Two Syllable Boy Names

Also a picturesque place-name, referred to as the "island garden city" of the Philippines.

Short for Indiana or Indio... or just use it on its own. Indi makes a cool and punchy option for either sex.

If it's not too phlegmatic for you, this surname and name of a Scottish clan could honor a number of people, especially Alexander Fleming, the father of antibiotics, and Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond.

Doctor is an honorific used as a name, somewhat like names such as Bishop, King, and Princess. Banned in New Zealand, Doctor can lead to the kind of confusion you may feel would be only positive for your child -- a bona fide Doctor before he even gets to kindergarten. At its zenith in 1884, Doctor was used for 12 boys, but last year it didn't even clear the five-baby minimum to make it onto the Social Security extended list.

Sounds like a displaced Dr. Seuss character.

Likely to be misinterpreted as Mayan, with emphasis on the first syllable, as in the Maya civilization of Mesoamerica.

This inventive spelling is part cowboy and part Kardashian.

This Old Norse name — perhaps ideal for a Sagittarius child — is mostly used in modern Iceland and the Faroe Islands.

Lansing is perhaps best known as the state capital of Michigan, which was named after the town of Lansing, New York. The original Lansing was named in honor of John Lansing Jr., a Chancellor of New York and mayor of Albany. He was of Dutch parentage.

Cornish form of William

A unique natural-wonder option, conjuring up the beauty of the lake between California and Nevada that has become a popular tourist destination.

Surname of Declaration signer sure to present playground complications.