1770+ Boy Names Ending in O
- Checo
- Artro
Origin:
Welsh, river nameDescription:
Many Welsh rivers make great baby names, like Aled and Teifi. Artro is a particularly appealing one, combining fashionable sounds of Arthur and O-ending boy names.
- Aristeo
- Jacinto
Origin:
SpanishMeaning:
"hyacinth"Description:
Less familiar and appealing than the feminine Jacinta.
- Arrigo
Origin:
Italian variation of Henry and HarryMeaning:
"estate ruler"Description:
Think Harry with a go-getter ending.
- Harto
Origin:
Finnish diminutive of Harald, ScandinavianMeaning:
"army ruler"Description:
A cool and wearable option for honoring an ancestral Harold.
- Spero
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"I hope"Description:
Spero has a cool sound and a wonderful positive meaning.
- Rocko
Origin:
Italian, variation of RoccoDescription:
This unusual spelling was used by Johnny Knoxville for his son.
- Lucentio
Origin:
ItalianMeaning:
"light"Description:
The origins of Lucentio are a bit hazy — it's possible Shakespeare invented the name for his play The Taming of the Shrew, where Lucentio ends up marrying Bianca. However, it may have been an obscure Italian variation of Lucentius, existing before Shakespeare's time.
- Indio
Origin:
SpanishMeaning:
"Indian"Description:
This name of a California desert town, used by Deborah Falconer and Robert Downey, Jr. for their son, makes a much livelier and more individual – not to mention more masculine – improvisation on the themes of India and Indiana.
- Nemesio
Origin:
SpanishMeaning:
"justice"Description:
The meaning makes this name interesting, but the sound is too related to nemesis.
- Alamo
Origin:
Place-name, SpanishMeaning:
"poplar tree"Description:
The unique O-ending makes this name memorable, especially for someone with ties to Texas.
- Dirigo
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"I guide"Description:
Maine's state motto.
- Arroyo
Origin:
Spanish surname and nature nameDescription:
This name has two distinctive associations: the Southwestern natural formation of a gully or stream, and the Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Bronson Arroyo.
- Goro
Origin:
Japanese; variation of GorouMeaning:
"fifth son"Description:
Variation of Gorou.
- Beto
Origin:
Short form of any name that ends in -bertoDescription:
To the Anglo ear, Beto may not make sense as a short form of Gilberto, Roberto, or Alberto. But it is, and the o-ending makes is friendly, sleek, and modern.
- Tago
- Chano
- Maximino
- Hamo
Origin:
NormanMeaning:
"home"Description:
Norman form of the Germanic name Haimo.