Animal Names for Boys
- Bartek
- Bogart
Origin:
Dutch surnameMeaning:
"orchard"Description:
What it really means: you're a "Casablanca" fan.
- Greysen
Description:
Spelling variation of Grayson. Entered the US Top 1000 for the first time in 2016.
- Gerhard
Origin:
German variation of GerardDescription:
In its native Germany, Gerhard was very popular a hundred years ago and is now rather old-fashioned. It isn't much used by English speakers either, but has a certain clunky charm about it.
- Caster
- Alix
- Hurst
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"wooded hill"Description:
As a surname, it's most familiar as Hearst -- publishing magnate William Randolph and kidnapped granddaughter Patty. Few would use it if it wasn't their own family name.
- Conell
- Bird
Origin:
Nature nameDescription:
A name that's unusual in that changing the i to a y -- as in Byrd -- makes it more masculine.
- Clovus
- Churchill
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"hill of the church"Description:
Distinguished though it is, it will never shake its portly cigar-smoking image.
- Ignatio
- Delos
- Darrien
- Brochan
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"porridge"Description:
Although it has several meanings in modern Celtic languages, the personal name Brochan is thought to derive from the name Brychan, meaning "speckled". It would make an interesting variation on the somewhat dated Brock.
- Araunah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"agile"Description:
The name of a Jebusite who owned a threshing floor on the summit of Mount Moriah which was purchased by David to be used as the site for assembling an altar to God. Later texts render his name as Ornan.
- Fuller
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"cloth cleanser"Description:
An occupational surname that hasn't made the limelight like Carter, Baker, etc., but is equally stylish.
- Alvey
- Baltazar
Origin:
Spanish (from Phoenecian)Meaning:
"Baal protects the King"Description:
This variation spelling of Balthasar is most often used in South America. Argentinian football star Joan Figallo recently called his son Baltazar.
- Birkir
Origin:
IcelandicMeaning:
"birch"Description:
An Icelandic nature name derived from the word for birch tree, birki. It currently ranks in Iceland's Top 25 for boys.