Animal Names?

[cosmos-calling.livejournal.com]

What do you think of naming a baby a name that is also the name of a species of animal?

I am thinking specifically of the name "Kestrel", (for a boy).

By the way, Kestrels are a type of falcon. Is it weird to name a child after an animal? I first thought of this name without knowing if it even existed on any level, and was surprised that is was bird, and more surprised that I may have even seen an American Kestrel, since there are plenty of birds like that around here.

What do you think of the name Kestrel? Does it make a difference that it is an animal name? (I don't know of any humans being named Kestrel.)

Comments

[amaterasa.livejournal.com]

I have a very good friend named Kestrel, but she is a girl, so I always associate it with a girl's name. I do like it, however, for a girl.

[cosmos-calling.livejournal.com]

Me, too. I think it really could go either way. I don't know the gender of my baby yet, so I could use it either way, I suppose. I just suspect it's a boy, you know, mother's intuition and all. :)