Animal Names for Boys

Might be an honorific for novelist Saul Bellow, although bellowing is not the gentlest of sounds. Consider Saul instead.

Brooks, Banks, Wells, Woods… why not Fields? This unique S ending option has a smart sound and outdoorsy appeal.

This Basque variation of Viktor is perhaps a little too close to bitter in English.

A place and surname turned first name, as in aviator Cortlandt F. Bishop and four-star general Cortlandt V. R. Schuyler. Cortlandt was a village near modern-day Wijk bij Duurstede, Netherlands. Its name was derived from the Dutch elements cort, meaning "short" or "narrow," and landt, "land."

Coriolan is a name sometimes used in modern France, derived from the ancient Roman Coriolanus, taken from a now-vanished city. Gaius Marcius Coriolanus was a Roman general whose life was the basis for the eponymous Shakespeare play Coriolanus.

We don't see this one making it unless you have a compelling family reason.

One-of-a-kind water-related choice.

Gedaliah is a somewhat obscure biblical figure who ruled Judea under the Babylonians. In the past it has mainly been used by Jewish parents, but now it has some potential as an unusual name with that stylish Old Testament sound.