Invented Boy Names

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.

Though it appears as if it could be Irish, Cilan is an invented name from the Pokemon universe, derived directly from the word "cilantro."

Rhyett is a surnamey respelling of the word name Riot, along the lines of Wyatt.

This name was created for the character Inojin Yamanaka from Naruto. It is close in sound to the English girl names Imogen and Innogen.

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

Most of the names George R.R. Martin created for his A Song of Ice and Fire series of books are close variants of existing English names, but this is an exception. Gendry was a minor character in the first few seasons of the show, who became a fan favorite largely on the strength of a meme-worthy photo of his shirtless, muscled torso. He returned to the show for a key plotline in the seventh season.

Single-named R&B singer Jaheim could inspire others to pick up on this unusual name.

Majora's Mask was the title of a lauded Nintendo 64 game in the Legend of Zelda series, in which Majora was the main villain. The character's name was reportedly coined by the game's art director, Takaya Imamura, using Japanese characters from his own name and the title of the movie Jumanji.

A meeting of two trends — compound names a la Myking and Alegend and money-related -illion names such as Million and Billion.

A contemporary reconfiguration of Tyler, although perhaps too close to Tylenol to warrant greater popularity.

A seldom used name invented by J.R.R. Tolkien for Lord of the Rings, this boys' name makes good use of the 'Gal' prefix and 'Dor' suffix to craft an appealing and unique alternative to Theodore.

A trendy sounding choice--if we had to give it a meaning would be either "three cities" or "town with trees," but since it's a modern invention, you'd have to pick it for its current feel alone. Another option: TRENTON, a real place name.

Trendy Cason is becoming popular enough to have a variety of offshoot spellings in the Top 1000.

Stevie Wonder was born Steveland, but it's not likely that many other babies will follow.

Also found as Brason, this is one of an army of Jason sound-alikes, which include Cason, Mason, Kaysen, and so on. Stylish, yes; recommended, no.

Elaboration of Dion publicized by the football and baseball star Deion Sanders -- aka Neon Deion.

A creative spelling variation of Drew. Draya Michelle And Orlando Scandrick used it for their son in 2016.