Two Syllable Boy Names

An old French surname derived from baille, meaning "fortification" – the same root as the English word bailey. The surname was borne by an aristocratic English family descended from French nobility.

One of the more wearable fantasy names, the original Garion was the lead character in teh Belgariad novels by David Eddings. Since then, a small number of parents have used the name, and it has real potential as an update to Gary.

Okay, it's a little bit like Trey, and a little bit like Taylor, but exactly like....trailer?

A word name in the Puritan vein, à la Remember or Experience, which a few daring namers are beginning to consider.

An ancient Roman forename that has never been on the modern American charts. Famous bearers include Publius Vergilius Maro (the poet Virgil), Publius Ovidius Naso (the poet Ovid), and Publius Aelius Hadrianus (the Emperor Hadrian, of wall fame).

Forever the hapless cartoon husband of Blondie.

Booker and Author are being used as names (the former is best known care of Booker T Washington), so why not Reader? Reader certainly fits in with both these and other "doing" names like Ryder, Brewer, Fifer, Miller and Cooper.

Earvin gained NBA fame as the birth name of Magic Johnson. If your name was Earvin, you'd probably change it to Magic too.

Popular in its native country, also used in Serbia and Macedonia as Borko.

Urdu form of the Arabic name Ridha.