Animal Names for Boys

Back in the day, Con was a nickname for Cornelius and Conrad. Today it feels like a pet form of Connor.

In Turkey, Ali Asaf is currently more popular in its double-barreled form than Ali or Asaf individually.

Less popular than Camden by a lot and Kamdyn by a little. The prominent trend of substituting other vowels with a y continues to propel new spellings of names up the popularity list, which was the case when Camdyn made its first appearance on the US Top 1000 in 2010.

Photographer Richard Avedon's unique surname would make a stylish, one-of-a-kind first name for a baby of either sex.

The name of a river that flows through Texas into the Gulf of Mexico is given to a dozen or so baby boys and a handful of girls each year. The name derives from Spanish río de los Brazos de Dios ("river of the Arms of God").

Ahsoka Tano is a Jedi knight in the Star Wars film franchise. The name was based on that of the 3rd-century BC emperor of India, Ashoka the Great.

The word "bricks," name-ified. Rapper Pusha T used this as the middle name for his son, Nigel.

One of the few biblical names ending in the upbeat o.

Would be an obscure but winning entry in this category, except for its similarity to the word brassiere, which would certainly arouse unwanted attention in grade school.

Variant transcription of Hosea, the original name of Joshua in the Old Testament.

Derived from the ancient English name Albin, Elburn is a rarely-heard surname name that has the ever-so-loved "El-" beginning.