15,000+ Two-Syllable Boy Names

A strong and striking Turkish option with an evocative meaning.

This name's all-male occupational roots help it break the Barbara bonds, but still not the most inspiring surname choice.

Featured in several anime series, including Black Clover and To Love-Ru.

Like Bethany and Shiloh, a meaningful biblical place-name.

To most Australians and New Zealanders, using the name Anzac might feel sacrilegious now, as the ANZAC story has become interwoven with national identity. But Anzac was used as a name for both boys and girls on both sides of the Tasman Sea in the aftermath of the First World War. It was often used in combination with other names associated with battles or military leaders - for example Dardanella Anzac and Verdun Anzac (both girls) and Winston Anzac and Anzac Kitchener (boys).

This name has been off the USA Top 1000 list since before 1900, but it has some great musical credentials: consider American blues singer Alger "Texas" Alexander and country music legend Pat Alger.

Some cutting-edge parents might revive Osbert as a substitute for Oscar. We like the "divinely brilliant" meaning. Cool or terminally nerdy? Your call.

Elaboration of Dion publicized by the football and baseball star Deion Sanders -- aka Neon Deion.

Blaque is a clever -- or should we say qlever -- spelling variation of either the androgynous surname-name Blake, as in Gossip Girl Lively, or Black, as in the color name. Either way, we prefer the original. Blaque -- an acronym for believing life achieving quest unity everything -- was also a late 90s R & B group and some people may choose the name Blaque to symbolize those qualities.

Extremely rare yet with an on trend sound, although the meaning may put parents off.

An alternative spelling of Tristan, and also the modern Welsh form of the legendary hero's name.

Prospective parents tend to respond more to the softer American pronunciation than the harsher German one, and even more to the Scandinavian version (see GUNNAR).

Good way to honor Scandinavian roots, or an ancestor named Carl or Charles.

As common in Greece as John is here.

This common Russian name has a somewhat effete pencil-thin-moustached image here.

Marvel, once a feminine miracle name, has been resurrected as a unisex word name with a dose of superhero style.