Four Syllable Names for Boys

Often shortened to Emeka, as in basketball player Emeka Okafor.

The most famous bearer of this name was Athenaeus of Naucratis, a Greek rhetorician and grammarian who wrote the Deipnosophistae , which roughly translates to "Dinner Table Philosophers." There was also an early Greek composer by the name, which relates to the goddess Athena and the city of Athens.

Moana may be the best-known South Sea Islander name thanks to Disney. This puts a male spin on the appealing nature name.

The name of a small songbird, similar to a Lark – but far less commonly used as a name. Could give you the adorable nickname Pip.