Six Letter Boy Names

While this has a distinguished male namesake -- astronomer Edmund Halley and his comet -- it still strays too close to the superpopular feminine Hailey family to work for some parents for a boy. Fewer than five baby boys were given the name last year, but that could change as formerly-female names become more acceptable for boys.

Dancer feels like a name ready to leap into the charts with its sense of life and joy; and if names like Hunter and Archer can be used, why not Dancer. There will be some danger of other kids relating this one to Santa's reindeer and it might make a good name for a Christmas baby, but that might be a positive connotation for a child.

This lovely Hawaiian name may need some additional support for spelling and pronunciation.

A Catalan county name used for both girls and boys in its homeland.

A city and river in Scotland; this is upbeat and cheery, but doesn't seem that appropriate as a name.

The Icelandic word for "hawk" and recent addition to the Icelandic name pool. It was derived from the Old Norse word haukr, also meaning "hawk."

The related name Teemu is the most common of the Teemu/Tiemu/Tiemus/Demus group in the Nordic countries.