15,000+ Two-Syllable Boy Names

Classic Indian name with a winning meaning — literally.

This Hebrew version of Jubal, a traditionally masculine name, is used for both boys and girls in modern Israel.

One of the lesser-used ancient Roman forenames.

A truncated form of Nordic Erling, famously borne by soccer star Erling Haaland.

Might be an honorific for novelist Saul Bellow, although bellowing is not the gentlest of sounds. Consider Saul instead.

Kaiis is a name introduced to the lexicon when it was chosen by a single celebrity. Geena Davis picked the ancient Roman-sounding Kaiis (which would have been spelled then with a C) for one of her twin boys.

This surname-name comes with some great connotations: Addie Ballou the American feminist, Kurt Ballou — guitarist with the band Converge, or Adin Ballou — abolitionist and pacifist. It has a trendy, whimsical sound that sets it apart from more traditional surnames like Cooper, Hunter, and Archer and puts it more in the camp of the softer international names like Aaru, Bayou, and Finlo.

Penryn is the name of a parish in Cornwall, the peninsula in the southwest of England.

This simple, solid Welsh name enjoyed moderate popularity in England and Wales in the '80s and '90s, after the success of choirboy Aled Jones.

Natz recommended.

Unusual biblical name that may be too close in sound to the feminine Mariah.