Animal Names for Boys

Cuthbert is unlikely to make a comeback anytime soon, so Cuddy too may be lost to history.

British filmmaker Hanif Kureishi brought this name to the Western world.

A bit too elephantine for a modern child.

Often used in reference to the Himalayas.

A name that's unusual in that changing the i to a y -- as in Byrd -- makes it more masculine.

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cearmada, which is reminiscent of other jaunty Irish surnames like Cassidy and Connolly.

Although the name Jabiru is indelibly associated with Australia (it is the name of a town in Northern Territory, Australia and also a type of stork), it is not an Aboriginal name, as is often thought.

One of the lesser-heard (but possibly most usable) members of the quirky, dintinguished "Fitz" names.