15,000+ Two-Syllable Boy Names

Flailing attempt to switch up popular Tristan.

One of the few masculine names derived from a feminine name, in this case, Bjork.

Bricker sounds like an occupational name, a la Brooker and Bridger, but it's actually a surname indicating someone who lives near a bridge.

An old name wrapped in myth and legend, Pelleas is most familiar as the male lead in Debussy's opera Pelleas et Melisande, based on a play by the same name by Maurice Maeterlinck. Pelleas, sometimes spelled Pellias or some other way, is also the name of one of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table.

Davit, a form of the biblical classic David, is currently the most popular name for baby boys in Armenia.

Not to be confused with the identically spelt Greek feminine form, which is pronounced with three syllables, Zosime is the French form of the male name Zosimus. Zosime or Zosimus is a quirky Z starting name with a long history. It has been the name of several early saints and a pope, as well as the Byzantine author of a history of the Roman Empire, published in the sixth century CE.

Roman statesman and Caesar rival whose name, like other classical choices, was occasionally used for enslaved people. The Pompeo version could rise again.

Usually spelled as Cahi̇d, this variation on the Arabic name Jahid is popular in Azerbaijan.