8 Letter Boy Names

Could make for a strong and stylish honor name for an ancestral Matt.

Better suited to a stuffy school than a little boy.

Biblical names are expanding (literally) as some parents move on from Isaiah and Elijah to more elaborate choices with simple short forms like Jed and Zeb.

Rousseau gives French flair to other red-haired names like Russell and Rory. It is associated with the influential eighteenth century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as the painter Henri Rousseau.

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

Older Biblical form of Jekuthiel.

Taras is the former name of the Italian city Taranto, which was settled by Greeks in the 8th century BC. The founders named it after Taras, who figures in Greek mythology as the son of Poseidon. A saint from Constantinople bore the name.

This Italian place name is best known as the surname of the Godfather family. In Mario Puzo's 1969 novel, Vito Andolini was born and raised in the Sicilian town, and his surname was changed to Corleone upon his arrival at Ellis Island.

Harvard's sibling.

If you don't want to limit yourself to one month of the year, this unique baby name offers the plus of the friendly nickname, Cal.

Let's hope he's "burly".