ANIMAL NAMES HELD BY HUMANS

An increasing number of humans have the names of animals and birds.  The figures given below are approximate and apply to numbers and bearers of various animal names in the United States.  As for the genders of the names, F means feminine, M masculine and B both.  While the numbers of names are restricted to the USA, the genders may include other countries, as they are taken from a different place.

In the case of the name Moose, I couldn't get a gender breakdown, but the number of bearers is about 250.  Where birds are concerned, there is a single male bearer of Flamingo.  Lark is borne by both sexes and there are about 1500 bearers.  The cervids are represented by Gazelle (140 B), Deer (150 B), Elk (150 M).  On the canine side Fox  (5300) and Wolf (3500) are all masculine.  So too are persons named Zorro, the Spanish for fox.  Raposo (140) is the Portuguese for fox, but gender figures were not to hand.  Puma (200) is held by both sexes, but the majority of bearers are female.  I was surprised to find 55 males named Zebra.  

Let us take a look atsome further statistics.  From the farmyard we have Bull (600).  A castrated bull is a bullock and Bullock, probably from the surname, seems quite popular, with 1750 bearers.  Yak (100) and Buffalo (100) complete my list of bovids, but ungulates continue to be represented by Horse (90), Camel (140), Goat (15) and Sheep (5).

I would caution prospective parents against using some of these names.  Some, however, are rather pleasant.