Two Syllable Boy Names

Tyler, with zest.

A less common, Biblical alternative to Liam, Elliott, Elias, and Eli. Eliam joined the Top 1000 for the first time in 2021 and was given to around 430 babies in a recent year. In Puerto Rico, it's a Top 50 choice.

Surely one of the most pleasant and evocative of the occupational options.

Pelle is one of several possible Peter-related Scandinavian choices. In Swedish or Norwegian, the name Pelle rhymes roughly with Ella.

A positive word name that came into use in the early 21st century. Also a large motorcycle manufacturer based out of the UK; Harley and Triumph could make an interesting sibset.

Sabian is a relative of Sabin and Sabina, both referring to the Sabines, an ancient Italian people. Sabin is also a Quranic name of one of the "People of the Book". About a dozen baby boys were named Sabin and another dozen named Sabian in the US last year, making it a rare name with historic roots.

Too close to the name of a bodily fluid.

Not all words work as baby names, but Wonder would transition seamlessly.

Tied to the hero of the classic Spanish novel Don Quixote, likely to produce a quixotic daydreamer.

An auspicious choice connected to dragons. English speakers will have difficulty pronouncing this name in Japanese — it's all one syllable, with barely any emphasis on the R sound.

It's unusual, but that may be its best feature.

An attractive and rare alternative to Luke and Luca. Lucan is the Irish variation.

An old Welsh royal name, of which the English surname Howell is an Anglicized form.

The name of several minor Biblical characters seems streamlined and modern.

An attractive Hebrew name with an abundance of nickname options — Lev, Levi, Dov, and Dovi.

In Hungarian mythology, Erlik is the god of death and the underworld.

Though it sounds like it should be an old Hebrew name -- like Adriel and Jorah -- it seems to have been invented in recent times. It was one of the fastest-rising boys' names of 2017.

Zaiden grafts the fashionable first letter z onto the Aiden/Kaiden/Jaiden group of names, to popular effect. Soundalike Zayden is even more popular.