Six Letter Boy Names

A number of parents took up the name of the TV talk show host in the early nineties, but it now seems to have lost momentum.

The old Arabic tale of Layla and Majnun has been called "the Romeo and Juliet of the East". The seventh-century poet Qays ibn al-Mullawah was nicknamed Majnun, "madman", because of his obsessive pursuit of his childhood love, Layla. This is as problematic now as it was then, but a positive spin on the name could have it signifying fervor and devotion.

For remembrance of books past, Proust might be a meaningful middle name.

This lovely Hawaiian name can also be spelled Keali'i.