Boy Dog Names That Start With I

An undiscovered surname possibility with upscale overtones, could be enlivened with nickname Ingo.

Ichiro is a good classic choice for the first boy in a Japanese family.

This state name emerged in the eighties along with westerners Dakota and Montana, and it's still used occasionally by high-profile parents such as Summer Phoenix and Casey Affleck. Action man Indiana Jones (played by Harrison Ford) makes Indiana "Indy" forever cool for a boy.

Idan is a Hebrew unisex place-name rarely heard in this country.

Rhythmic Welsh nickname name, derived from the Welsh royal name Iorwerth, which has sometimes been anglicized as Edward.

Itzae is an ancient Mayan name showing signs of revival in our modern world.

Iago, the villain of Shakespeare's Othello, was so treacherously evil that his name has hardly ever been heard offstage. Try the much-more-benign Inigo.

Famously the name of Izuku Midoriya, the protagonist of the popular anime series My Hero Academia. It is not a common name among Japanese boys.

Irie is an upbeat and modern name that originated as a Rastafarian term for "positive and powerful."

Ichigo is a unisex — but primarily male — Japanese name. As a male name, it is typically written in kanji giving it the meaning "one guardian" (which can be interpreted to mean "best guardian"). As a female name, it references strawberries.

Musical association with Igor Stravinsky, but also Dr. Frankenstein's right-hand man.

Son of Irving.

In the ancient Hindu religion, Indra is the warrior god of sky and rain. The vowel ending makes it sound feminine to the English speaker; it also sounds like the French river Indre.

In Welsh, a diminutive of Iorwerth. As a Japanese name, Iori stands alone.

Ilario's merry, jovial sound reflects a shared root with the word hilarious.

A unisex cultural crossover that has seen a little use from the 1990s onwards. In Japanese mythology, Inari is an androgynous deity associated with rice, tea and foxes. In Finland, it is the name of a region, lake and village which is a center of Sami culture.

Isidore and variants are remarkably underused and ripe for revival, a la Theodore and company.

Japanese-born fashion designer Issey Miyake, known for his techno-clothes, could provide baby naming inspiration.

Irish spelling of Ivor

Another Spanish boys' name that relates to a goddess, the Egyptian Isis. San Isidro is the patron saint of Madrid.