Bird Names - Comprehensive List

A name with a double animal connection via two distinct origins, one Native American and the other Hebrew and Biblical. Yona is rare in the US but not unknown: It was given to a dozen baby girls in 2021.

This form of the stylish Old Testament name is too close to the feminine Yona.

Unlikely to catch on the way the male original has, though it may appeal to some parents as a more formal version of Nina.

Arabic form of Jonah

An interesting bird name choice if you're seeking a nonbiblical Hebrew name. The zippy Z sound is appealing to more parents, and Zamir entered the Top 1000 for the first time in 2022.

This upstanding Old Testament name of the wife of Moses would almost inevitably provoke some tricky zipper teasing.

There are many variations of this name, with or without the initial T and the final h, with one p or two. In the Bible she was the wife of Moses.