Names with animal meanings are an increasingly popular trend when choosing baby names so heres our top choices for boys and girls.

Baby animal names unusual. The penis snake Atretochoana eiselti may look disturbingly like a penis but it definitely isnt a snake. Its part of a current trend normalizing once aggressive animal names like Wolf and Fox. A group of peafowl is called a muster or an ostentation.

Baby infant toddler Hummingbird chick Hyena cub Jay chick Jellyfish ephyna Kangaroo joey Koala joey Lark chick Lemur baby infant Leopard cub Llama cria Louse nit nymph Magpie chick Mallard duckling Manatee calf Mole. Anyway a peacock is a male peafowl. Discover the 12 weirdest animal names from the screaming hairy armadillo to the sarcastic fringehead.

Animal Name of the Young One Alligator Hatchling Alpaca Cria Ant Antling Antelope Calf Ape Baby Armadillo Pup Badger Kit Cub Bat Pup Bear Cub Beaver Pup Kitten Bee Larva Bird Hatchling Chick Bison Buffalo Calf Boar. Have a look at this lovely wildlife inspired names for boys. An old English name for boys it sounds different and remains popular.

You can discover many of the interesting names used to describe a baby animal. I cant find muster in the dictionary but ostentation is defined as a pretentious display meant to impress others. The name turkey was originally the name for African guinea fowl and it eventually became the name for the Western hemisphere fowl with which the earlier fowl was confused.

Of course if you want to be a little more unique you can always use the unique female dog names for your little boy and vice versa. Bear is now Number 218 on Nameberry and in the Top 900 in England. But another great way to name your pup is with a cute rare dog name.

This name originates from Hebrew and means lion or eagle. Bear is now Number 218 on Nameberry and in the Top 900 in England. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners1 Most terms used here.