Animal Names for Boys

A modern virtue name, born from respect for authenticity, honesty and originality.

Avian name with cool nickname potential in Blue or Jay.

Sounds like...a Teutonic axe-ruler.

Roar! This popular name in the Arab world was once almost unused by English speakers, but is now given to a few boys in the States each year. It can also be spelled Fahad and Fahed.

Name of the "god tree," a tall cedar native to India that also grows in California and England. Not a prime baby name candidate.

This variation of Biblical Benjamin is used in Ethiopia. The name is also spelled Benyam or Binyam.

This is a solid surname choice for people looking for a change from Cooper, Parker and Carson. Australian parents will probably instantly associate this name with famous rock legend Jimmy Barnes, but this has an even older pedigree as a namesake - Barnes Wallis was a UK aviator and inventor, most remembered for designing the Dambuster bomb (a bomb that bounces across water to reach its target) and working on supersonic flight in the 1940s and 50s.

A highly uncommon boys' name inspired by the elements.

Hack is, unfortunately, both an unappealing word and sound.

Unusual and attractive entry to the growing Irish name canon.