Submitted Names with "animal" in Meaning

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Aja m Guanche
Derived from Guanche *axxa, meaning "enormous animal".

Alypos m Ancient Greek
The literal meaning of this name is "no grief" or "not sad", and as such, one could say that it actually means "happy". Derived from the Greek negative prefix ἄ- (a-) combined with Greek λύπη (lype) meaning "grief, pain, sorrow"... [more]

Angajôraĸ f & m Greenlandic
Greenlandic name with the combination of Angajo and suffix -raq "young animal".

Âpak f Greenlandic
Possibly taken from Greenlandic âpak "animal".

Arnâraĸ f Greenlandic
Greenlandic name meaning "little woman". Combination of Arnaĸ and suffix -raq meaning "young animal".

Arnavaraĸ f Greenlandic
Greenlandic name meaning "little woman". Combination of Arnaĸ and suffix -raq "young animal".

Arnaviaĸ f Greenlandic
Means "female animal" in Greenlandic.

Chitonette f Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Derived from Middle English chitte "a young animal, cub, whelp" and chit "a child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal" as well as "a pert or sassy young person, especially a young woman".

Deormann m Anglo-Saxon
Old English name derived from the elements deore "dear, beloved" and mann "man, person"; alternatively it could mean "fierce-spirited man" from Old English dēor "wild animal, beast" and mann.

Deorwulf m Anglo-Saxon
Derived from the Old English elements deore "dear" and wulf "wolf". Alternatively, the first element may derive from deor "wild animal, beast; deer".

Dhabihullah m Arabic
The first element of this name is derived from Arabic ذبيحة (dhabiha) meaning "slaughtered animal, sacrificial victim" as well as "sacrifice, offering". The same word is also the name for the prescribed Islamic method of ritual slaughter of animals... [more]

Dyr m History
Variant of Dir recorded in the Nikon Chronicle. The name is likely derived from Old Norse dýr "deer, wild animal" or dýrr "dear, precious".

Dyra f Swedish (Rare)
Derived from the Old Norse element dýr "deer; wild animal" (though it is also associated with dýrr "dear; expensive"), perhaps via the Old Swedish (masculine) name Dyre or an Old Norse name such as Dýrhildr or Dýrfinna... [more]

Dýri m Icelandic (Rare), Old Norse
Derived from Old Norse dýr "animal", but also associated with the Icelandic adjective dýr meaning "valuable, expensive, precious".

Dýrleif f Icelandic
Icelandic name with the combination of dýr "deer, wild animal" and leif "inheritance, legacy".

Dýrmundur m Icelandic (Rare)
Derived from Old Norse dýr "animal, beast" or dýrr "dear, precious" combined with mundr "protection".

Fauve f French (Modern, Rare), French (Belgian, Modern, Rare)
Derived from French fauve. As a noun, fauve means "tawny-coloured animal" and, by extension, " big cat (such as a lion or lynx); beast, wild animal (especially fierce, aggressive, or predatory)"... [more]

Feral f & m English (Rare, Archaic)
Etymology: Medieval Latin feralis, from Latin fera "wild animal", from feminine of ferus "wild" ... [more]

Garsivaz m Persian Mythology
Derived from the Avestan name Keresavazdah, of which the first element is derived from Avestan kərəsa meaning "having meager". The second element is derived from Avestan vazdah meaning "fat, fatness, fattiness, solidity", which itself is derived from Iranian *vazd-ah- meaning "animal fat, grease" - ultimately from the Iranian base vazd- meaning "to nourish" or "nourishment"... [more]

Gǫndul f Norse Mythology, Old Norse
Meaning unknown. Possibly derived from gandr "magic, magic wand" or gǫndul "magical animal; werewolf". This is the name of a Valkyrie in Norse mythology.

Gubazes m Old Persian (Latinized), History
Latinized form of Greek Γουβάζης (Goubázēs) or Γωβάζης (Gōbázēs), which itself is the hellenized form of an ancient Persian compound name. The original Persian form of the name is unclear, as is its meaning... [more]

Gurias m History (Ecclesiastical)
Latinized form of Γουρίας (Gourias), which is a hellenization of a name that was of Aramaic or Hebrew origin. It was derived from either Aramaic גורי‎ (gure) or Hebrew גוּר (gur), which both mean "lion cub, young lion"... [more]

Janwar m & f Pashto, Kazakh, Hindi, Afghan, Urdu
Means "animal" in Pashto, Kazakh, Hindi, & Urdu.

Jenseraq m Greenlandic
Possibly a combination of Jens and the Greenlandic suffix -raq meaning "young animal".

K'ujâraĸ f Greenlandic
Greenlandic name with the combination of K’ujâĸ and -raq "young animal".

Mavsâraĸ m Greenlandic
Combination of Greenlandic Mavsâĸ and -âraĸ "young animal".

Miteraĸ f Greenlandic
Greenlandic name meaning "chick of a sea duck, Common Eider". Combination of Miteĸ and -raq "young animal".

Mǫrðr m Old Norse
From Old Norse mǫrðr meaning "marten (animal)".

Naajaraq f Greenlandic
Means "gull hatchling" in Greenlandic, deriving from naaja meaning "gull; seagull" and raq meaning "cub; hatchling; baby animal".

Napuin m Nivkh
From the Nivkh word for "animal" and puyd meaning "fly".

Nomkhubulwane f African Mythology
Epithet of the Zulu goddess Mbaba Mwana Waresa, a shapeshifting fertility goddess who rules over rainbows, agriculture, harvests, rain, and beer and has power over water and earth. The name means "she who chooses the state of an animal" referring to the goddesses ability to shapeshift into an animal.

Nukagpiaraĸ m Greenlandic
Greenlandic name meaning "boy" or a combination of Nukagpiaĸ and suffix -raq "young animal".

Phryne f History, Literature
Ancient Greek nickname meaning "toad", literally "the brown animal". Phryne was a 4th-century BC hetaira or courtesan, famed for her beauty, whose stage name - like those of many hetairai - was based on a physical feature; she was called that either because of a dark complexion (*phrynos being cognate with brown) or because of a "snub nose" (phrynē "a kind of toad")... [more]

Ryggia m Old Norse
An Old Norse byname related to the Nynorsk word ryggja meaning "very big animal".

Sapangâraĸ f Greenlandic
Greenlandic name with the combination of Sapangaĸ and suffix -raq meaning "young animal".

Shuarakh m Abkhaz
Derived from Abkhaz а́-шәарах (á-shwarakh) meaning “deer, stag, animal”.

Therion m Ancient Greek, Astronomy
Means "beast; wild animal" in Ancient Greek. ... [more]

Tiermund m Germanic
The first element of this name is derived from Old High German tiuri "expensive", or tiur "animal." The second element is derived from Old High German mund "protection."

Tierulf m Germanic
The first element of this name is derived from Old High German tiuri "expensive", or tiur "animal." The second element is derived from Gothic vulfs "wolf."

Ynja f Icelandic
Directly taken from Old Norse ynja "female animal, she-animal".

Zecke m German (Rare)
Derived from the usual German word Zecke "Tick (the animal)".... [more]

Zog m Albanian
Derived from Albanian zog "bird; chick, nestling; dialectal) animal young; (dialectal) son". This name was borne by Zog I (1895 – 1961). He first served as Albania's youngest ever prime minister (1922–1924), then as president (1925–1928), and finally as king (1928–1939).

Žvoruna f Baltic Mythology
This was the name of the Lithuanian goddess of the hunt and the forest as well as the protector of wild animals who was first recorded in Russian chronicles of the 13th century. ... [more]

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