Likable Irish surname name, but bound to be confused with Clooney.

Azaad is a Muslim name with a beautiful meaning as well as a cool sound with that zippy Z and double As.

A common name in Iceland, from the same origins as Arnold et al.

Less familiar than the feminine Jacinta. Jacinto is a sweet floral boy name that was most popular in early 20th century Spain and Brazil.

It's a hat, it's a race, and it's even been known to be a name. In Britain, it would be pronounced darby.

Asian name with positive meaning.

Many Welsh rivers make great baby names, like Aled and Teifi. Artro is a particularly appealing one, combining fashionable sounds of Arthur and O-ending boy names.

As well as Japanese physicist Hideki Yukawa, two Yankees ballplayers, Hideki Irabu and Hideki Matsui, made this name familiar to Americans.