Bird Names For Boys
Bird-inspired boy names range from direct words such as Hawk to established names with an identified bird connection. This selection includes both literal bird names and surname or language-based associations.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The bird word supplies an association beside the short-name use. | 809#392 | Down 12 rank positions in five years | 1960 | ||
A name related to Gawain, traditionally explained with a hawk element. | 1,125#303 | Down 161 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
The Germanic eagle element gives this an animal-root connection. | 120#1,477 | Up 267 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
The Hebrew dove-rooted name supplies the connection. | 2,828#128 | Steady | 2008 | ||
The bird gives this a connection beside its Robert-family history. | 382#705 | Up 169 rank positions in five years | 1956 | ||
The raven-related surname gives this an avian connection. | 586#512 | Down 165 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
The male-duck word gives this an animal association. | 299#827 | Down 292 rank positions in five years | 2010 | ||
The French blackbird word gives this an avian association. | 33#3,484 | Down 98 rank positions in five years | 1925 | ||
A form of Jonah carries the dove-rooted connection. | 476#599 | Down 113 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
The German eagle word gives this surname name a bird connection. | 275#871 | Up 53 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
The bird supplies this direct animal name. | 42#2,972 | Down 8 rank positions in five years | 1999 | ||
The eagle element in this Scandinavian name supplies the connection. | 9#8,319 | Down 2,320 rank positions in five years | 1916 | ||
A Scandinavian eagle-name form supplies the connection. | 7#9,790 | Down 150 rank positions in five years | 1916 | ||
The bird itself supplies the name. | 13#6,749 | Up 5,081 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
The bird of prey supplies the connection. | 19#5,098 | Down 2,651 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
The surname's bird spelling supplies an avian association. | —Unranked | — | 1919 | ||
The wetland bird gives this a direct avian association. | 16#5,691 | Down 586 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
The bird of prey itself gives this a direct connection. | 5#12,619 | Down 8,947 rank positions in five years | 2020 | ||
The songbird gives this a direct avian association. | 6#11,443 | Down 32 rank positions in five years | 1922 | ||
The small bird gives this surname name an avian association. | 15#5,942 | Down 415 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
The small bird gives this a direct avian connection. | 14#6,399 | Down 462 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
The bird word supplies this avian association. | —Unranked | — | 1925 | ||
The bird of prey supplies this direct avian name. | —Unranked | — | 2011 | ||
The tall wetland bird supplies the connection. | —Unranked | — | 1962 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.