Animal Names for Boys

Bardyllis (also spelled Bardilys) is a name from ancient history, belonging to two kings of Illyria (now the Balkans in south-east Europe) in the third and fouth centuries BCE, around the time of Alexander the Great. The meaning is debatable: suggestions include "white" or "white star" in ancient Albanian, or "gray" in the Messapian language of Italy.

A fateful and/or spiritual word name that occasionally appears on the charts.

Aroon, also spelled Haroon, is the mythic charioteer of the dawn.

Ancient Germanic name derived from the element heim "home", used as a short form for names which include this element.

British filmmaker Hanif Kureishi brought this name to the Western world.

Cuthbert is unlikely to make a comeback anytime soon, so Cuddy too may be lost to history.

A rarely heard saint's name -- Saint Charles Borromeo is the patron of apple orchards and stomach diseases.

This would make an interesting name for a boy, if it weren't for the fact that the two most well known Fergies are female.

A beautiful meaning for a long-awaited child.

An English place name and surname derived from the name of the River Exe, which runs mainly in Devon and Somerset in the southwest of England. The river's name simply means "water" from Brythonic uisk.

Other occupational names would be more commonly accepted, though the Mad Men character has certainly brought it to the fore.

Derived from Welsh caru meaning "to love".