Two Syllable Boy Names

Ripheus is a figure in Virgil's Aeneid: a Trojan hero, the "most just of all Trojans" who was killed defending his city against the Greeks.

An occupational name for the steward of an estate, but more people will know it as a word name from mathematics, meaning an important component. The rapper Graham Murawsky thought it was cool enough to use as his stage name.

Maurus is one straightforward and attractive name from Ancient Rome that hasn't been discovered yet by modern parents. It's the forebearer of such names as Morris, Maurice, and Moritz, but the original Maurus is arguably the most appealing of all.

This Theodore sound-alike derives from the name Diodorus, associated with the ancient Greek historian Diodorus Siculus.

The original Hebrew form of Moses, also spelled Mosheh. In the past it was translated to names like Morris, Moe and Maurice.