Three Syllable Names for Boys

Keneti is an appealing Samoan name made famous by New Zealand actor KJ (Keneti James) Fitzgerald Apa, who plays Archie Andrews in the teen drama series Riverdale. His father, also called Keneti, is a native Samoan who was a village matai (chief).

Almost unheard of in recent years, Dagobert has some connections to the French diaspora. Pere Dagobert was an eighteenth century Capuchin monk who immigrated to New Orleans from Quebec. Dagobert I was a king of the Merovingian dynasty in the seventh century.

Hebrew form of Tobiah

Thunderous name with Native American origins.

Traditional Cherokee choice that would make a one-of-a-kind baby name today.

Uruguayan footballer Edinson Cavani gave his unique first name a boost following the 2022 World Cup.

Anglicized as Judah, this name of a biblical patriarch is given symbolically to boys born on Chanukah; a form of it was spotlighted by violin virtuoso Yehudi Menuhin.

A unisex name in Hawaii, where it can signify either Asher (for boys) or Adela (for girls), Akela was also the name of a character in Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book.

Coriolan is a name sometimes used in modern France, derived from the ancient Roman Coriolanus, taken from a now-vanished city. Gaius Marcius Coriolanus was a Roman general whose life was the basis for the eponymous Shakespeare play Coriolanus.

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.

In Turkey, Ali Asaf is currently more popular in its double-barreled form than Ali or Asaf individually.

Photographer Richard Avedon's unique surname would make a stylish, one-of-a-kind first name for a baby of either sex.

Tavian meets Xavier. Made famous by Tavior Mowry, brother of actors Tia, Tamera and Tahj.