Animal meanings

General Name Discussion
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I tend to really like names that have meanings related to animals. I don’t like actual English words for animals as names (i.e. [name_m]Fox[/name_m], [name_m]Wolf[/name_m], [name_u]Wren[/name_u], [name_f]Fawn[/name_f]), but ones with meanings derived from animals. For example:

[name_u]Dove[/name_u]: [name_m]Jonah[/name_m], [name_f]Paloma[/name_f], [name_m]Callum[/name_m]
[name_m]Lion[/name_m]: [name_f]Leona[/name_f], [name_m]Leander[/name_m], [name_m]Leo[/name_m], [name_u]Ari[/name_u], Aslan
Dolphin: [name_f]Delphine[/name_f], [name_f]Delphina[/name_f]
[name_m]Bear[/name_m]: [name_m]Espen[/name_m]/Esben (bear-god), [name_f]Ursula[/name_f] (little female bear)
Dog: [name_m]Caleb[/name_m]
[name_f]Gazelle[/name_f]: [name_f]Tabitha[/name_f]
Horse: [name_m]Hart[/name_m] (stag), [name_f]Pippa[/name_f] (lover of horses)

The name doesn’t have to mean the animal itself, like [name_f]Pippa[/name_f] and [name_m]Espen[/name_m]. What else can you think of?

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[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f] and [name_u]Destry[/name_u] both mean horse
[name_f]Circe[/name_f] means bird
[name_u]Corbin[/name_u] is raven
[name_f]Rachel[/name_f] means ewe or lamb
[name_m]Beowulf[/name_m] means bear or bee wolf
[name_f]Deborah[/name_f] means bee and so does [name_f]Melissa[/name_f]

This article has a load we’ve missed: Animal Names in Disguise | Nameberry

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Dog or Wolf or Fox: Cailean,Conor, Conan, Faolan, Lowell, Todd,

Bird (an type of birds): Aderyn, Avis, Celandine, Fulton (bird-catcher’s town), Llinos, Linnet (cheating because it’s the name of a type of finch), Zipporah, Bran, Branwen, Fiachna, Fiachra, Arnold, Arlie, Aquila, Astor (meaning hawk),

Deer, Doe, Buck, Fawn, Stag: Ayala, Darby (Deer town), Oisin, Oscar, Roscoe, Zibiah, Ofer, Elain, Ophrah, Hershel

Lion: Ariel, Any name starting with Leo…, Llewelyn,

Bear: Bernard, Bjorn, Orson, Osborn,

Horse: Eachann, Rosalind, Rosamund, Roswell, Philip

Ewe, Ram, Lamb, Sheep: Aries, Howard, Una

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[name_u]Dove[/name_u]: Kumru
Dolphin: [name_m]Yunus[/name_m], Turkish name [name_m]Jonah[/name_m] the prophet.
[name_f]Gazelle[/name_f]: Ceylan, Ahu
Horse: Altay
[name_m]Wolf[/name_m]: [name_m]Kurt[/name_m]
[name_u]Bird[/name_u] names: Kartal, Şahin, [name_f]Do[/name_f]ğan, Bumin, Albatros, Saka