Animal Names for Boys

Hot name best used as a middle, as Paula Patton and Robin Thicke did for their son Julian in 2010.

Ibsen is a literary hero name possibility, after the great Norwegian dramatist, Henrik I. The name Ib is a short form of Jacob, so you might consider Ibsen as an honorific for or a twin of a Jacob.

So identified with the hero of the Sir Walter Scott novel, it would be almost impossible for any boy to carry.

Dancer feels like a name ready to leap into the charts with its sense of life and joy; and if names like Hunter and Archer can be used, why not Dancer. There will be some danger of other kids relating this one to Santa's reindeer and it might make a good name for a Christmas baby, but that might be a positive connotation for a child.

Furqan is a meaningful Muslim name, as it is another name for the Quran as well as the name of a surah, or chapter in the text.

A city and river in Scotland; this is upbeat and cheery, but doesn't seem that appropriate as a name.

Atharva is derived from Atharvaveda, the fourth Veda in the scriptures of Hinduism. The root of Atharva, atharwan, likely means "priest." Atharva is also connected to the Hindu god Ganesh.

Traditionally a male Hebrew name, but now with increasing use for baby girls as well.