Animal Names for Boys

The god of storms in Lithuanian mythology. With (unrelated) Audrey at the top of the girl name charts, Audros feels like a handsome masculine successor.

An intriguing way to spin an old standard. Pronounced with a hard G: gee-yem.

Best associated with painter and writer Branwell Brontë, the only brother among his more famous, literary sisters, Branwell has the vibes of rugged, lonely, windy moors and brooding heroes.

Wildly optimistic -- and unrealistic -- choice.

This Polish form of Gracian is enjoying a run of relative popularity, having been in the top 100 there for over a decade. This name has a long and distinguished pedigree, having belonged to both a Roman emperor and a 4th century Catholic saint who founded the see of Tours in central France. It would make a fabulous namesake for an important Grace in the family.

The double-A is often a hard sell for baby names in an English-speaking context, and many will find Dario, as in public intellectual Dario Fo, appealing enough with just one. But diehard Game of Thrones fans may be attracted to this version, as it is the first name of charming rascal Daario Naharis, a mercenary first hired, then seduced, by Daenerys Targaryen during her conquest of Slaver's Bay.