200+ Falcon Names with Cute, Famous, and Mythical Options 

Among its other family brothers, a falcon can be spotted for its stand-alone features, especially its speed, agility, and fierce downward dive. With over two hundred miles per hour velocity, no surprise that it’s the fastest bird on earth (Peregrine Falcon). 

Falcons have many nicknames like Hobby, Kestrel, or Duck Hawk. But if you’re planning to train a falcon for sports activity or hunting, you may choose a name that suits your needs.

So, explore our list of over two hundred falcon names. Pick the one of your choice and tag your feathery hunter with it.

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Why Naming Your Falcon is Important?

A magnificent bird like the falcon should be entitled to an equally regal and resounding name. While training a bird of prey like a falcon, naming may come in handy. Although falcons don’t usually recognize their names, with positive reinforcement, they can associate your voice with the name over time. 

In this section, we’ll try to unveil the importance of naming your falcon. Keep reading: 

Naming Reflects Its Regal Status

The falcon is undoubtedly a majestic bird whether it soars through the open sky or sits happily on your arm. So, when taming it, you should call it by a beautiful name that will represent its unique identity and status. 

Naming Will Develop a Bond

Even though falcons are predatory birds with eccentric nature, interacting with your falcon through positive reinforcement should establish trust between you two. As you keep calling it by its name throughout the training process, it will grow into trusting you more, fostering a lifelong bond.

Proper Naming Reestablishes Its Dignity

Falconry is an ancient tradition that has gone down into history as far as four thousand years. Emperors, kings, and other dignitaries have used falcons as trusted hunters and messengers. Today, if you name your falcon, it will pay homage to its royal ancestors. 

How to Choose the Perfect Falcon Name?

Since you now know why it’s important to name your pet falcon, let’s check out the tips below on how to choose the perfect falcon name:

Consider Falcon’s Gender

Figuring out the type of falcon you have can give you ideas on what name to choose. If yours is a Peregrine Falcon, call it ‘Velocity’ or ‘Rocket’ for its enormous speed and accuracy in diving onto its prey from above. For a Black Falcon, names like ‘Shadow’ or ‘Onyx’ can be the most fitting. 

Consider Its Physical Appearance

Apart from identifying its species, try to point out any notable physical signs in your hunting partner, such as fur color, a mark on its talons, patches around the eyes or chest, etc. A Peregrine Falcon’s eyes are circled by goldish-yellow mark, so you can call it ‘Goldie,’ ‘Butter,’ or ‘Lemon.’ 

Take Pop-Cultural or Mythological Inspirations

Did you know you could name your pet falcon after popular fictional or mythological characters? There are dozens of famous falcon or hawk characters in movies, animated films, TV series, or mythical references. 

Name your falcon ‘Thor (Norse Mythology),’ ‘Buckbeak (Harry Potter),’ or ‘Talon (Batman)’ after unforgettable falcon characters.

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Popular Falcon Names

Following are some common falcon names that are used worldwide for pet or hunting falcons: 

Talon Skyler Dash 
Gusty Raptor Wingman 
Blaze Cirrus Phoenix 
Arrow Windwalker Draco 
Vega Pyxis Jet 
Nyx Gryphon Electra 
Juno Hunter Storm 

Cute Falcon Names

Let’s share with you some adorable names for your beloved adult of young falcon: 

Fluffy Cozy Nuzzle 
Tiny Wisp Feathertop 
Pixie Puffy Twinkle 
Puff Sunny Nugget 
Poppy Buttercup Tootsie 
Debbie Softy Chirpie 
Darla Nappy Chickbeak 

Good Falcon Names

The following names are strong with an essence of resourcefulness and authority in each of them. Choose yours: 

Nova Orion Saffron 
Bolt Bold Aquila 
Aether Zara Aero 
Sirocco Comet Pierce 
Windy Fang Missile Rocco 
Flash Swoopie  Veloce 
Jolt Shoot Fierce 

