Animal Names for Boys

  1. Eammon
    • Ihaka
      • Origin:

        Maori
      • Meaning:

        "laughter"
      • Description:

        Maori form of Isaac
    • Artigan
      • Eónan
        • Origin:

          Irish
        • Meaning:

          "little Adam"
        • Description:

          Same problem as Eóin -- squared.
      • Herod
        • Origin:

          Greek
        • Meaning:

          "song of the hero"
        • Description:

          Greek name featured in the New Testament.
      • Jaka
        • Origin:

          Slovene; Indonesian
        • Meaning:

          "supplanter; young man"
        • Description:

          Jack getting too common for you? Here's a distinctive twist. Jaka is one of the most popular boy names in Slovenia, where it's a variant of Jacob or James.
      • Carmody
        • Origin:

          Irish
        • Meaning:

          "descendant of Cearmaid"
        • Description:

          Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cearmada, which is reminiscent of other jaunty Irish surnames like Cassidy and Connolly.
      • Estován
        • Jabiru
          • Origin:

            Brazilian, type of bird
          • Description:

            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.
        • Arkadiusz
          • Origin:

            Polish variation of Arkadios, Greek
          • Meaning:

            "of Arcadia"
        • Bir
          • Origin:

            Punjabi
          • Meaning:

            "brother; hero"
          • Description:

            Sikh name with two appealing meanings, derived from the Sanskrit vīra, meaning "brave, heroic".
        • Dinsmore
          • Origin:

            Irish
          • Meaning:

            "dark moor"
          • Description:

            This Celtic surname is familiar but barely used at all as a first name.
        • Airlie
          • Origin:

            Scottish
          • Meaning:

            "place name"
          • Description:

            This Scottish surname and Scottish and Australian place name has a pleasant airy and breezy sound to it. Camden mayor Lara Symkowiak chose the name for her daughter born in 2016.
        • Douglass
          • Ayush
            • Hakon
              • Harro
                • Dashel
                  • Origin:

                    Variation of Dashiell
                  • Description:

                    Variation of Dashiell.
                • Bautista
                  • Origin:

                    Spanish
                  • Meaning:

                    "baptist"
                  • Description:

                    Spanish form of the French name Baptiste, usually given in honor of St John the Baptist.
                • Duald
                  • Origin:

                    Irish
                  • Meaning:

                    "dark, darkness"
                  • Description:

                    Obscure and quirky, but not without some appeal.