Animal Names for Boys

Originally the name of a town in northern England, Airton and common variant Ayrton have taken on lives of their own as first names in Portugal and Brazil. This version is closely associated with Brazilian soccer player Airton Ribeiro Santos.

The final s turns this name into a manservant.

Colbee was a warrior of the Gadigal clan in Sydney when the British First Fleet arrived in 1788. He was captured but later escaped.

The word "bricks," name-ified. Rapper Pusha T used this as the middle name for his son, Nigel.

Asbury Park, a quirky town on the Jersey Shore, was named for Francis Asbury, the first American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Springsteen fans will likely be among those most drawn to Asbury as a first name; the Boss's first album was called "Greetings from Asbury Park."

Few Scandinavian names make the journey to America...and this one shows you why. Still, names such as Freya and Odin are making an unlikely comeback, so we wouldn't count any of the Scandinavian baby names out forever.

Dickinson is a possibility for Richard's boy, though that Dick nickname is problematic no matter how you get to it.

Very popular in Catalonia, in part because of its use by a number of pro athletes. English speakers, though, may interpret it as a "yoonek" spelling of Alex.