Animal Names for Boys
- Filmore
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"very famous"Description:
Named for Millard. Or the late great rock palace.
- Braxon
Origin:
Modern invented nameDescription:
Jaxon with a twist.
- Donatien
- Bheem
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"terrible, formidable"Description:
Bheem, the name of the second of the five sons of Pandu in the Hindu epic the Mahabharata, was renowned as a strong warrior. Bheem is the name of one of the two heroes of the Bollywood film RRR.
- Hammett
Origin:
English surnameDescription:
A possibility for fans of the mystery writer, but most parents would prefer Dashiell.
- Jacie
- Bardolph
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"bright wolf"Description:
Bardolph is an antiquated German name that was used by Shakespeare for several minor characters. Short form Bardo, a Buddhist term for a Limbo-like state, would be more familiar and more fashionable today.
- Farris
- Antonin
Origin:
Czech variation of AntoniusDescription:
A current top 25 choice in the Czech Republic (spelt Antonín), this distinguished name has several notable bearers: from French playwright Artaud, to Czech composer Dvořák, to Death Eater Dolohov in the Harry Potter series.
- Fortitude
Origin:
Word nameDescription:
Fortitude is the kind of virtue name the Puritans favored, but would not be easy for a modern boy to carry. Stick with something a little simpler than Fortitude, like Justice or True.
- Bimini
Origin:
Place-nameDescription:
Name of a tiny Bahamian island that's better suited to a girl.
- Colver
- Fulco
Origin:
GermanicDescription:
A short form of Old Germanic names starting with the element fulc "people". Variants include Fulk, Fulke and Folke.
- Dace
- Jahson
- Diji
Origin:
NigerianMeaning:
"a farmer"Description:
Accessible multicultural name. Kot Diji is a site of ancient remains in modern-day Pakistan.
- Hamzah
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"lion or strong"Description:
This name has considerable meaning in the Islamic world, as Hamzah the brave was the uncle and protector of the Prophet of Islam. A more contemporary Hamzah is the eldest son of the late King Hussein and Queen Noor of Jordan. More commonly encountered in English-speaking countries as Hamza.
- Guinn
- Iarom
- Frederico