7 Letter Boy Names

This name is widely used in India.

One of the most distinguished names in literature could become a hero name in a family of poetry-lovers -- or be seen as a trendy new occupational name.

An alternate Hebrew form of Abraham that could lead to the nickname Avi.

A name with two strong literary associations, one overwhelmingly negative -- Lolita's pedophilic narrator Humbert Humbert -- and one positive, in the preferable European version: Italian author Umberto Eco.

The name of the beautiful Italian city of Florence in its native language. JK Rowling famously used the name for a character in the Harry Potter books – a centaur turned Hogwarts teacher.

A surname that sounds stylish — given the soaring popularity of Brooks — but is surprisingly rare.

Try Simon. Or Homer.

Slovene and Croatian form of the international classic Julian.

In this era of Scout and Ranger and Hunter, we suppose Trapper is an inevitability. About 30 baby boys got that somewhat frightening name in the US last year.

Easy (Ezekiel) Rawlins is the hard-boiled detective created by Walter Mosley.

While Malakhi might appear to some as a modern twist on the more familiar Malachi, it is in fact closer to the Biblical Hebrew form, Mal'akhi.It made a brief appearance in the US Top 1000 in 2019, but now sits just outside it, received by around 180 boys each year.

Padgett is a last name turned first name, from the occupational term for a page or attendant. No babies of either sex were given the name in the US last year.