Six Letter Boy Names

Well-liked nature name in Iceland, but unlikely to translate well in the US.

Lyosha is a common nickname for Aleksei, the Russian form of Alexios.

An attractive optical illusion where heat causes light to reflect in the air as if off a body of water. It was used as a character name in the 2004 animated film The Incredibles.

Where as a serenade is an evening love song, an aubade is sung first thing in the morning.

This handsome surname is used for boys in small numbers — for now. It's an energetic choice— literally, Renner is derived from the word rennen, meaning "to run".

Actor French Stewart introduced this one to the lexicon. French is part word name, part place name, and part surname-name, reminiscent of celebrity baby names that reference a nationality rather than simply a place, such as Moroccan.

Tammuz is the Semitic variation of Dumuzid, a name from Sumerian mythology. Tammuz is the name of fourth month on the Hebrew calendar, corresponding with June and July on the Gregorian calendar.

Rather formal word name that has been used occasionally over the years, most notably for the autism activist and animal expert Temple Grandin.

One of the new-wave Christian word names that has appeared occasionally on the charts since the 2010s.

In the Top 1,000 since 1996, a less expected alternative to Omar.

Derived from the Irish M'Aodh Óg, making it a relative of Aidan. Saint Máedóc (also known as Áedán) of Ferns was a 7th-century Irish bishop.

This alternative spelling of Jordan is more popular for girls, but also given to a significant minority of boys. For both genders, it reached its peak popularity in 2010, about a decade after the original Jordan peaked. Today, the gender gap is rapidly closing as Jordyn falls in popularity for girls but remains stable for boys. For babies born in 2022, Jordyn was 90% female, 10% male.

The name of the elephant-headed Hindu god of wisdom is rarely heard outside India.

This is one of several Hebrew names with the beginning syllable Chaz.

The kind of potential baby name dads use to tease moms.