Animal Names: Doe, Tiger and Elk

Yes, nature lovers are starting to name their children after all forms of life, including fish, but consider carefully before you cast your line into these tease-infested waters.

The kind of nickname name you wouldn't want your own child to get stuck with.

Wolf is a name with a split personality. It can be seen as one of the fierce animal names, like Fox and Bear and Puma, with a touch of the werewolf, or it can be viewed as a quieter, Wolf Blitzer kind of name, fairly common in German (where is pronounced Vulf) and Jewish families, sometimes as a short form of Wolfgang, or even Wolfram or Wolfhart.

On the rise as an independent name: Zander and Xander are both widely used can increasingly be found as characters in movies and on TV.