Three Syllable Names for Boys

  1. Penoyer
    • Origin:

      Variation of Pennoyer, Welsh surname
    • Meaning:

      "golden head"
    • Description:

      Penoyer is a rarer variation of the surname Pennoyer, derived from the Welsh component pen, meaning "head," and Latin aur, "gold." It doesn't refer to a blonde, but rather Golden Valley of Herefordshire, England.
  2. Adinah
    • Origin:

      Hebrew, variation of Adina
    • Meaning:

      "delicate"
    • Description:

      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.
  3. Timoteo
    • Origin:

      Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese form of Timothy, Greek
    • Meaning:

      "honoring God"
    • Description:

      Timoteo put some bounce in the step of the somewhat wispy Timothy. And it can be a more original way than Mateo to the cool short form Teo.
  4. Satanus
    • Origin:

      Latin from Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "adversary"
    • Description:

      Satanus is a demon in lore. Satanus and Blaze are brother and sister half-demons in DC Comics.
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    • Caetano
      • Origin:

        Portuguese
      • Meaning:

        "from Gaeta"
      • Description:

        The attractive Portuguese form of Gaëtan/Gaetano, meaning "from Gaeta" (a town in ancient Italy).
    • Tovia
      • Origin:

        Hebrew
      • Meaning:

        "god is good"
      • Description:

        Hebrew form of Tobiah
    • Aliásar
      • Uleki
        • Granville
          • Achilleo
            • Michiaki
              • Origin:

                Japanese
              • Meaning:

                "bright path, autumn path"
              • Description:

                Featured as a character name in several anime series.
            • Lefteris
              • Origin:

                Greek
              • Meaning:

                "free"
              • Description:

                A nickname for Eleftherios, sometimes bestowed in its own right. Notable bearers include Greek singer Lefteris Pantazis and writer Lefteris Papadopoulos.
            • Ananda
              • Origin:

                Variation of Anand, Sanskrit
              • Meaning:

                "happiness, bliss"
              • Description:

                Ananda is historically a masculine Sanskrit name — a form of Anand — but the A ending and similarity to Amanda give it a feminine flavor in the English-speaking world. In fact, it is currently used more often among baby girls in the US.
            • Laurentius
              • Chochokpi
                • Origin:

                  Choctaw, Native American
                • Meaning:

                  "throne for the clouds"
              • Stamatios
                • Origin:

                  Greek
                • Meaning:

                  "stop"
                • Description:

                  A saint's name, which comes from a Greek root meaning 'Stop!" because it was originally bestowed on a son whose older siblings had not survived, and was given in the sense of "Stop dying."
              • Bairtliméad
                • Nakotah
                  • Origin:

                    Sioux
                  • Meaning:

                    "friend to all"
                  • Description:

                    This name of a subtribe in the Great Sioux Nation could make an inventive twist on the overused Dakota.
                • Xacari