15,000+ Two-Syllable Boy Names

The use of Prokhor in Russia was in part inspired by St. Prochorus, a deacon in the New Testament.

A name that has been used in Wales for nearly a thousand years — a famous bearer was the medieval scholar Gerallt Gymro, or Gerald of Wales — but not the most intuitive spelling for non-Welsh speakers. By coincidence, ger allt in Welsh also means "near a hill".

The name of a city in New Hampshire which takes its name from the Nashua River, named by the Indigenous Algonquian tribe the Nashuway or Nashua. A striking alternative to Joshua.

Seldon was seldom heard as a first name but that may change now that Elon Musk has used it for his 14th child, his fourth with Shivon Zilis. Little Seldon Musk's middle name is Lycurgus, the name of several legendary and mythological Greek figures.

The vowel ending energizes this relative of Abdul.

A common Turkish word name for boys signaling valiance and bravery.

A pleasing place-name that hasn't yet appeared in the baby name atlas.