Animal Names for Boys

Adventurous word choice, but still quite a burden for a child to bear.

Short and sweet, just like the form of poetry - this name has serious potential as an interesting and plucky international choice.

Obscure, though legitimate, name that could be used to honor a relative named Barton or Martin.

Rarely heard last-name-first choice with nice gardenlike feel.

Italian form of Jeremiah, commonly used among Medieval Italian Jews.

Nobility names like Duke and Count seem to be forming a minitrend: actor Danny Bonaduce named his son Count Dante Jean-Michel Valentino. Beat that. Or wait: don't.

We don't see that bright a future for this one either.

For fans of Warren G. All two of them.

Bulky surname honoring Grandpa Henry or Saul Bellow's Rain King.

A not uncommon name in India that's become associated, in the West, with famed sculptor Anish Kapoor, who won the prestigious Turner Prize in 1991. It's also the name of (among others) a Nepali-Russian chess prodigy and a character on HBO anthology series Room 104.