BIRD  

Gender: M
Origin: Nature name

A name that's unusual in that changing the i to a y -- as in Byrd -- makes it more masculine.

Bird is being discussed in our message boards:

• Will she like it?
• This or That?------------girls!
• Good ones are hard to find.
• Names from about 1940
• Double name needed for Kate

Read Nameberry blog posts about Bird:

• THE LOST NAMES OF 1880
• Ooooops! Baby Name Mistakes
• NAMING CHARACTERS: A Writer's Take On Names
• FAMILY NAMES: Honoring Grandmother Clarina By Reinventing Her Name