Animal Names for Boys

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.

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.

Masculine form of Beata.

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.

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