7 Letter Boy Names

Try telling the kids it really means "pretty face" and not "burper".

It's a little bit Jay, and a little bit J.V., and a little bit any name ending with -ion. A few hundred parents choose this name each year for their baby boys, placing it in the Top 1000, but we think there are better choices out there.

Though it has worthy associations with the Old Master painter and singer-songwriter Van Dyke Parks, this would be tough on a child because of the slang meaning of the second syllable.

Historically interesting via the 1917 Balfour Declaration, which supported the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine.

Like many other popular Turkish name, Aydemir is a strong option deriving from the root ay meaning "moon".

This common Jewish surname — originally spelled Volfson — works as a modern and on-trend segue to the cool nickname Wolf, if Wolfgang or Wolfric feel a bit too heavy. With animal names like Wolf (along with Bear and Fox) shooting up the charts in recent years, Wolfson has plenty of undiscovered potential. A famous bearer of the surname is British politician David Wolfson, who was knighted Baron Wolfson of Sunningdale.

Leon and related names like Leonardo and Leonidas are hot right now, but somehow this member of the family remains rare.

Variation of Tristan.

This name of a saint from Galway whose monastery became a center of learning, is an undiscovered Gaelic gem.

Surname of Declaration signer sure to present playground complications.

Brixton, a formerly rough but now cool-and-gentrified area of London, is also gaining notice as a baby name, especially for boys. About 20 baby girls were given the name in the US in the most recent year, vs. about 300 baby boys. Its similarity to the trendy Braxton and the x in the middle place help make it appealing to contemporary parents.

The name of one of King David's heroes in the Old Testament. A variant form is Avishai.

Eastman is a solid, old-style Atlantic seaboard surname. But as a first name, we think Easton works better.

You won't win with Sherwin.

The Welsh form of Geoffrey.