Six Letter Boy Names

This play on the phrase "My heir" is climbing quickly, and was the fastest-rising boy name outside of the Top 1000 in 2022 — given to 74 baby boys, compared to 10 in 2021. This fits in with the grandiose and royal theme in the naming sphere, including rising names Legend, Legacy, and the like.

This European version of Cyril (pronounced like French Cyrille) makes the Top 100 in Belgium.

Liodor is the Leo and Theodore mash-up you didn't know you needed — with authentic Russian roots! It ultimately derives from the Greek name Heliodoros.

An attractive international variation of Marcus that could get you to the nickname Gus.

Haroon, also styled as Aroon and Harun, is the mythic charioteer of the dawn.

A not as appealing variation on an attractive original.

A rare Welsh choice, and an original way to get the nickname Ken / Kenny.

Sounds too much like buxom.

Loring lives as a first name thanks to the Kansas doctor Loring Miner who first sounded the alarm on what became known as the Spanish Flu.

Substituting the V for the W sounds almost comedic to the American ear.

This name -- the basic form is Rachamim -- is especially popular among Sephardic Jews.