Animal Names for Boys

Flores is one of the most popular Spanish surnames and could certainly be adapted as a first.

Heavy and horsey.

Sure it makes a big statement, but if you can call your child Wren, Robin or Falcon, why not also Hummingbird. This pint-sized jewel of a bird is a lovely connotation for the baby that's full of energy and spirit.

Latin form of Jacob, also used in Dutch and Afrikaans.

Attractive Sanskrit boy name given to 22 American baby boys one recent year.

Adolph is of course a name that is shunned by most people around the world, but Aatu is a form that feels far enough away from the original to be usable.

Charismatic surname name borne by French explorer, conservationist, scientist, inventor and author Jacques-Yves Cousteau, who devoted his life to the study of the sea and all forms of life in water.

Lovers of Loki who don't appreciate the overt mythological reference might like this unusual Icelandic name.