Unique Names for Boys

One of the surname names used more in the last century, à la Milton and Morton.

After being one of the hot upscale surnames of the nineties, Garrett has left the Top 100 and this streamlined spelling is dawdling near the bottom of the Top 1000.

Well used in England and Scotland since the fifties, the smooth and sophisticated Graham is catching on here.

A preppy surname of hidden German origin that would fit right in with currently trendy s-ending boy names like Brooks.

Heaven, Peace, Serenity: parents seem especially attracted to word names that signal paradise, but Halcyon sounds quite feminine, and might conjure up the sleeping pill Halcion.

Trippy variation on Hayes.

Though the mythological Hero was female, this name might prove too big a responsibility for a little guy to shoulder.

Has that blunt masculine feel -- à la Cole and Kyle -- that many modern parents are drawn to.

Homer is a name that has traveled from the ancient Greek scribe of the great classical epics to Bart Simpson's doltish dad, and has also become the surprise hot celebrity pick of such parents as Richard Gere (his father's name), Bill Murray, and Anne Heche. Simpsons creator Matt Groening has both a father and a son named Homer.