8 Letter Boy Names

This name of an ancient Greek historian sounds too long-ago and faraway to consider for a modern child.

Though lots of obscure place-names are now on the map, it's hard to imagine this one inspiring anyone.

If January, April and August are useable and fashionable, why not February? February as a word derives from the Latin februa, which was the name of a purification feast coming at the end of winter, to prepare for the coming spring.

Benjamin for purists. See BENJAMIN.

McCarthy is one of a wave of new Irish surname-names, one of the most popular last names of Irish origin now translated to a first name. Mac is an attractive nickname.

The popular -ley suffix can be credited for this name's use in recent years. We're not loving that it sounds as trendy and of-the-moment as it is.

Too close to "hilarious."

This variation of Muhammad is common among Turkish Muslims.