Boho Boy Names

  1. Gower
    • Origin:

      Welsh
    • Meaning:

      "pure"
    • Description:

      This Old Welsh name associated with blacksmiths has never caught on, but it has the right two-syllable occupational feel to qualify for revival. Gower Champion was a successful midcentury dancer, choreographer and director on the Broadway stage, in films and on TV.
  2. Pagan
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "from the country, countryman"
    • Description:

      Writer Anne Tyler gave this apt name to the hippie child in her novel Amateur Marriage, but she wasn't the first -- it was also used by the Puritans. Today it would be quite a loaded choice.
  3. Whistler
    • Origin:

      English occupational name
    • Meaning:

      "one who whistles"
    • Description:

      A new entry is the fashionable new occupational name category -- and a jolly job it must be -- with the added attraction of relating to the great early 20th century American artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler, of "Whistler's Mother" fame.
  4. Runyon
    • Origin:

      Irish
    • Meaning:

      "son of a champion"
    • Description:

      Runyon is an Irish surname with considerable flair; some will connect it with Guys and Dolls writer Damon Runyon.