15,000+ Two-Syllable Boy Names

Derived from the Old Norse elements holmr "island" and geirr "spear". This is a widespread name in Scandinavia, and belonged to a legendary Danish hero, Holger Danske (Ogier the Dane). According to legend, Holger Danske was a fearsome warrior under Charlemagne, who never died but sleeps in the cellar of Kronborg Castle at Elsinore, ready to rise again if Denmark is ever in danger.

Selig comes from the Yiddish vocabulary word meaning 'happy, fortunate, blessed.' Most of us are more familiar with its Woody Allen variation, Zelig.

A Top 50 name in Finland, deriving from a colloquial word for "brother".

An attractive Turkish derived from an old-fashioned Turkish word meaning world, fate, or time — devran değişti is a phrase meaning "times have changed."

The ancient Greek name for the constellation Libra, from zugos ‘yoke (of a plough)’, ‘crossbar’ and ‘balance beam’.

An ancient name belonging to several medieval English clergymen, also spelt Leofwin or Leobwin.

With Yale and Brown in the mainstream, why not this upscale college name and surname as well.

Familiar as the most common form of greeting in Hebrew, but also associated with top female model Shalom Harlow.

Enav is a rare Hebrew name that would work equally well for a son or daughter.

A variant of Madden or Madigan, cool surnames which ultimately derive from the Irish Gaelic word for "dog".

Yeshua is often considered the "real" name of Jesus, via the Hebrew to Greek to Latin to English evolution of Yeshua to Iesous to Iesus to Jesus. It is also used as a common alternative of Yehoshua in the later parts of the Hebrew Bible, making it a variation of Joshuah.

Ifor seems to make more sense in its Anglicized version, Ivor.

Maori form of Matthew