Animal Names for Boys

Name of a tiny Bahamian island that's better suited to a girl.

Attractive Indian name unfamiliar to most Western parents.

This spelling of the Arabic name Yahya (equivalent to John) is popular in Balkan nations such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, which have large Muslim populations.

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.

English surname and place name, or a variation on Beauden.

What it really means: you're a "Casablanca" fan.

Fearless hasn't made it onto the baby name charts yet, but we expect one day soon it will. It's along the same lines as Brave, Courage, and Hero — all of which are established baby names.

In Exodus, a son of Aaron: an interesting, undiscovered Old Testament name.

Spelling variation of Grayson. Entered the US Top 1000 for the first time in 2016.

As a Persian and Arabic name, Adel derives from adala meaning "to act justly", linking it to honesty and fairness — aspirational qualities for anyone to possess. From its Germanic origins, Adel comes from the element adal, meaning noble, making it a variation of Adele, Adelaide, Adelbert, and similar.

A nickname for Gennady, a cool and unusual Russian boy name.

While the original Irish St. Columba was male, the modern Irish variation Colm or Scottish Callum would be more appropriate for a contemporary boy. We can, however, imagine Columba as a rhythmic and contemporary-sounding girl's name.