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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