8 Letter Boy Names

A traditional French male name that could, with American pronunciation, become an admirable word name.

Bartleby (that's his last name) the Scrivener is a famous Herman Melville character whose surprisingly powerful refrain was, "I would prefer not to." Or, in the immortal words of any two-year-old: No.

Valencio is an energetic, valiant-sounding name, the male form of Valencia.

Last-name-first-name with a romantic but dangerous edge.

An ariki is a member of a hereditary noble rank in Māori culture, the highest in status and seniority. Te Ariki, and its variant Ariki, were the most popular Māori names for baby boys in Aotearoa (New Zealand) in 2023-24.

Philippe, pronounced fill-EEP, is Philip with Gallic flair.

Both Christian and Cristian rank in the US Top 500 names for boys, and while the classic "Ch" spelling is used more than four times as often, Cristian is still given to more than 1000 boys each year, and is often used in the Hispanic community.

Popular in the African American community, the De- prefix makes this a choice for sons of Marcuses.

A popular name during the Middle Ages, Toirdelbach (Anglicized as Turlough or Turlach) is the name of two High Kings of Ireland. It means "abettor, instigator", from Gaelic toirdhealbh "prompting". Often given in honor of 17th century harpist Turlough O’Carolan, considered by many to be Ireland’s national composer.

Variation of Pharamond.

Shades of Thurston Howell, the effete millionaire castaway on Gilligan's Island.

Overly ambitious choice, recently borne by the hapless hero of cult movie hit Napoleon Dynamite.

In Greek mythology, Ganymede was Trojan youth who was so beautiful that he was carried off to be Zeus' cup-bearer, and made immortal. His name may derive from Greek ganymai "to be glad" plus medomai "to think, to plan".

A fresh, Italianized take on the Hebrew classic Emmanuel. But beware of the similarities to the feminine name Emmanuelle.

Brad in a Brooks Brothers suit.

Richmond is a place-name — it's the capital of Virginia — that makes a fresh way to honor an ancestral Richard.

Nature surname with an aristocratic edge. Spelling it DeForest distances it from deforestation.

Varying Filbert does not improve the name: it still makes one think of a nut.