Six Letter Boy Names

This very nouveau-sounding combination of Rhett and Riot was one of the fastest-rising boys names of 2017.

Kostis is a short form of Konstantinos, the Greek variation of Constantine.

The meaning derives from the traditional Arab act of crushing bread into crumbs in order to share it. Recently heard in the hit French Netflix series Call My Agent in its French form Hicham.

Swahili form of John.

This Arabic names has many spelling variations but this is the one that of the more phonetic transliterations and is therefore most used in English-speaking countries.

One of many variants of the classic Alexander — this particular one is used in South Slavic countries.

Misery may not make sense as a baby name until you consider that it was used by enslaved people in the early 1800s. It was typically borne by men, but Stephen King used it for a female protagonist in his book Misery.

Spence is occasionally used as a name all on its own and it has more of a sense of completeness than many nickname-names.

Despite its genderless sound and appearance, Swayze is used for girls over 80% of the time.

This is a rarely heard multi-cultural name, related to a 14th century Jewish scholar named Kalonymous ben Kalonymous, who translated important texts from Arabic to Hebrew. It is also a Hungarian derivative of Colman, via the Latin Columba, meaning dove, and was the name of a 12th century king of Hungary. Its modern sound make it an interesting option.

Hervé was a legendary French saint, patron of the blind, who performed many miracles -- it's a lot more sophisticated than the English Harvey.

This marvelously medieval name had a moment in the 1910s and 1920s but has dropped completely off the radar now.