Animal names are crucial distinctions in the English language for the creatures that exist across the planet. Whether it’s the best pet names, the terminology for baby farm animals, or what you might call a wild animal, knowing the terminology for male, female, and baby critters is important.
For example, did you know that a male weasel is called a hob? Or that a female cat is called a queen? Of course, a baby bird can be a chick, and a baby deer is a fawn, but did you know that platypus young are called puggles?
Read on for everything you need to know about male and female animal names for a variety of feathery, furry, and scaly creatures!
Animal
Male
Female
Young
Alligator
Bull
Cow
Hatchling
Alpaca
Male
Female
Cria
Antelope
Buck
Doe
Calf
Armadillo
Male
Female
Pup
Baboon
Male
Female
Infant
Bear
Boar
Sow
Cub
Beaver
Male
Female
Kit, Pup, or Kitten
Bee
Drone
Worker, Queen
Larva
Buffalo or Bison
Bull
Cow
Calf
Butterfly
Male
Female
Chrysalis or Larva
Camel
Bull
Cow
Calf
Cat
Tom
Queen
Kitten
Cattle
Bull
Cow
Calf
Cheetah
Male
Female
Cub
Chicken
Rooster
Hen
Chick, Pullet, or Cockrell
Cicada
Male
Female
Nymph
Coyote
Dog
Bitch
Pup or Whelp
Deer
Buck
Doe
Fawn
Dog
Dog
Bitch
Pup or Puppy
Dolphin
Bull
Cow
Calf
Donkey
Jack
Jenny
Foal or Filly
Dove
Cock
Hen
Squab or Chick
Duck
Drake
Duck
Duckling
Eagle
Tiercel
Hen
Eaglet
Echidna
Male
Female
Puggle
Elephant
Bull
Cow
Calf
Ferret
Hob
Jill
Kit
Finch
Cock
Hen
Chick, Pullet, or Cockrell
Fish
Male
Female
Fingerling or Fry
Flamingo
Male
Female
Chick
Fox
Renyard or Dog
Vixen
Cub
Frog
Male
Female
Tadpole, Polliwog, or Froglet
Giant Panda
Boar
Soar
Cub
Giraffe
Bull
Doe
Calf
Goat
Billy
Doe
Kid
Goose
Gander
Goose
Gosling
Grasshopper
Male
Female
Nymph
Grouse
Blackcock
Hen
Poult
Guinea Pig
Boar
Sow
Pup
Hamster
Buck
Doe
Pup
Hare
Buck
Doe
Leveret
Hedgehog
Boar
Sow
Piglet or Pup
Hermit Crab
Male
Female
Zoea
Hippopotamus
Bull
Cow
Calf
Horse
Stallion
Mare
Foal or Filly
Animal
Male
Female
Young
Human
Man
Woman
Baby or Infant
Hyena
Male
Female
Cub
Ibex
Buck
Doe
Kid
Jaguar
Male
Female
Cub
Jellyfish
Boar
Sow
Ephyna
Kangaroo
Buck or Jack
Doe or Jill
Joey
Koala
Male
Female
Joey
Lemur
—
Princess
Pup
Leopard
Leopard
Leopardess
Cub
Lion
Lion
Lioness
Cub
Llama
Male
Female
Cria
Louse
Male
Female
Nymph
Lynx
Male
Female
Kit
Mole
Male
Female
Pup
Mouse
Buck
Doe
Pinkie or Pup
Opossum
Jack
Jill
Joey
Otter
Male
Female
Whelp
Owl
Owl
Hen
Owlet
Oyster
—
—
Spat
Peafowl
Peacock
Peahen
Chick
Penguin
Male
Female
Chick or Nestling
Platypus
Male
Female
Platypup or Puggle
Polar Bear
Boar
Sow
Cub
Rabbit
Buck
Doe
Bunny or Kit
Raccoon
Boar
Sow
Cub
Rhinoceros
Bull
Cow
Calf
Sheep
Ram
Ewe
Lamb
Skunk
Boar
Sow
Kit
Sloth
Male
Female
Baby, Pup, or Kitten
Snake
Male
Female
Snakelet
Spider
Male
Female
Spiderling
Storks
Male
Female
Squab or Pullet
Swan
Cob
Pen
Cygnet or Flapper
Swine
Boar
Sow
Piglet or Shoat
Tiger
Tiger
Tigress
Cub
Toad
Male
Female
Tadpole
Turkey
Gobbler or Tom
Hen
Poult
Turtle
Male
Female
Hatchling
Walrus
Bull
Cow
Cub or Pup
Weasel
Hob, Dog, Buck, or Jack
Bitch, Doe, or Jill
Kit
Whale
Bull
Sow
Calf
Wolf
Dog
Bitch
Pup
Wombat
Jack
Jill
Joey
Zebra
Stallion
Mare
Foal
What’s Good for the Goose Is Good for the Gander
Now that you are armed for the biology section of your next trivia night, check out our list of Animal Group Terminology to discover the collective nouns for animals on this list, such as a prickle of hedgehogs. Or take our quiz and see, Can You Name These Baby Animals?
And if you are looking for baby names for human infants, check out a list of Nature-Inspired Names!
