5000+ Boy Names That End in N

With its sharp Z initial and similar sound to Ryan, Zion has shot up the charts in singer Lauryn Hill used it for her son in 1997. Following on in its footsteps, spelling variant Zyon entered the Top 1000 in 2019 and was given to around 270 babies in a recent year.

A traditional, consistently common name in Iceland, where it is cognates with Stephen.

One of the most popular of the creative spellings of this name.

Undiscovered Irish surname with a lot more bounce and masculine dash than Shannon.

The son at the end of many Scandinavian names makes them more consistent with modern American name tastes. While Nilsson may be the proper Scandinavian form of the name, many English speakers will try to spell it Nilson or Nelson.

Newly coined options, the letter Z, and strong A sounds all remain on trend for boys in the US and Zaylin ticks all the boxes. Like a mash up of Zaiden, Zayn and Waylon, Zaylin was given to around 70 boys in 2023. It is the second most popular spelling of the name, above Zaylan and Zaylon, but not so well used as Zaylen.

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

Flailing attempt to switch up popular Tristan.

Variation of Ji-Hun