Animal Names for Boys

A variation of Gray — which itself is trending in the forms Gray, Grey, Grayson, Greyson, Grayden, and more — that is surprisingly yet to be on parents' radars. Grayer is the name of a young boy in the novel and movie The Nanny Diaries.

This French variation of Arnold is definitely more suave, although the Arno variation is easier to spell and features that trendy "o" ending.

Variant transcription of Hosea, the original name of Joshua in the Old Testament.

In Estonian mythology, Ilmarine is a blacksmith who forges the celestial beings. He is immortal and capable of creating practically anything, but is portrayed as being unlucky in love.

A modern invented name, taken directly from the French phrase "J'adore", meaning "I love".

A term occurring in the Old Testament and Hebrew Bible that later became personified as the devil in the New Testament.

Ananda is historically a masculine Sanskrit name — a form of Anand — but the A ending and similarity to Amanda give it a feminine flavor in the English-speaking world. In fact, it is currently used more often among baby girls in the US.