Deer Names

"The Forest Pet" by William Quiller Orchardson


Girls:

Enikő - Invented by the Hungarian poet Mihály Vörösmarty. Based off the mother of the Hungarian people in legend, whose name was Enéh, which meant "cow", or "deer".

Maral - Armenian name which means "deer".

Fawn - A name for a young deer.

Zibiah - Hebrew name meaning "roe, deer."

Bambi - Although Bambi was a boy, this name is more common among girls. Comes from the Italian bambino, "young boy", or bambina, "young girl".


Boys:

Oisín - Irish name which means "little deer". This is the name of Fionn mac Cumhail's poet son in Irish legend.

Raleigh - A surname possibly meaning "roe deer clearing". It could also mean "red clearing".

Buck - From the word for a male deer.

Tzvi - Means "deer" in Hebrew.

Oscar - Possibly comes from the Gaelic os, "deer", and cara, "lover".


Unisex:

Isi - Means "deer" in Choctaw.

Darby - Surname meaning "deer town".

Fallow - A type of deer.

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