Animal Names for Boys

  1. Hoover
    • Origin:

      German
    • Meaning:

      "owner of a patch of farmland"
    • Description:

      A huve is 40 acres of land, so the occupational name Hoover refers to the farmer who owned and worked it. Hoover also relates to the rock band, the vacuum cleaner, the dam, and former FBI head J. Edgar.
  2. Bernhardt
    • Deshan
      • Origin:

        Hindi
      • Meaning:

        "of the nation"
      • Description:

        Attractive Indian name unfamiliar to most Western parents.
    • Cedrick
      • Burgess
        • Origin:

          English
        • Meaning:

          "inhabitant of a fortified town"
        • Description:

          Related to the word bourgeois; actor Burgess Meredith put this surname in first place.
      • Alecsander
        • Briggham
          • Dinsmore
            • Origin:

              Irish
            • Meaning:

              "dark moor"
            • Description:

              This Celtic surname is familiar but barely used at all as a first name.
          • Avshalom
            • Addyson
              • Itzan
                • Ainar
                  • Origin:

                    Kazakh
                  • Meaning:

                    "male moon"
                  • Description:

                    A strong and evocative Kazakh moon name. It also appears in Estonia as a masculine form of the popular girl name Aino, meaning "the only one".
                • Flemming
                  • Origin:

                    Scottish
                  • Meaning:

                    "man from Flanders"
                  • Description:

                    This surname is the name of a Scottish clan and means "man from Flanders". It was used for zero babies in 2021, but has appeal.
                • Gerome
                  • Andonios
                    • Haraldur
                      • Origin:

                        Icelandic from Germanic
                      • Meaning:

                        "army ruler"
                      • Description:

                        The Icelandic form of Harold, currently a popular boy name in Iceland.
                    • Ioann
                      • Hadi
                        • Aeddan
                          • Esten