Three Syllable Names for Boys

A combination of hei "crown" and moana "ocean".

A god of war worshipped in Slavic areas, depicted with a golden shield.

The modern Icelandic form of Guðmundr, an Old Norse name derived from gud, which meant both "good" and "god," and mund>, "protection." Guðmundur is currently a Top 10 boy name in Iceland.

A variation of a variation.

Archaic Welsh name, scarcely heard today. Often referred to as the Welsh variation of Edward, although the two names are not related.

The son of Pwyll and Rhiannon in Welsh mythology, Pryderi (which means "care; worry" in Welsh) is a central figure of the Mabinogi. Kidnapped by a mysterious beast as a baby, he is raised by another family before being reunited with his parents as a young man, eventually succeeding his father as Lord of Dyfed. He is killed by the magician Gwydion in single combat. American author Lloyd Alexander used the name for a character in his "Chronicles of Prydain" series, based on Welsh mythology.

One of the many attractive variations of the classic Alexander.

The Old Testament Adinah was a male soldier, not the same as the beautiful daughter of Jacob and Leah, Dinah. But in modern Israel, Adinah and Adina are also used as names fori girls.

The ancient Latin name from which we get Remy.

Although this Italian name is identical to the word for "lily", it is actually a cognate of Giles (English) or Gilles (French), meaning "young goat".