Six Letter Boy Names

A neglected surname name that could substitute for the more common Gordon, which has in the past associated with the milk company and Elsie the Cow.

Pancho is a bit more problematic than such similar names as Pablo and Paco because of the Pancho Villa association.

Although this was the surname of a rugged World War II admiral, these days it has a feminine feel.

Several animal names, from Fox to Wolf and even to Tiger, ccan work, but Cougar should stay in its cage. Even John Mellencamp has dropped it.

This spelling of Winton has gotten considerable buzz via jazz musician Wynton Marsalis.

Musical, with a buoyant beat.

Because of shoe designer Manolo Blahnik, this has become a generic term for pricey stilettos, as in "I must have those Manolos."

Dashing Latin surname name -- but also a well-known brand of Spanish packaged foods.

A less-popular spelling of on-the-rise Cason.

Diminutive form of Tholf

This upbeat, friendly surname name has appeared on television's Battlestar Galactica a handful of cartoons, and on a literary note, a character in Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Sports fans might think of Boomer Esiason, the NFL quarterback turned color commentator. He's not the only athlete to answer to the upbeat nickname.

Resonant place-name of the beautiful Southern California desert.

Ximeno is sometimes falsely credited as the Basque variation of Simon. It actually comes from Semen, a medieval Basque name that is completely unusable today, for obvious reasons. All the more reason to go with Ximeno.

One of the few Czech names that seems accessible here.

András is the form of Andrew used in Hungary, where it is a Top 50 boy name.

Reaver sure sounds like an occupational surname, thanks to its -er ending and similarity to names like Reeve, but it is actually a name invented by science fiction writers.

The first documentation of the use of Reaver was in 1988, as the name of a team of cyborgs in a Marvel comic book. More recently, Reaver was used in the TV show Firefly as the name of a group of cannibalistic humans.