5000+ Three-Syllable Boy Names

  1. Facundo
    • Origin:

      Spanish from Latin
    • Meaning:

      "eloquent"
    • Description:

      This intriguing and jaunty-sounding choice is a Top 50 name in Chile.
  2. Aquila
    • Origin:

      Latin
    • Meaning:

      "eagle"
    • Description:

      An evocative ancient word that's used as a first name in the New Testament, among other places. It's also the name of an eagle-shaped constellation.
  3. Felicien
    • Eliab
      • Origin:

        Hebrew
      • Meaning:

        "God is father"
      • Description:

        Prince of the tribe of Zebulon in the Exodus, everyone will misunderstand this as Elias, with a stuffed nose.
    • Akachi
      • Origin:

        Igbo
      • Meaning:

        "the hand of God"
      • Description:

        A name of Igbo origin with a spiritual meaning, Akachi is unisex though it is used slightly more often on boys in Nigeria.
    • Corrado
      • Origin:

        Italian variation of Conrad
      • Description:

        A Latinate name with a lot of dash and bravado.
    • Kiari
      • Origin:

        Modern invented name
      • Description:

        Kiari is the birth name of rapper Offset, who passed on this attractive name to his daughter as her middle. Indeed, it resembles several more established names associated with both genders, from Kiara to Kyrie to Kai.
    • Nickolas
      • Origin:

        Spelling variation of Nicholas
      • Description:

        Nouveau spelling remained in the US Top 300 for all of the 1990s. With the traditional spelling still a highly popular choice, a child bearing the Nickolas version could be accused of misspelling his own name.
    • Yelisei
      • Stuyvesant
        • Origin:

          Dutch surname
        • Meaning:

          "drifting sand dune"
        • Description:

          Associated with two prominent American families — New York's Stuyvesant family, for which streets and parks on Manhattan's East Side are named, and the Fish family, who used it as a given name. Stuyvesant Fish, the first president of the Illinois Central Railroad, was named after his paternal grandmother, Elizabeth Stuyvesant.
      • Optimus
        • Origin:

          Latin
        • Meaning:

          "best"
        • Description:

          Extremely rare, but seen as a baby boy name every once in a while, influenced by Transformers character Optimus Prime.
      • Arsenio
        • Origin:

          Spanish from Greek
        • Meaning:

          "virile, strong"
        • Description:

          Long considered Mr. Hall's exclusive property, it's now ready to be adopted by others.
      • Philomon
        • Origin:

          Greek
        • Meaning:

          "affectionate"
        • Description:

          Also written as Philemon, this New Testament character was a recipient of Paul's epistles.
      • Cleveland
        • Origin:

          English
        • Meaning:

          "hilly land, from the cliff"
        • Description:

          A presidential and place-name that's not a stand-out in either category.
      • Argider
        • Origin:

          Basque
        • Meaning:

          "beautiful light"
        • Description:

          Argider is a somewhat used boys' name in Basque-speaking parts of Spain.
      • Andoni
        • Origin:

          Basque variation of Anthony, Latin
        • Meaning:

          "from Antium"
        • Description:

          Andoni is the Basque version of Anthony, no longer a common choice in Spain.
      • Amadou
        • Origin:

          West African
        • Description:

          A form of Ahmad popular in Western Africa. It ranked in the French Top 500 for much of the 1980s.
      • Bohannon
        • Origin:

          Irish
        • Meaning:

          "descendant of the victorious one"
        • Description:

          From the Irish surname Ó Buadhachanáin, which has at its core buadhach, "victorious". It has appeared in the US charts since 2014, probably in honor of the disco music pioneer Hamilton Bohannon, who was often known simply by his surname. This name therefore ticks several style boxes: an Irish surname, a music legend, and a cool "Bo" sound, with Bo as a possible nickname.
      • Satsujin
        • Origin:

          Japanese
        • Meaning:

          "murder"
        • Description:

          Borne by various anime villains thanks to its dark meaning.
      • Petronax
        • Origin:

          Italian
        • Meaning:

          "stone"
        • Description:

          The name of a 7th to 8th century Italian monk who rebuilt the monastery at Monte Cassino. In Italian, he is called Petronace.