Names Ending in D for Boys

Diamond was a big hit for girls in the nineties, ultimately making it into the Top 150. It's a relative rarity today for baby girls and boys, for whom the name also peaked in the nineties.

Fanciful image distinguishes this Native-American name.

German, Scandinavian and Polish spelling of Konrad, borne by several German and Polish rulers throughout history, as well as the German chancellor Konrad Adenauer.

Ballad could be the masculine answer to Aria. An obvious and cute nickname is Lad or Laddie.

Much more niche and obviously Germanic than its anglicised cousins Everard and Everett, but with the same strong meaning. Eberhard is hardly ever used in the US - it's only made the charts once so far, back in 1918.

Literary Indian choice, best known here via acclaimed writer Ved Mehta, who lost his sight at the age of four.

This is a name you get stuck with, not (we hope) one your parents choose for you.

As a whole Wilford still carries a dowdy, dated image, but each component of the name—Will and Ford—are stylish in their own right.

See QUADE.

Preferable to its parent name, Arnoud, in the Netherlands.

A common surname in Scotland, but a starchy first name choice.

More commonly spelled JUDD, this is a strong but sensitive short form that can easily stand on its own.

Noland exists as a surname among the Irish and the French. In Ireland, it's a variation of the much more common Nolan. As a French surname, Noland is derived from Germanic components not, "need" and land.

Related to the Arabic Warda, Vered is a strong sounding nature name with a sweet floral meaing.

An unusual yet accessible Scandinavian choice, though it might be confused with Harvard.

Hipsters might consider reviving this old German name, though we're not so sure their sons wouldn't have preferred the classic Fred name Frederick. Manfred B. Lee (born Manford) was half of the team of detective story writers who used the pseudonym Ellery Queen; Manfred Mann was a British pop group of the 1960's, with Manfred Mann (born Michael Liebowitz) at the keyboard. There's also a wooly mammoth named Manfred, and nicknamed Manny, in the film Ice Age.

Attractive Middle Eastern choice.

Despite the presidential pedigree, it's still hard to shake the image of the cartoon cat (named after his creator Jim Davis's grandfather). However, there are other Garfields, such as Barbadian cricket player Sir Garfield Sobers, who carries it with gravitas.

We can get behind Divine, Saint, and even Messiah. But God? It's too loaded for us to recommend in good faith.