Boy Dog Names That Start With I

Icy baby names are currently hot, with names like Icelynn and Iceland trending up for girls. Rapper Gucci Mane chose simple, streamlined Ice for his son 2020-born son, appropriately a winter baby. In 2021, it debuted on the charts for both boys and girls (9 boys, 6 girls).

Izya is a unisex Russian nickname. For boys, it's a short form for Isaak and Isidor, the variations of Isaac and Isidore used in Russia. The A ending will make Izya read as a feminine name to English speakers.

This charming Japanese name, with two meanings every little boy would love to have, was briefly in the Canadian Top 100 in the early 20th Century. There are many famous bearers of the name, such as architect Isamu Noguchi and physicist Isamu Akasaki.

Ifor seems to make more sense in its Anglicized version, Ivor.

This name of a California desert town, used by Deborah Falconer and Robert Downey, Jr. for their son, makes a much livelier and more individual – not to mention more masculine – improvisation on the themes of India and Indiana.

Name with an Asian feel, thanks to a Japanese city and Imari porcelain.

Iku is an easily assimilated Japanese name.

Fanciful name created by L. Frank Baum for a character in his book Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz.

Rare Russian name borne by an enemy of Rasputin.

Derived from Yngvi, an alternative name for the Norse god Freyr.

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