Six Letter Boy Names

  1. Brando
    • Origin:

      Italian variation of Brand
    • Meaning:

      "firebrand, sword"
    • Description:

      Screen legend Marlon's surname has loads more swagger than his first. But little Brando will forever have to endure jokes connected with the actor.
  2. Tomás
    • Origin:

      Spanish; Portuguese; Irish, variation of Thomas
    • Meaning:

      "twin"
    • Description:

      Tomás is one of the most popular names in Portugal, also used in Spanish-speaking countries and recently gaining popularity in Ireland, where it's the traditional spelling of Thomas.
  3. Kohaku
    • Origin:

      Japanese
    • Meaning:

      "amber"
    • Description:

      Masculine name with a gem meaning.
  4. Geralt
    • Origin:

      German
    • Meaning:

      "ruler with the spear"
    • Description:

      Geralt is an antiquated version of the old-fashioned name Gerald, which has been dropping toward the bottom of the US Top 1000 since the early 1940s and finally dropped out in 2021.
  5. Gatlin
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "wandering man"
    • Description:

      Gatlin has risen into the Top 1000 in recent years on the strength of its association with the Olympic champion sprinter Justin Galtin as well as the Gatlin Brothers of Nashville fame. The name has the same root as gadabout, thus the meaning related to wandering.
  6. Summit
    • Origin:

      English word name
    • Meaning:

      "highest point of a mountain"
    • Description:

      An especially adventurous word name that conjures up mountain expeditions. As names like Everest and Zenith continue to climb, so too should Summit.
  7. Spruce
    • Origin:

      Tree name
    • Description:

      A handsome, spruced-up post-Bruce tree name.
  8. Olivér
    • Origin:

      Hungarian variation of Oliver, Latin
    • Meaning:

      "olive tree"
  9. Graeme
    • Origin:

      Scottish variation of Graham
    • Meaning:

      "gravelly homestead"
    • Description:

      An interesting vowel combination lightens up Graham.
  10. Jekyll
    • Tenzin
      • Origin:

        Tibetian
      • Meaning:

        "Holder of the teaching"
      • Description:

        Tenzin (sometimes also written as Tenzing or Stanzin) is a unisex Tibetan name which is one of the given names of the current Dalai Lama, Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso.
    • Kodiak
      • Origin:

        Alutiiq
      • Meaning:

        "island"
      • Description:

        It's a bear, it's an island, it's (almost) a camera. It's starting to catch some parents' eyes as a wild, adventurous name.
    • Aquilo
      • Origin:

        Latin
      • Meaning:

        "eagle"
      • Description:

        Common Roman name mentioned in the Bible that has a crisply attractive sound.
    • Kepler
      • Origin:

        German surname
      • Meaning:

        "hooded cloak"
      • Description:

        Seventeenth-century German polymath Johannes Kepler discovered the laws of planetary notion, along with the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe. A handful of parents use his last name for their sons every year -- with good reason. It's a solid-feeling but unique name with a great, aspirational namesake.
    • Ammiel
      • Origin:

        Hebrew
      • Meaning:

        "people of God"
      • Description:

        There are four figures named Ammiel in the Bible. The most notable was the father of Bathsheba.
    • Vishnu
      • Origin:

        Hindi
      • Meaning:

        "protector"
      • Description:

        Name of one of the three main Hindu gods.
    • Sakari
      • Origin:

        Variation of Sakarias, Finnish
      • Meaning:

        "the Lord has remembered"
      • Description:

        The Finnish equivalent to Zachary.
    • Keeley
      • Origin:

        Irish
      • Meaning:

        "slender"
      • Description:

        One of the more feminine Irish surnames.
    • Loudon
      • Origin:

        German
      • Meaning:

        "from the low valley"
      • Description:

        Singer Wainwright is the third in his family to carry this unusual name.
    • Topher
      • Origin:

        Diminutive of Christopher
      • Description:

        The new kid on the block in terms of Christopher short forms, it was introduced into the mix by actor Topher Grace, who didn't like Chris.