Baby names with animal meanings range from the obvious, such as Robin or Lionel, and those with subtler animal meanings, such as Arthur (which means bear) or Tabitha (gazelle). 
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Animal names for babies have become wildly fashionable, especially in their blatant form. Bear, Fox, Hawk, and Wolf are all bounding up the charts for boys, while <a href="https://nameberry.com/list/76/Bird-Baby-Names">bird names</a> Wren, Birdie, and Lark are reaching new heights for girls.
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This list of baby names with animal meanings contains both those that announce themselves clearly and those whose animal meaning is more hidden. The following range of animal baby names would be perfect for your wild child.  

Names with Animal Meanings

Corvina sounds too much like a car model. 

Corvina

Lovella is most likely a feminine variation on Lovell, a surname. While it feels one of the invented-yet-antiquated <a href="https://nameberry.com/girls-names">girls' names</a>, has the obvious attraction of containing the word "love" within it, as well as the opportunity to use "Ella" as nickname.

Lovella

This British surname has a somewhat aristocratic air, which ties in to its association with the early American boxing champ "Gentleman Jim" Corbett.  CORBIN, which has the same meaning, is slightly more user friendly.

Corbett

Sounds like and is often confused with Asia, though it has an air of retro cool via the seminal Steely Dan album. Or, pronounced eye-ah, it can be an alternate spelling of the international favorite Aya.

Unusual multicultural choice that may appeal to the artistically inclined. 

Artis

Calista Flockhart opened the door to a whole flock of graceful and unusual Greek names like this. Some others are Calantha, Calla, Carissa, and Cassia.

Calandra

This name of famed philosopher, mathematician and Nobel laureate Bertrand Russell becomes slightly more plausible with the French pronunciation, bare-TRAHN. Another noted bearer is French director and screenwriter Bertrand Tavernier.

Bertrand

Buckley

Could sound like a babyish nickname for Diane. 

Dyani

This obscure name from Greek mythology (Merope was one of the Pleiades) is better known from J.K.Rowling's Harry Potter series, as the name of Tom Riddle's ill-fated mother.

Merope

Baylor is a possible occupational alternative to the tired Taylor, especially for a horse lover.

Baylor

A kestrel is a bird of prey. It has good potential as a strong girls' name, similar to Falcon for boys.

Kestrel

Cool bearlike option, though Orson might be easier to embrace. 

Urso

Fans of writer Paul Auster might consider this a worthy alternative to the trendy Austin.

Auster

Solemn but soaring name with patriotic symbolism. 

Eagle

This animal-themed name is among the most popular for girls in contemporary Israel. Parents who want to move beyond the mega-popular Aliyah and sisters might want to consider Ayala. The male form is Ayal.

Ayala

Authentic Gaelic name with pronunciation problems in the US.  In Scotland Eachann has been anglicized as Hector, not because of its sound, but because the Trojan hero Hector had the reputation as a mighty horseman.

Eachann

Stiff and formal surname. Try Roone instead. 

Arledge

In its native Nigeria, Agu is a surname that signifies strength and being a force of nature. Agu as a first name has some pedigree, however: most notably via Agu Casmir, a famous Nigerian-Singaporean soccer player.

Biblical wife of Moses whose name has many variations, with and without the initial T and final h, with one p or two.  However you spell it, it's an original choice that also carries teasing potential; those zipper jokes will get old fast, though Zippy is a cute nickname.