Animal Names for Boys

An ancient Welsh name belonging to an early modern king and saint, among others. The Irish cognate, Cathal, is more widely known.

If Jimi Hendrix's last name was too tame for you, you could add an extra X to the end -- enough parents did so in 2017 to make this one of the fastest-rising boys' names.

A clan name in Ursula Le Guin's Annals of the Western Shore combining sounds that are currently very fashionable. It's not beyond the realms of possibility that it could make it into baby name territory.

An awkward name for English speakers - we suggest the Old Norse version, Aki, might work better with modern names.

An alternative transcription of Hebrew Benaiah, currently among the Top 50 boys' names in Israel.

Refers to the hilly region of Galilee, an easily assimilated Israeli name.

The stuffy-sounding name of a posh medieval village in the Cotswolds, in England, that some consider one of the most beautiful small towns in Europe.