Three Syllable Names for Boys

This variation spelling of Balthasar is most often used in South America. Argentinian football star Joan Figallo recently called his son Baltazar.

A name with considerable history, as the celebrated sultan of Egypt and Syria in the time of the Crusades.

Feisty floral name that would work better as a middle name than as a first, so called because of the flower's resemblance to a dragon's open mouth.

Radomir is derived from the Slavic elements rad, meaning "happy" or "joy," and mir, "world," "peace," or "fame."

This would make an interesting name for a boy, if it weren't for the fact that the two most well known Fergies are female.

A spelling variation of the popular Maverick that doesn't conform to the crowds, but keeps the cool, cowboy feel and the nod to Top Gun.

A rarely heard saint's name -- Saint Charles Borromeo is the patron of apple orchards and stomach diseases.

This classic Italian Samuel variation is just as compelling as the original, especially if you have Italian heritage.

Cherokee is the name of a Native American tribe, the largest in the United States stretching from North Carolina through Oklahoma. The meaning of the word Cherokee is uncertain: It may be Choctaw for "those who live in the mountains" or "those who live in the cave country" or it may be an Anglicization of the word the Cherokee use to refer to themselves, Tsalagi. The name was given to 19 baby girls in the U.S. in 2013 but was not recorded on the boys' roster, though we'd consider it equally appropriate for either gender.

If Theodore has lost its sparkle and Thaddeus feels a bit too serious, you may love the Ethiopian Tadeios. The Amharic version of Biblical Thaddeus has a fun and bouncy sound and comes with the cool nickname "Tad".

Nickname form Gaber is currently the more fashionable variation in Slovenia.

As a personal name, it may not have much history, but it certainly suggests the subject.