10 Letter Boy Names

Associated with two prominent American families — New York's Stuyvesant family, for which streets and parks on Manhattan's East Side are named, and the Fish family, who used it as a given name. Stuyvesant Fish, the first president of the Illinois Central Railroad, was named after his paternal grandmother, Elizabeth Stuyvesant.

In medieval France, a troubadour was a knighted lyric poet who composed and sang songs about courtly love. As a baby name, Troubadour makes a romantic and stately choice for a child, although this bold choice may be better relegated as a middle name.

The water, period.

Crittenden is a habitational surname denoting ancestors from the village of Crittenden in Kent, England. It is derived from the Old English name Guddhere, a cognate of Gunnar, ing, designating the possessive, and denn, "woodland pasture."

Cheasequah refers to the cardinal, associated with the sun in Cherokee culture.

A long and dramatic name derived from the Latin name Quintus, "fifth". A notable bearer was the 1st-century rhetorician Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, usually known as Quintilian in English.

The surname Turlington denotes ancestors from a bygone Leicestershire town of the same name. Supermodel Christy Turlington Burns is a famous bearer.

A late Roman saint's name that feels perfect for a Thanksgiving baby.

Famously the name of Odysseus and Penelope's son in "The Odyssey" by Homer, Telemachus derives from the Greek elements tele meaning "far off" and mache meaning "battle".

Meadowlark Lemon, known as the "Clown Prince" of the Harlem Globetrotters, played professional basketball for an astonishing 40 years. Lemon's original name was Meadow, as was his father's and his grandfather's, but he legally changed it to Meadowlark.

Multisyllabic New Testament relic dimly recalled from the Thornton Wilder novel Theophilus North.

Best known to most as a brand of Whisky, Ballantine is a Scottish surname relating to the Celtic god Bal. It has potential as a off-the-beaten-track boys name that is still familiar. Ballantine is the brand name of a whiskey, a beer, and a publishing imprint.

Traditional Alexander meets spunky Zander, and confuses everyone it encounters. Just stick with the timeless classic to avoid a lifetime of irritations.

Frequently used in the Spanish-speaking community; Christopher Columbus was born Cristóbal Colón.

Stuffy presidential choice: consider Hayes instead.

Of the names derived from titles, this is one of the least obvious (unless you are of German extraction). Chancellor also has the attraction of offering the exciting - and very on-trend - nickname Chance.

Not as familiar and easy as Christopher, not as unusual and interesting as Christoph or Krzysztof.