15,000+ Two-Syllable Boy Names

Brought to national attention by Amy Schumer, who used it as a middle name for her son Gene. Attell is the surname of her frequent collaborator, comedian Dave Attell. Several months later, she realized her son's full name sounded like genital and changed it to Gene David.

For now at least, Parton conjures up the larger-than-life image of Dolly. For an American boy, Patton or Peyton would probably be a better bet.

The surname Patel comes from the state of Gujarat, where it was given to members of the landowning and agrarian caste, the Patidar. Today it's the most common last name among the Indian diaspora, with about 150,000 Patels in both America and the United Kingdom.

This is one place-name we'd put off-limits, for obvious reasons.

Common in the Middle East as a given name, surname, and place name.

Ahad is one of the 99 names of Allah and is currently in the UK Top 1000. It's alternative Azerbaijani form is Əhəd.