Invented Boy Names

Pay-names are ultra-hot for girls these days, but they're also fairly popular for boys, in no small part thanks to Peyton Manning.

The American appetite for new names ending in the letters "yn" knows no bounds. This one, a close relative of popular Jaxson, was among the fastest-rising boys' names of 2017.

Combine the Aiden trend with the ever-cool letter X, and you'll get something like Xayden.

Just because Nicolas Cage gave his son Superman's birth name, Kal-el, that doesn't give you permission to use the name of Superman's father.

Lakelyn is a fast-rising girl name of the last decade, combining a nature word with the ever-fashionable -lyn suffix. It is occasionally given to baby boys too (eight of them in 2020), no doubt helped by the similarity to Lachlan.

Another of the many -aiden names. Several spellings have charted in the US Top 1000 in recent years, but now most of the -aidens are fading. Braiden is no exception, dropping down the charts each year since its peak at Number 468 in 2010.

Name with an Asian feel, thanks to a Japanese city and Imari porcelain.

A modern invention created by Kat Von D for her son in 2018.

This name, which entered the US popularity list in 2000, is a creative mix of Jay plus Savion, as in the dancer, Savion Glover.

One of several variations of Cason - a modern invention based on Jason and Mason, or an Old English surname, derived from Cawston, Caysen is less popular than its siblings Kayson, Kaison, Cayson, and Kason. It is however still given to around 160 boys in the US each year.

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

Much less popular than more traditional spellings.

With its zippy Z initial and its similarity to the popular Amari, Kamari, and Zamir, this modern invention has more than doubled in popularity in the last decade. Given to 120 boys and to 40 girls in 2023, it is particularly popular among the the African American community.

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.

Brian meets Riley.

A uniquely Puerto Rican choice. Keniel is a modern creation with the appearance of history, thanks to the biblical -iel ending.