Animal Names for Boys

This Canadian city name would make a unique but very wearable choice for a son or daughter. Cal is a good nickname — skip Gary.

The name of the hero in Arundhati Roy's acclaimed 1997 novel The God of Small Things, who is rendered mute by childhood trauma. His twin sister, with whom he is very close, is named Rahel. Probably too close to Esther to be very practicable for a boy in the U.S..

If Arthur is too mainstream for you nowadays, this related name definitely won't be. It belongs to a village and river in North Wales.

A distinctly masculine Eva- name that could be a handsome alternative to Everett.