Pet Bird Names

Although the name Jabiru is indelibly associated with Australia (it is the name of a town in Northern Territory, Australia and also a type of stork), it is not an Aboriginal name, as is often thought.

It's usually preceded by the letter 'A'--as in 'a capella'--singing without accompaniment, and probably has never been used as a girl's name, but in this anything-goes naming climate, we're putting it out there as a possibility.

Associated with the mononymic Icelandic singer and her iconic swan dress.

The given name of Conocotocko II, or Standing Turkey, a Cherokee chief in the 18th century. He advised the tribe to go to war against the then-colonies of South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia.

Delicate and lacy, with less emphasis on the jar syllable.

Faigel is a secret nature name deriving from the Yiddish word for "bird". Variants include Faiga and Faige.

Maroochy Barambah, an Australian singer, brought this name into prominence in Australia.

This is the sort of name a four-year-old would make up for himself.

Often written in English as Cooweescoowee — a place name in Oklahoma.

Lihini is a word name from Sri Lanka. When used as a name, it is often interpreted as meaning "free as a bird"

Used as a name as well as a compound in many Cherokee words, including the clan name Anitsiskwa, or "Bird Clan."

Feather, though it was used for a character in a Walter Mosley novel, seems too light and fluttery for a real-life girl.

Corky was a sitcom moniker of the fifties, Corcoran a better fit for these times.

Brittle.

Japanese feminist Raicho Hiratsuka chose the name Raicho for herself - no doubt because of its fabulously meaning. As a journalist and publisher, Raicho fought for the rights of working class women in Japan’s textile industry and eschewed conventional domesticity, openly living with a lover and having her children out of wedlock. Thunderbirds are GO indeed!

Lovely and peaceful Cherokee option for a baby girl.

A surname associated these days with Breaking Bad actor Bryan Cranston.

The Alhambra, which means "red city," is in Granada, Spain. British writer Ali Smith used it for a character in her novel The Accidental.

A bold new word name that conjures up images of peg-legs and eyepatches. It was brought to national attention by pop musician Billie Eilish, whose full name is Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell.

Fringilla Vigo is a sorceress and villain in The Witcher series. Her name comes from a genus of singing finches.