Detective Names

8 Detective names that mean detective for boys, listing Detective baby names 1-8. Perry and Travis are popular names. Campion, Ellery, Hercules, Holmes, Seamus and Sherlock are uncommon names. View Detective baby names for name meanings, or search other baby names.

Campion ... A fictional detective, Albert Campion ... [1]

Ellery ... familiar since the 1930s due to the fictional detective Ellery Queen. [3]

Hercules ... but may be better known through Agatha Christie's fictional Belgian detective and intellectual Hercule Poirot. [6]

Holmes ... Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.

Perry ... Modern use has been inspired by fictional detective Perry Mason ... [2]

Seamus ... "Shamus" is sometimes used as an American slang for a private detective ... [3]

Sherlock ... Literary: made famous by Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. [2]

Travis ... fictional detective Travis Magee. [4]

Related tags: sherlock, bailiff, captain, dick, eye, officer, reeve.

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