Mineral & Metal Baby Names for Boys

This may be a bit quirky to make it as a name, especially in first place. If you love it, you might try it in the middle.

Pazel's abbreviated version, Paz, is far more modern and attractive.

A more modern form of Argyros

A more distinctive alternative to Angelo.

Traditional Jewish name and the implement said to have been used by Solomon to cut the huge stones for the building of the Temple.

This ancient saint's name was borne by the infamous midcentury playboy, Porfirio Rubirosa.

So named because it emits sparks when struck with a stone.

Merc has been introduced to the American public by the network executive character on Showtime's Episodes, and is a contemporary-sounding short form of the Roman god and planet name Mercury. Mercury, from the Latin for trade or wages, was the god of tradesmen and travelers and is the fast-moving first planet in our solar system.

Creative variation on Peter.

Rochester was Jack Benny's famous valet and sidekick, played by early African-American comic Eddie Anderson.

A unisex name from the snowy north.

The discoverer of this lovely bright blue gemstone named it after his daughter Larissa and the sea (mar), hence Larimar. Despite the feminine origins, the harder -mar ending makes this work for boys too, similar to Delmar and Elmer.

Diamond was a big hit for girls in the nineties, ultimately making it into the Top 150. It's a relative rarity today for baby girls and boys, for whom the name also peaked in the nineties.

Surname of a fifteenth-century saint and a twenty-first-century quarterback, Brett Favre.

If you're looking for a really unusual international occupational name, this could be it!

A relatively rare English place and surname, Hallam could make a distinctive but usable boy's name. Hallam was the surname of the beloved Cambridge friend whose death Alfred, Lord Tennyson, mourns in his famous poem In Memoriam. A.H.H. Tennyson's eldest son, whom he named Hallam, became a Governor-General of Australia.

Tungsten is the metal often associated with lightbulbs, making it a quirky choice for a bright young mind.