Cool Falcon Names

Make your dear falcon’s personality shine through one of these cool and catchy names below: 

Phantom Cipher Ghost 
Slash Stealth Vapor 
Cobra Knight Razor 
Icicle Knight Blizzard 
Chase Eclipse Celeste 
Raven Zane Maverick 
Fury Stardust Sable 
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Baby Falcon Names

Raising a baby falcon is a lifetime experience, so is naming it with a suitable title. Pick one of these sweet and cute baby falcon names from below: 

Peeper Fuzzball Snugglepuff 
Pipsqueak Chirpy Junior 
Little Birdie Quill Tiny Beak 
Fledge Hatch Bitty 
Tiny Tot Chicklet Morsel 
Sprout Tadpole Tinker 
Fledgling Teensy Rookie 

Names Denoting ‘Bird of Prey’

Following is a list of some names that denote falcons or other fabulous birds of prey. Check them to see if anything touches your heart for your falcon: 

NameMeaning
Gyr Derived from the ‘Gyrfalcon’ species 
Tiercel Refers to a male falcon 
Glide Reflects the smooth and balanced gliding of the falcon through the air 
Falk Meaning falcon in German 
Accipiter Depicts ‘birds of prey’ 
Harrier Refers to a hawk species 
Skua A ‘bird of prey’ in the sea 
Merlin A much smaller falcon species compared to others 
Sharpe Means focused, sharp, and accurate; like a falcon when diving onto its prey from high above 
Kestra Derived from Kestrel, another species of the falcon family 

Female Falcon Names

Enhance your girl falcon’s personality by calling it one of these graceful and elegant names from below: 

Astra Selene Sapphire 
Ruby Gaia Persephone 
Minerva Pandora Luna 
Ravenna Iris Callisto 
Nina Maris Willow 
Falcona Bella Angel 
Ember Starling Jasmine 

Male Falcon Names

One of the male falcon names in the following list should add to your boy falcon’s masculinity and status. Pick the one you prefer the most: 

Hawkster Lightning Triton 
Zephyrus Spike Thunderbolt 
Ares Rocky Atlas 
Maximas Leon Rex 
Caesar Nero Dante 
Hector Midas Vulcan 
Spartan Griffin Mars 
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Gender-Neutral Falcon Names

You can also try some unisex falcon names to choose from. One of these names will surely reflect your falcon’s sharp and noble vibe: 

Birch Ra Azure 
Dawn Quartz Indigo 
Zenith Quest Strike 
Vision Noble Orbit 
Flare Haven Lyric 
Vortex Helix Fiery 
Aura Dusk Prism 

Famous Falcon Names

Speaking of famous falcon names, you can draw inspiration from a wide range of sources, such as literature, comics, animation films, brand mascots, etc. Below is a curated list for your pet falcon’s name: 

NameReference
Millennium Falcon Although not a narrative character, it’s the famous space ship from the Star War franchise, portraid as an extreme-velocity transport in the movies and TV series  
Talonflame A pokemon based on the Peregrine Falcon introduced in Generation 6 who dives on its foes and delivers devastating kicks at them 
Silver The beautiful, smart, and amazing female falcon character, first introduced in Angry Bird 2
Maltese An extremely rare and expensive Peregrine Falcon statue from the book The Maltese Falcon in 1930 and a later adapted movie in 1941 
Frightful The Peregrine Falcon chick adopted by a boy called Sam Gribley to be trained as a hunter; from the book ‘My Side of the Mountain in 1959
Ford Falcon A scaled-down version of the Ford Galaxie car produced by Ford between 1960-1970; it became the best-selling compact car during that time 
Laird Mactalon The ruler of the clan of falcons in the Northern Mountains from the fantasy novel ‘Salamandastron’
Rocagnus The son of Laird Mactalon and the ruler of the Falcon Tribe in the Northern Mountains in ‘Salamandastron’
Falcon The antagonist Peregrine Falcon tries to kill Stuart and is eventually defeated by crashing into Stuart’s biplane; from Stuart Little 2
Falcon Another Peregrine Falcon, a robot falcon character from ‘Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitju’ 
Astarte A brave Peregrine Falcon with a broken wing in ‘The Missing Lynx’ 
Hayabusa A Saker Falcon who serves his master Shan Yu as a spy and messenger, helping him rule over entire China from Disney’s full-length animated film ‘Mulan’ 
Freddie and Freida Falcon The anthropomorphized pair of male and female Peregrine Falcons mascots of Bowling Green State University 
Freddie Falcon The official mascot falcon of the American national football team Atlanta Falcons based in Atlanta

