Baby names inspired by The Lion King

The live action version of The Lion King was a massive box office hit in 2019, so we put together the best baby name ideas inspired by the original Disney movie. Which will you choose for your little cub?

Banzai is one of Scar's hyena henchmen.

Bunga is Kion's best friend and strongest member of the Lion Guard, the team that protects the Pride Lands and defends the Circle of Life.

Ed is another hyena in Scar's clan.

In the mini series Timon & Pumbaa, Fred is Timon's other best friend from the meerkat colony.

Fuli is also Kion's friend and is the fastest member of the Lion Guard.

Gopher works as an informant for Zazu.

Irwin is a clumsy penguin who Timon and Pumbaa meet at a boat shop in Antarctica. They become fast friends.

Little Jimmy is a bluebird who's also a criminal mastermind.

Kiara is Simba and Nala's only daughter.

Kion is Simba and Nala's son.

Kovu is Kiara's mate, the youngest child of Zira and Nuka and Vitani's younger brother.

Max is a member of the meerkat colony. He reluctantly agrees to let Timon be a sentry for the colony and attempts to train him for the job.

Mufasa is Simba's father who is tragically murdered by his younger brother, Scar.

Nala is Simba's best friend as a cub and becomes his mate later on as adults.

Ned is a bush elephant who he believes he's the best at everything. He teases Timon and Pumbaa.

Nuka is Zira's eldest child. He tries to kill Simba to prove himself to his mum, but dies in the process.

Ono is an egret and is the only non-mammal member of the Lion Guard.

Pumbaa is the hilarious warthog in the films and helps Timon teach Simba all there is to know about the jungle.

Quint is Timon and Pumbaa's arch enemy in the mini series.

Rakifi is a mandrill. He lives in the Pride Lands and performed shamanistic services for the lions of Pride Rock.

Sarabi is Simba's mum. Sarabi helps Simba defeat Mufasa and his hyenas.

Scar is Simba's evil uncle. He murders Mufasa and exiles Simba to fend for himself without the pack.

Although he's the baddy, his name does have a certain edge to it!

Sharla is a female warthog who is the leader of Pumbaa's former sounder and is Pumbaa's former girlfriend.

Shenzi is one of Scar's hyena henchmen.

Simba is Mufasa and Sarabi's son, Scar's nephew and eventually becomes Nala's mate. And he's everyone's favourite character, of course!

Tatiana is the princess of the meerkat colony.

Timon is a meerkat and is good friends with Simba. Timon helps teach him the basics of living in the jungle.

Vitani is Zira's only daughter. She is Zira's strongest lieutenant and acts out her mum's plans.

Zazu is a red-billed hornbill. He eventually becomes a scout and advisor for Simba.

Zira is Kovu's mum. She was Scar's most loyal follower and plots to avenge his death.