15,000+ Two-Syllable Boy Names
- Dinis
- Cyrie
- Carrew
- Buxton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"boulders that rock at a touch"Description:
Sounds too much like buxom.
- Kekoa
- Chozyn
Origin:
Variation of ChosenMeaning:
"one who is the object of choice or of divine favor"Description:
Chosen is one of the hottest word names in recent years, entering the Top 1000 in 2022. Naturally, creative spelling variations such as this one have begun to rise as well, with Chozen entering the Top 1000 in 2023, and both Chozyn and Chosyn gaining more attention.
- Zuzen
Origin:
BasqueMeaning:
"just, justice"Description:
The Basque name has enough Zs in it to make it look spaceaged and trendy, but it is in fact a traditional Basque name. Despite its wonderful meaning, it may be too close to the feminine English name Susan for usage in the Anglosphere.
- Daveth
Origin:
Cornish variation of DavidDescription:
Similar to the Welsh form Dafydd, Daveth is a softer alternative for the perennial boys' name David. The long "Ah" sound also minimises the chance of the name being shortened to Dave, for those eager to avoid the ubiquitous nickname.
- Devante
- Mattäus
- Shoukath
Origin:
HindiMeaning:
"dignity, prestige"Description:
The unique name of Aziz Ansari's scene-stealing physician father, Shoukath is more commonly heard as a surname.
- Turbo
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"spinning; incorporating a turbine"Description:
Turbo debuted on the charts in 2020, when it was given to six baby boys.
- Shabaan
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"coward"Description:
Despite its disagreeable meaning, this name has a distinctive literary heritage: the eminent Kiswahili writer Shabaan Roberts is called the Shakespeare of East Africa.
- Wrestling
Origin:
Word NameDescription:
Famously the name of a Pilgrim aboard the Mayflower.
- Luís
- Trestin
- Mobley
Origin:
English SurnameMeaning:
"from the clearing with the mound"Description:
Lee Brice used this surname as the middle name for his son Ryker.
- Zarek
Origin:
Polish from Hebrew and AkkadianMeaning:
"Bel protect the king"Description:
Cool Polish short form of Baltazar.
- Gearoid
- Miklos
Origin:
Hungarian variation of Nicholas, GreekMeaning:
"people of victory"Description:
Mariska Hargitay honored her Hungarian heritage when she used Miklos as one of the middle names for her son August in 2006.