Animal Names for Boys

Spelling variant Ameer is much less popular than the original. An Amir is a ruler in the Arab world.

Bobo was the name of one of the most famous clowns in American circus history, who performed from the 1920s until the 1970s. But that's not the only reason this makes a less-than-optimal nickname.

Why did 5 sets of parents chose to name their sons Dock in 2016? We may never know.

Though it may have a slightly different pronunciation than Devin, this name is struggling to gain momentum.

Almost unheard of in recent years, Dagobert has some connections to the French diaspora. Pere Dagobert was an eighteenth century Capuchin monk who immigrated to New Orleans from Quebec. Dagobert I was a king of the Merovingian dynasty in the seventh century.

The minimalist Howard.

All the sounds of Giovanni without the authentic spelling.

A name with two strong literary associations, one overwhelmingly negative -- Lolita's pedophilic narrator Humbert Humbert -- and one positive, in the preferable European version: Italian author Umberto Eco.

An alternate Hebrew form of Abraham that could lead to the nickname Avi.

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

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

A highly uncommon boys' name inspired by the elements.