Animal Names for Boys

Variation of Aridius.

Brixton is a once-tough now-gentrifying-and-cool area of London that has also become one of the hottest boys' names in the US, entering the Top 1000 names list in 2015. Spelling variation Brixten was used for less than 10 percent of the babies given the name,. Names with an x in the middle tend to sound cool and modern even when their roots are anything but. Another reason Brixton and Brixten are hot is its similarity to the increasingly popular Braxton.

A dashing Hungarian form of Benedict that reads as a Benedict / Dominic combination, with an intriguing sound.

One of the many longer forms of the popular Indian name Raj — and with the appeal of the fashionable short form Avi. It was one of the fastest rising names in the UK in 2023, while Abhiraj is an alternative spelling.

Ganiz, sometimes spelled Ganix, is a Basque name which is e variation of John. Virtually unknown in the US, this may be a creative way to honor an ancestral John (and there are so many of them!).

Spelling variation of Ericson.