Falcon
Falcon is a boy name of English origin, meaning The swift bird of prey.
What Falcon means
The swift bird of prey.
Falcon sits at 6 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Falcon comes from
English names come from a long layering of Anglo-Saxon, Norman French, and biblical sources. Many began as surnames, place names, or occupations before they were ever used as first names.
Falcon is recorded as English in origin. Browse other English names.
How popular is Falcon?
Falcon sits outside the top 100 boy names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Falcon
We group Falcon under Hunter and the natural world — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Falcon
These share Falcon's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Roscoe — From the deer forest.
- Yves — Yew; an archer.
- Forest — Of the woods.
- Ashton — Town of ash trees.
- Bear — Strong and brave as a bear.
- Beckett — Dweller by the brook.
- Bradley — Broad meadow.
- Brayden — Broad meadow; brave.
- Camden — Winding valley.
- Canyon — A deep gorge in the earth.
- Colt — A young, spirited horse.
- Dale — From the valley.
More English names
- Faith — Complete trust and devotion.
- Fawn — A young deer; gentle.
- Everly — From the boar meadow.
- Fern — The green fern plant.
- Everleigh — From the boar meadow.
- Flint — Hard stone; a stream.
- Evelyn — Wished-for child; life.
- Forest — Of the woods.
- Emerson — Son of Emery; brave.
- Future — The time yet to come.