Fantasy OC - PC Names - Male

As common in Greece as John is here.

The name from which Jordan arose, Yarden has a nice combination of river imagery and a sound connoting a garden. Like Jordan, used for both sexes.

Most modern parents outside Israel would prefer Aaron.

Variant of Jeziel

The name given to Jacob/Yaacov after wrestling with God's angel, most often used without the initial Y.

Entered the US Top 1000 for the first time in 2016.

A contracted form of Yehochanan, the Biblical Hebrew form of John. Variants include Yohanan and Johanan.

One of the few masculine names that derived from a feminine one.

With the fast-rising Jonah having cracked the Top 200 and the more surname-esque Jonas not far behind, parents who love this Biblical classic may want a more unique alternative. Yonas is the variation used in Ethiopia, carrying the same sweet and gentle meaning "dove", along with the associations with the Old Testament prophet who was famously swallowed by a whale.

The Hebrew variation of Jonathan, occasionally heard in the US.

A variation of Joram, a name featured in the Old Testament.

Variant of Jordan used in Cuba and parts of South America.

Alas, poor Yorick, your name is fated to remain locked forever as a skull in Hamlet.