This List of the 150 Best Bird Name Ideas Is So Fly, It’ll Make You Want To Shake Your Tail Feathers
If you're chirping with excitement over your new pet bird—whether it's a parakeet, cockatiel, parrot or a different winged species—your next step is choosing a good bird name you can think of for your feathered friend.
To help, we've compiled a giant list of the very best bird names, including cool ideas for boys, like Eagle Eye, and female bird names taken from pop culture, like Beyoncé.
Whether you're drawn to cute names that are well-suited for any type of bird or are looking for good ones for a specific species (such as a parakeet, cockatiel or parrot) or color-based (yellow, orange, white, blue), one thing's for sure: We've got tons of names for birds to choose from.
So find a comfy perch and start hunting and pecking your way through this big list of the 150 best bird names until you find the perfect monicker for your new pet.
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Best Bird Names
1. Bubba
2. Scruffy
3. Baldy
4. Screech
5. Zippy
6. Plucky
7. Zazu (from The Lion King)
8. Daffy
9. Ozzy
10. Flossy
11. Skye (for a blue bird)
12. Lark (Hunger Games, anyone?)
13. Chip
14. Hootie
15. Wingston Chirphill
16. Sunny (for a yellow bird)
17. Poppy
18. Tweety (a classic)
19. Luke Skyquacker
20. Squawk
Cute Bird Names
21. Pumpkin (for an orange bird)
22. Cupid (for a red bird)
23. Peeps
24. Blu (for a blue bird)
25. Angel
26. Nigel
27. Lucky
28. Sweetie-pie (or Sweetie, for short)
29. Mr. Beaks
30. Nutella
31. Wing Man
32. Banjo
33. Feathers
34. Bruno
35. Chipper
36. Stephen Sqauwking
37. Peanut (perfect for a pint-sized bird)
38. Sugar
39. Buddy
40. Kiwi
Cool Bird Names
41. Eggo
42. Ace
43. Eagle Eye
44. Bond ("The name's Bond... James Bond.")
45. Kit
46. River
47. Excalibird
48. Iago
49. Comet
50. Spike
51. Rocky
52. Zane
53. Phoenix (the ultimate cool bird name)
54. Rascal
55. Nova
56. Konga
57. Apollo
58. Denali
59. Axel
60. Bowie
Bird Names for Boys
61. Max
62. Charlie
63. Feathers
64. Paulie
65. Hoppy
66. Scout (one of the best bird names for boys)
67. Arthur
68. Rusty
69. George
70. Chippy
71. Petey
72. Charley
73. Manu
74. Dwayne
75. Romeo (he'll sing his way into your heart)
76. Sparky
77. Ty
78. Ajax
79. Maverick
80. Booker
Bird Names for Girls
81. Baby
82. Karen
83. Betty
84. Duchess (for a fancy feathered friend)
85. Ruby (for a red bird)
86. Averi
87. Lilly
88. Sweet Pea (for a green bird)
89. Sage
90. Ethel
91. Daisy (for a white and yellow bird)
92. Oreo (for a black and white bird)
93. Peaches (for pink, yellow bird)
94. Becky
95. Meryl Cheep (after the iconic movie icon)
96. Jewel
97. Beyonce
98. Millie
99. Babydoll
100. Luna
Cockatiel Names
101. Coco
102. Godfeather
103. Elvis (an ode to the king)
104. Hedwig
105. Cosmo
106. Bob
107. Mockingjay
108. Babe
109. Melody
110. Lord of the Wings (for all you Tolkien fans)
111. Captain
112. Lucy
113. Paris
114. Couscous
115. Jack
Parrot Names
116. Polly (one of the most iconic parrot names)
117. Loud Mouth
118. Parrot Hilton
119. Rainbow
120. Oswell
121. Your Highness
122. Big Bird (for a yellow bird)
123. Tiki
124. Echo (this bird name is spot on!)
125. Indigo
126. Kanye Nest
127. Miami
128. Yakk
129. Mango
130. Carrie (after Bradshaw or the Caribbean)
Parakeet Names
131. Goldie
132. Cheeky
133. Roo
134. Chick Jagger (you'll laugh every time)
135. Montana
136. Angry Bird
137. Pepper
138. Beakman
139. Dwight (from The Office)
140. Puff Daddy
141. Harley
142. Coo Coo Chanel
143. Fluff
144. Pikachu
145. Paco
146. Goof
147. Woodstock
148. Fannie
149. Donald Duck
150. Dale
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