My husband and I have been watching Man vs. Wild lately and it’s hosted by a superhuman with an animal name: Bear Grylls. I also happen to be pregnant with our first child (sex still unknown) and my husband has been having fun thinking of every possible animal name that we could give our child.

I’m nearly positive we won’t give our child an animal name, but it has been fun thinking of the possibilities. Here’s what I’ve thought of: bear, wolf, griffin, cat, bunny (ew!)… My husband’s current favorite is Lion, which to me sounds like too much like “lying.”

I have a friend Heidi who’s named her two sons Hebrew names for animals: Ari (lion) and Zev (wolf). If my husband remains convinced on the animal thing, I think Heidi’s method is the way to go.

Any other good animal name suggestions? And please only semi-good ones – even though we love Entourage, we’d never name our kid Turtle.