Three Syllable Names for Boys

New Testament, Texas, and Kansas place-name more fitting for a girl.

Lexington is trending as a unisex name, used just about evenly for the genders. For Americans, it's got a patriotic feel, given the importance of Lexington, Massachusetts in the Revolutionary War. Lexington, Kentucky, in horse country, is another well-known city with the name. Short form Lex is user friendly.

Peyami is of Turkish origin stemming from the Persian word peyam, and as an upbeat meaning.

One mythological name not used for modern babies, Thanatos is the Greek personification of peaceful death.

The name of an ancient Jewish warrior, Judah Maccabee, whose deeds are described in the deuterocanonical books 1 Maccabees to 4 Maccabees.

From Ethiopia's Amharic language, the meaning implies "God is my shepherd".

Japanese name featured regularly in anime and manga.

All names ending in ville are in nowheresville.

Form of Umar popular in West Africa.

One part fantastical literary invention and one part Ancient Greek, Atreyus is a new and rising name for boys. It's could be viewed as a combination of Atreus, an Ancient Greek name, and Atreyu, created by German author Michael Ende for his novel The Neverending Story.

Elatha is the god of the Moon in Irish mythology. The contemporary Irish spelling would be Ealadha.

Sounds more like a car than a baby name. Some sources related it to the English surname Carter, which would be more stylish these days.

Combining the sounds of Lake, Lachlan, and Landon, Lakeland is a surname-style name that could fit in with other contemporary names like Holland, Leland, Ryland, Camden, and Bristol. Given to just 16 boys in 2023, it could make a unique but familiar option for any gender.