Animal Names for Boys

The exact meaning of Aybars is unknown, but it appears to be derived from ay, known to mean "moon," and a Proto-Turkic root bār, "there exists."

A unisex name in China, but better suited for girls in the US due to the similarities to sound-alike Faye.

Honor and Honesty are on the ascent, and now Honest has been introduced into the name pool. Maybe Honestly will be next.

One you might like for its cozy meaning, but there is that Pied Piper rat connection.

You might want to honor premier U.S. architect Frank Gehry--even though he was born Ephraim Goldberg. Gehry, pronounced like the more common surname Geary, may be a spin on the name Gary, which means spear, or derive from the Middle English word geary, which means fickle.

A Greek classic.

A more modern form of Eleutherios, meaning "free".

The lively Spanish & Portuguese form of Constantine.

Hip short form of Bernard, also Swiss place-name.

Dark and handsome.

The spelling used by a character on TNT's Animal Kingdom and, we hope, few others.

If Brave isn't enough for you, you might try Braver, which has an even stronger meaning. Braver's -er ending gives it surname style.

This Biblical name, which comes complete with cool nickname Ash, belonged to a son of Benjamin. Ashbel Smith was an American medical student befriended by James Fenimore Cooper when they were in Paris in the 1830s.

Popular in Puerto Rico since the 2000s and now in the US too, Dariel is a modern, elaborated form or Darrell or Darren, inspired by the likes of Gabriel and Daniel. Darrell (which might also be the inspiration behind Darren) derived from a Norman French surname, d'Airelle, referring to someone who came from Airelle in France.

Pronounced Beecham, but still too fancy and fey. Likewise Beaufort (beautiful fort), Beaufoy (beautiful beech tree), and Beaumont (beautiful mountain).

This Muslim name derived from the Arabic is found in North and East Africa.