Boy Names That End with L

A spelling variation of Michael—or sometimes simply a mistake. Whatever the case, this version has always ranked in the US Top 1000, though always much lower than the traditional spelling.

A lovely V starting boy name derived from viorea, the Romanian word for the sweet violet flower.

Darnel, the plant from which this name derives, is an intoxicating plant, which used to be grown to make medicines and poisons.

The name given to Jacob/Yaacov after wrestling with God's angel, most often used without the initial Y.

Just as in English, the name Jarl is a noble title. Jarl was also the name of a figure in Norse mythology who, along with his wife Erna, raised a brood of eleven sons, who all became warriors.

This little-known Biblical name belonged to Hosea's first son. There is also a Jezreel Valley in Israel.

One of the rare English surname names originally derived from a female given name: Eoforhild, meaning "boar battle". Also spelled Averill, it's an extremely rare choice today, but shares sounds with fashionable Avery.

Waspy-sounding choice, well known in literature for Boswell's Life of Johnson.

If Angel is too popular for you, this super-rare related name might appeal, never given to more then 6 boys per year in the US.

Yiddish form of Alexander.

Peverell is the surname of a Harry Potter family.

A phrase used in versions of the Bible, possibly referring to Satan.

This Biblical name, which comes complete with cool nickname Ash, belonged to a son of Benjamin. Ashbel Smith was an American medical student befriended by James Fenimore Cooper when they were in Paris in the 1830s.