5000+ Three-Syllable Boy Names
- Kanuna
Origin:
CherokeeMeaning:
"bullfrog"Description:
Ranine name with a bouncy rhythm.
- Zankoku
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"cruel"Description:
Zankoku has two ties to anime: as a character in Naruto and in the song Zankoku na tenshi no tēze (A Cruel Angel's Thesis), which was used as the theme song for the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion.
- Nataniele
- Chirico
Origin:
Italian surnameDescription:
Surrealist artist, inspired creative choice.
- Adamo
- Whitaker
- Yeremy
- Manilla
Origin:
City nameDescription:
A variant spelling of Manila, the capital of the Philippines. Vloggers The Bucket List Family have a son named Manilla.
- Abdalla
Origin:
AfricanMeaning:
"servant of God"Description:
This Muslim name derived from the Arabic is found in North and East Africa.
- Chicago
Origin:
American place name, AlgonquinMeaning:
"wild garlic"Description:
When Kim Kardashian and Kanye West named their daughter Chicago — after West's hometown — we expected it to rise for baby girls. But American parents have taken to Chicago as a boy name. It's been given to more boys than girls every year since 2018.
- Dalmatius
- Demetric
- Hesperus
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"evening, evening star"Description:
Hesperus or Hesperos is a figure in Greek mythology who is the personification of the Evening Star or Venus, the son of the dawn goddess Eos. There's a Longfellow poem about a tragic shipping voyage called The Wreck of the Hesperus. An archaic name that with the revival of many old mythological names might just have a chance at revival.
- Baldassare
- Geremia
Origin:
Italian variation of Jeremiah, HebrewMeaning:
"appointed by God"Description:
Italian form of Jeremiah, commonly used among Medieval Italian Jews.
- Paulino
- Fabián
- Zebadiah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"God has bestowed"Description:
Biblical names are expanding (literally) as some parents move on from Isaiah and Elijah to more elaborate choices with simple short forms like Jed and Zeb.
- Rousseau
Origin:
French surnameMeaning:
"little redhead"Description:
Rousseau gives French flair to other red-haired names like Russell and Rory. It is associated with the influential eighteenth century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as the painter Henri Rousseau.
- Henderson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Henry"Description:
Bulky surname honoring Grandpa Henry or Saul Bellow's Rain King.