Animal Names for Boys

This cool Tamil option means "leader".

Bright and friendly, Ajdin is a popular choice in Bosnia and Herzegovina, having been in the Top 50 since the 2000s. It reached #3 in the charts in 2011, but has now declined slightly in use. It derives from the Turkish name Aydın, which has been anglicized to Aydin.

Clear and strong, if a little heavy.

Bráulio was a medieval bishop and saint whose name has an energetic, modern quality.

Domas feels like a fresh take on Thomas, but it is either a short form of Dominykas, the Lithuanian form of Dominic, or Domantas.

In Irish legend Caoilte or Caílte was a warrior of the Fianna and their foremost poet.

The name of a river in South Wales would make an interesting Celtic update to Bradley.

Hypnos is the personification of sleep in Greek mythology.

While everyone may think you said "Harold," this name sounds more up-to-date. And if you get tired of explaining, you can always call him Harry.

One Puritan virtue name unlikely to thrive in the 21st century.

Courtlandt, with its added U, is an English form of the Dutch habitational surname Cortlandt. Cortlandt was a village near modern-day Wijk bij Duurstede, Netherlands. Its name was derived from the Dutch elements cort, meaning "short" or "narrow," and landt, "land."

Reality TV star Raven Gates gave her on-trend s-ending surname to her son, named Gates Zev. Gates joins an impressive lineup of celebrity babies with similar names, including Hillary Duff's Banks and Emma Roberts' Rhodes. Gates is also famously the surname of Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft.

Costas is a much better nickname than Connie for the somewhat-forbidding Constantine. Kostas is the Greek form.