Animal Names for Boys
- Balasz
- Arnoux
- Farai
Origin:
ShonaMeaning:
"rejoice"Description:
Deriving from the Shona word fara, meaning "happy", this would be a joyful name for a long-awaited baby.
- Haskel
Origin:
Yiddish variation of EzekielDescription:
Rarely used cerebral-sounding name that is actually the Yiddish form of Ezekiel.
- Aitor
Origin:
Basque invented nameDescription:
A common Basque name first used in French Basque writer Agosti Xaho's 1845 work "The Legend of Aitor."
- Abbey
- Alastaire
- Beal
Origin:
English from FrenchMeaning:
"fair, handsome"Description:
Could be a possible and more modern, namesake for Uncle Neal.
- Brinsley
Origin:
British place and surnameDescription:
A rarely used Nottinghamshire place name of the sort now being considered for girls.
- Indalecio
Origin:
Spanish from GreekMeaning:
"teacher"Description:
Indalecio is an old Spanish name that is newly popular in Argentina.
- Aethelred
Origin:
Anglo-SaxonDescription:
Older variant of Ethelred
- Borden
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"den of the boar"Description:
A neglected surname name that could substitute for the more common Gordon, which has in the past associated with the milk company and Elsie the Cow.
- Ederick
- Egidio
- Burr
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"bristle"Description:
Ruggedly appealing word name in the Thorn/Rider/Storm school of boys' names.
- Clancie
- Jacque
- Gillie
- Gregorio
Origin:
Italian variation of GregoryMeaning:
"vigilant, a watchman"Description:
More dramatic, worldly, and energetic spin on Gregory.
- Avishai
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"my father's gift"Description:
Modern Hebrew form of the Old Testament name Abishai.