Three Syllable Names for Boys
- Penoyer
Origin:
Variation of Pennoyer, Welsh surnameMeaning:
"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.
- Adinah
Origin:
Hebrew, variation of AdinaMeaning:
"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.
- Timoteo
Origin:
Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese form of Timothy, GreekMeaning:
"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.
- Satanus
Origin:
Latin from HebrewMeaning:
"adversary"Description:
Satanus is a demon in lore. Satanus and Blaze are brother and sister half-demons in DC Comics.
- Adalrich
- Caetano
Origin:
PortugueseMeaning:
"from Gaeta"Description:
The attractive Portuguese form of Gaëtan/Gaetano, meaning "from Gaeta" (a town in ancient Italy).
- Tovia
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"god is good"Description:
Hebrew form of Tobiah
- Aliásar
- Uleki
- Granville
- Achilleo
- Michiaki
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"bright path, autumn path"Description:
Featured as a character name in several anime series.
- Lefteris
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"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, SanskritMeaning:
"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 AmericanMeaning:
"throne for the clouds"
- Stamatios
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"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:
SiouxMeaning:
"friend to all"Description:
This name of a subtribe in the Great Sioux Nation could make an inventive twist on the overused Dakota.
- Xacari