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

[isoldereverie.livejournal.com]

I love it. I do think it's better for a boy, but people that have never heard of the falcon kestrel probably wouldn't assign a specific gender.