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Not Just For The Birds: 76 Bird-Inspired Baby Names!

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The following is a list of names that are inspired by birds! In some cases, the name may be a color name that describes the color of the bird like Scarlet and Tawny. In other cases, it is the name of the person who either discovered the bird or had the bird named after them like Tristram's Starling and Elliot's Pheasant.  Of course there are the cool, common ones like Falcon and Wren.

Take a look at the list and let me know which one of these you would consider using! Both male and female options are mixed together.
Adelie (Adelie Penguin)
Anna (Anna’s Hummingbird)
Argus (Great Argus)
Blue (Blue Jay)
Blyth (Blyth’s Tragopan)
Brent (Brent Goose)
Brewer (Brewer's Blackbird)
Cara (Caracara)
Carolina (Carolina Wren)
Cassin (Cassin's Finch)
Clark (Clark's Grebe)
Cliff (Cliff Swallow)
Cooper (Cooper's Hawk)
Corella (Little Corella)
Cory (Cory's Shearwater)
Dunlin
Eagle
Elliot (Elliot’s Pheasant)
Emerald (Emerald’s Toucanet)
Falcon
Finch
Fischer (Fischer's Turaco)
Fox (Fox Sparrow)
Grey (Grey Plover)
Griffon (Griffon Vulture)
Harris (Harris' Hawk)
Hawk
Hazel (Hazel Grouse)
Hudson (Hudsonian Godwit)
Hyacinth (Hyacinth Macaw)
Iago (Iago's Sparrow)
Ibis (Glossy Ibis)
Iora
Ivory (Ivory Gull)
Jacana
Jack (Jack Snipe)
Jackson (Jackson's Widowbird)
Jacobin (Jacobin Cuckoo)		 Java (Java Sparrow)
Jay
Kea
Koel (Asian Koel)
Kori (Kori Bustard)
Lark (Crested Lark)
Linnet
Lory (Red Lory)
Martin
Myna (Golden Myna)
Nene
Oliva (Olivaceous Woodcreeper)
Peregrine (Peregrine Falcon)
Prinia (Graceful Prinia)
Robin
Rock (Rock Ptarmigan)
Ross (Ross's Gull)
Rosy (Rosy Starling)
Ruby (Ruby Topaz)
Saffron (Saffron Finch)
Sage (Sage-Grouse)
Savanna (Savanna Hawk)
Scarlet (Scarlet Ibis)
Scott (Scott's Oriole)
Shelley (Shelley's Sparrow)
Sparrow
Socorro (Socorro Mockingbird)
Socotra (Socotra Sunbird)
Sora
Starling
Tawny (Tawny Owl)
Tristram (Tristram's Starling)
Victoria (Victoria Crowned Pigeon)
Violet (Violet Sabrewing)
Virginia (Virginia Rail)
Willow (Willow Ptarmigan)
Wilson (Wilson's Storm-petrel)
Wren
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Anonymous said…
Carolina, Scarlet and Hazel are my faves
October 23, 2013 at 9:35 PM
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