Animal Names for Boys

The Biblical Abijah might be temporarily lost to time, but this antiquated short form could move with it into the modern era.

French form of Athanasius.

Traditionally the name for the fifth-born child, however, we like it no matter where the child is in the birth order.

A unisex name with great nickname potential, currently particularly popular for boys in Azerbaijan.

The charming Hitch played by Will Smith in the eponymous movie put this into the lexicon. Also known as the nickname of director Alfred Hitchcock and writer Christopher Hitchens, who titled his autobiography "Hitch."

Erasmus may be out of fashion in the English-speaking world, but in Slovenia, Erazem is a fashionable riser.

Names ending in -ton (meaning "settlement") are white-hot, and Arrington is one of the freshest on the scene.

Humberto lifts this ancient name out of the gross association to fictional pedophile Humbert Humbert, investing it with a good measure of Latin charm. It helps that the pronunciation is significantly different, much closer to the Italian Umberto than to the flat-footed original.

An invented name with several spelling variations. Ranking in the Top 1000 from 1989 to 2005, Daquan is now becoming a Dad Name.