Three Syllable Names for Boys

Kerouac could make for a meaningful possible modern literary inspiration, via On the Road author Jack. The writer's baptism certificate read Jean Louis Kirouac, though he later claimed his full name was Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac.

Cullinan is an Irish surname that is unusual but accessible, with the unique nickname of Cully.

Trivia tidbit: The Cullinan diamond was the largest rough diamond ever found--over 3,000 carats--when it was unearthed in 1905.

Featured as a character name in several anime series.

In Exodus, a son of Aaron: an interesting, undiscovered Old Testament name.

The original form of Stephen, a readily importable choice.

Finnish form of John

Too close to baloney.

Irish surname that refers to High King Brian Boru, also spelled O'Brien. Makes a fabulous first name.

God of rebirth worshipped in Central and Eastern Europe. Yarilo represented the sacred youthful life-force and was associated with spring and agricultural fertility.

The name of prize-winning American architect Robert Venturi would make a somewhat awkward first.

Tahoma was the original name of Mount Ranier, used by the Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest.

This variation of Biblical Benjamin is used in Ethiopia. The name is also spelled Benyam or Binyam.

Erasmus may be out of fashion in the English-speaking world, but in Slovenia, Erazem is a fashionable riser.