Animal Names for Boys

A vintage choice in Japan that is not currently fashionable for babies.

This variation of Amadeus may not be as familiar in the United States, but it has potential for French speaker and those with a French lineage.

This unusual name, which is jauntier than Chris when used as a diminutive of Christopher, is associated with the Bulgarian installation artist of that name, responsible for wrapping many public institutions and known especially for The Gates of Central Park and Running Fence. Christo is his full given name.

Fitzgibbon comes from the obsolete name Gibbon, a diminutive of Gib, which is a medieval short form of Gilbert. That makes Fitzgibbon a subtle way to honor an ancestral Gilbert — you could always call him by the more modern nickname Fitz.

An Anglicized form of Gaetano, deriving from the name of a town in ancient Italy.