15,000+ Two-Syllable Boy Names

Might make a good middle name for the child of a musician, though people could think you were honoring your BMW.

While this has a distinguished male namesake -- astronomer Edmund Halley and his comet -- it still strays too close to the superpopular feminine Hailey family to work for some parents for a boy. Fewer than five baby boys were given the name last year, but that could change as formerly-female names become more acceptable for boys.