alyshadragonfriend's list "Bird Names 2.0" of 20 great name ideas: Sandpiper - Wigeon!

Bird Names 2.0

A list of bird names that could be used for people or for pets or even characters in a story.

Sandpiper

Scoter

Shearwater

Skimmer

Stilt

Stork

Storm-Petrel

Swallow

This name of both a grayish-greenish-blue color and a kind of wild duck can be used for both boys and girls. 

Teal

Tern

Thrasher

Thrush

Titmouse

Toucan

Towhee

Turnstone

A vireo is a small green bird with a song as melodic as this highly unusual name, but it does sound a touch viral. 

Vireo

Wren may not be as time-honored a bird name choice as Robin or even Lark, but it's more fashionable and fresh, with a gentle and earthy vibe. 
Given to just a handful of children a decade ago, in 2024 there were over 1400 girls and more than 200 boys given this fun and friendly name.
 This petite bird was regarded in Ireland as the "magician of the birds" and the Druids considered it a bird of prophecy. In the early fable The Election of the 'King of Birds', the Wren is bestowed the crown after it hides in the plumage of the Eagle, meaning it manages to fly further and higher than all other birds! Able to sing loud and complex songs, Wren makes a cool, nature, inspired choice.

 In 2023, Wren entered the Top 1000 names for boys in the US, where it fits right in with the gentle vibes of popular choices like Rowan, Ezra and August. Reminiscent of Lawrence, Lorenzo, and Warren, Wren feels at once unexpected and fun, but totally wearable too.

 While currently more popular for girls, it is on the rise as a unisex name - and the link to the great Sir Christopher Wren, the celebrated eighteenth century designer of London's St. Paul's Cathedral, gives it strength, substance and style.

Wren

Warbler

Wigeon