Animal Names for Boys

Cosmopolitan European form of the Greek name Aristides, as worn by an ancient statesman and an early saint.

A slight elaboration on Forrest, with the same woodsy charm.

Eisenhower is derived from Eisenhauer, a German surname composed of the elements eisen, meaning "iron," and hauer, "hewer." In modern English, that translates to "iron cutter." It's best known as the surname of President Dwight D., "Ike" Eisenhower, making Ike an appropriate nickname (and you might need one, with a name this stately!)

Properly spelt Bình in Vietnamese, this is a very popular name for both sexes. The pronunciation is usually Anglicized as "BIN", but the middle vowel is more like the U in "burn".

Haroon, also styled as Aroon and Harun, is the mythic charioteer of the dawn.

This European version of Cyril (pronounced like French Cyrille) makes the Top 100 in Belgium.

Davy and Davey are certainly short forms that are frequently used but rarely wind up on the birth certificate. And why, since David is such a handsome, classic, yet short and simple name on its own?