Names that mean bird
17 first names whose etymology includes “bird” or a close synonym, the most used first. For girls: Jemima, Birdie, Zipporah. For boys: August, Jonah, Malcolm, Jonas.
| Name | For | Origin | Meaning | Latest rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August | boys | “month of august”, “venerable” | #310 (2025) | |
| Jonah | boys | Hebrew | “dove” | #147 (2025) |
| Malcolm | boys | Scottish Gaelic | “devotee of [saint] columba”, “tonsured” | #1,307 (2025) |
| Wren | either | English | “wren” | #137 (2025) |
| Jonas | boys | Hebrew | “dove” | #716 (2025) |
| Jemima | girls | Hebrew | “dove” | #444 (2025) |
| Corbin | boys | Latin | “crow”, “raven” | #4,270 (2024) |
| Calum | boys | Scottish Gaelic | “dove” | #3,256 (2025) |
| Brennan | boys | Irish | “descendant of braonán”, “moisture” | #2,664 (2025) |
| Bertram | boys | “bright”, “raven” | #2,952 (2025) | |
| Birdie | girls | “little bird” | #610 (2025) | |
| Fulton | boys | English | “bird”, “dwelling” | |
| Zipporah | girls | Hebrew | “bird” | #2,138 (2025) |
| Ingram | boys | “a germanic god”, “raven” | ||
| Colm | boys | Irish | “dove” | #5,119 (2024) |
| Columbus | boys | Latin | “a dove” | #3,134 (2001) |
| Colman | boys | Irish | “dove” | #4,789 (2021) |