Naming DC after animal?

[TempStamos]

Ttc, not pregnant yet. All my DC have unusual names and DP and I are wanting to name the next after an animal eg Fox, Puma, Bear.

Does anyone have ideas for animal names that could be used for both boys and girls?
Or do you think we are mad and that naming children after animals is tacky?

Jemima=dove

PP's suggestion of Ring Tailed Lemur sounds good.
Sloth might not be so good.
Many people call their children and grandchildren Cheeky Monkey.

Torbjörn is old Norse for Thunder Bear. :)

@FenellaMaxwellsPony

Ah! Nope its actually Beverly Dasher Reign (Mainly after Santas reindeer as he was born on Christmas Day). But he likes Beverly Dash Reign (I think he just dosnt like Dasher, enjoys the joke that people write Beverly - Reign and also likes to prentend he was named after the Kardashians) and his nicknames always been Dash.

Don't like Bear, it's quite common anyway.
Tiger is ok but again not that unusual.
Puma sounds awful.
Leopard I like, lynx, panther etc.
Penguin, giraffe with raff for short is also ok.

Wowsers at the middles! Love them!!! I really wanted three middles for mine but husband comes from a family of no middle names so even one felt like a stretch for him. Wish I'd pushed a bit harder now!

Carousel, not sure, it's what came up when I Googled it.

Vixen
Reynard
Brock
Merlin
Kestrel (Kes)
Wolverine
Cobra
Asp
Foal
Linnet
Merino
Stoat
Hare
Pike
Or Tit as a middle name, then you could have Blue Tit, Coal Tit...

Puma is a brand name. You really can't use that.

And Bunny and Kitty for a girl and Wolf and Tiger for a boy. Really?

I was going to suggest Kestrel for a boy

Angus for a boy?
It's a breed of cattle

Pussy

Ooh what about Ocelot? I think that’s pretty cool and not too obvious an animal like Dog. Please don’t call him Bear though if you already have a teddy!

All the suggestions here are fab. Just don't do Bear. Everyone will think that awful reality person and Cheryl Cole's baby.

After seeing your other names, I'd go for Tabitha Wolf Peony for a girl and Orson Phoenix Kit for a boy.

I used to work with a stunning Arabic woman called Ghazala which meant gazelle I think! I adore the name Bear but not next to Payne a la Cheryl and Liam. Bear Payne?! What planet are they on

Oh my god Tabitha Wolf Peony is fierce as fuck. I'm off down deed poll!

Finch is lovely.

I know a Torbjörn - he anglicised to Torben as no one could pronounce it. Nice name tho.

Also:
Brock (badger)
Tod (fox)
Bruin/Bruno (bear)
Kestrel
Peregrine
Wolf/wulfric
Lupus/lupin (wolf)

Your kid has a star in the letter i in her name?
You already have six kids?
With three fucking mad names each?

I think you should call a DS Lion-O and a DS and a DD Cheetara.

Jaguar, Leo, Tiger. I think big cats are the best so if I was to name my kid after any animal it would be one of them but Bear and Wolf/ Wolfgang are pretty cool too. Why did you use Dutchess twice as a middle name though?!

Are you based in the U.K.?

If so then naming your son Beverly was a bold move. As was using 'Dasher'. Also it's funny you chose Dutchess twice 😂

I'm curious why you are asking MN for suggestions. It sounds like you don't have too much of a problem finding unusual names.

I'm guessing the star over the i thing is a jokey thing. I used to do it myself.

I like Kestrel! Also what about breeds of animals? eg Saluki.

Tabby
Corgi
Palmino
Shire
Manx