Mythological Falcon Names

Mythological figures hold a sense of high stature. Below is a list of some mythical names that reflected the falcon’s aura of power, fearlessness, and skills. 

NameOriginDescription
Seker Egyptian The Falcon or Hawk god of the dead in Memphite necropolis 
Rarog Slavic A fiery falcon demon figure 
Montu Egyptian The falcon god of war who embodies power and conquering vitality of the pharaoh
Horus Egyptian The god of Lower Egypt in a form of a falcon or hawk with the right eye as the sun and left eye as the moon
Freyja Norse The goddess of fertility, love, and sexuality, is often related to falcons as she was alleged to take a falcon form when traveling the world 
Vedfolnir Norse A falcon or arguably a hawk sitting on the beak of the wise, all-seeing eagle to report everything that happened in the heavens 
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Falcon Last Names

Try one of these fantastic last names to join with your falcon’s selected name. It will elevate your falcon’s status even more: 

Stormwind Razorwing Frostclaw 
Ironfeather Emberwing Doomwing 
Irontalon Bladefeather Ironbeak 
Steelclaws Deathstrike Skyreaper 
Nightforge Regalbeak Feathercrown 
Stormrider Moonstrike Zephyros 
Aetherwing Steelcrest Skyscreecher 

Falcon in Other Languages

Curious to know how a falcon is known in other languages? Check out this list and pick a name for your falcon if needed: 

NameLanguage
Valk Dutch 
Falk Danish 
Pistrik Estonian 
Sokol Croatian 
Falco Catalan 
Skifter Albanian 
Falke German 
Falki Icelandic 
Falco Italian 
Falkin Maltese 
Sahin Turkish 
Alsaqr Arabic 
Valk African 
ukhwekhweZulu 

Conclusion

Wrapping up, our falcon names list should now help you choose the best name for your pet falcon. With a variety of categories and references, you can select multiple names first and then pick the one that suits your falcon’s personality and status. 

Remember, the name you choose must reflect its regal status and shrewd hunting skills. Besides, the name may also reflect its appearance in terms of color, size, etc. Nonetheless, you may choose the one that feels right in your heart with the prospect of creating an unforgettable bond with your feathery friend. 

FAQs

What are some strong names for falcons?

Some strong names for falcons are Ironbeak, Razorous, Terminator, etc. 

Can I name my pet falcon after a famous falcon?

Definitely. Naming your pet falcon after a famous falcon will reprise your favorite famous character while giving your bird an edgy and stylish vibe. 

What are some cool names for female falcons?

Some cool names for female falcons are Dehlia, Mia, Casey, Chrisy, etc. 

How do I choose a name that suits my falcon’s personality?

Observe your falcon’s appearance, nature, and reactions while interacting with it. Note down the points and match them with available names in various categories online. Thus you may find one easily or else, be creative to make up fun and exciting names for it. 

What are some mythological names for falcons?

Some mythological names for falcons are Horus, Seker, Rarog, etc

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Hi, I’m Hassan, the guy behind Craft A Name. I’ve always had a passion for languages and discovering the perfect names. My websites have been featured in major publications including Forbes, Business Insider, and Yahoo. I created this platform to help you find unique and memorable names for anything — a team, a new project, a newborn, or even a lovely pet. I’m here to share my love for naming and to make the process fun and easy for you.