Four Syllable Names for Boys

This musical mouthful was chosen for the middle name of one of Nick Cannon's twin sons, Zion. It refers to the Mixolydian mode, a type of ancient Greek musical scale with distinctive harmonic and melodic characteristics. The literal meaning of the word is "half-Lydian," in reference to the Lydian mode.

Yavuz Selim was a 16th-century sultan of the Ottoman Empire, which grew dramatically over his eight-year reign. Boys in Turkey are given this double-barreled first name in his honor.

A more elaborate spin on the handsome Italian name Ottavio, from Latin Octavius.