Three Syllable Names for Boys

The name Merkaba comes from Merkabah Mysticism, a type of Jewish mysticism that was practiced during the first century.

A sunny-sounding surname or an adjective meaning "only when the going's good" – as in, a fairweather friend.

Dashing and highly unusual variation does the feminine original one better by sounding both more modern and more usable. Or you can spell it Monaco and call it a place name.

The Mc and Mac surnames are asserting themselves as first names and this is among the most usable. MacArthur or McArthur makes a perfect honorific for an ancestral Arthur and leads directly to the nicknames Mac or Art

Cornish habitational surname turned occasional upper-crusty first name, also belonging to one of the colleges of Durham University in England.

A Welsh saint, the son or grandson of a local king called Caw/Cai. It seems that Caian may be a derivative of that name, which is derived from Caius "rejoice". A church at Tregaian in Anglesey is named for St Caian.

Introduced to the lexicon by the husband of Little House on the Prairie writer Laura Ingalls Wilder, most scholars agree that this unusual name comes from the Arabic El-Mansur.

Ptarmigan is the common English name for the genus Lagopus, in the grouse family of birds. The name is derived from the Scottish word for the bird, tàrmachan (meaning unknown), with the initial P- added by erroneous association with the Greek pteron ("wing").

In the Old Testament, Itamar (or Ithamar) was the youngest son of Aaron.

Dark and handsome.

This festive-yet-biblical name is more popular for girls, but occasionally given to boys as well.

A variant spelling of Manila, the capital of the Philippines. Vloggers The Bucket List Family have a son named Manilla.

This Muslim name derived from the Arabic is found in North and East Africa.

Opera star Domingo was responsible for giving this popular Latin name its green card. It was commonly used by early Christians to convey their serenity in the faith, and it was borne by several minor saints.