8 Letter Boy Names

This name of an ancient Greek historian sounds too long-ago and faraway to consider for a modern child.

This Anglicized form of the Gaelic Ó Máille is seen worn by the tomcat "Thomas O'Malley" in the classic Disney film The Aristocats.

Distinctive Talmadge could be an Anglo-Saxon name and English surname that was originally given to a person who carried a knapsack or pack, for example, a traveller or a pedlar. It comes from the Old French word, "talemache".

Cullinan is an Irish surname that is unusual but accessible, with the unique nickname of Cully.

Trivia tidbit: The Cullinan diamond was the largest rough diamond ever found--over 3,000 carats--when it was unearthed in 1905.

A distinguished surname name deriving from the town of Evreux in Normandy.

This variation spelling of Balthasar is most often used in South America. Argentinian football star Joan Figallo recently called his son Baltazar.

This would make an interesting name for a boy, if it weren't for the fact that the two most well known Fergies are female.

A rarely heard saint's name -- Saint Charles Borromeo is the patron of apple orchards and stomach diseases.

Thanks to associations with Prince Charming, this name has only ever been recorded for boys. It first made the charts in 2015.

Cherokee is the name of a Native American tribe, the largest in the United States stretching from North Carolina through Oklahoma. The meaning of the word Cherokee is uncertain: It may be Choctaw for "those who live in the mountains" or "those who live in the cave country" or it may be an Anglicization of the word the Cherokee use to refer to themselves, Tsalagi. The name was given to 19 baby girls in the U.S. in 2013 but was not recorded on the boys' roster, though we'd consider it equally appropriate for either gender.

Striking Spanish name derived from the name of the Greek sun god, related to the French Apollinaire.

Infinity is a novel word name that could have a bright future ahead of it, with its big, bold meaning and fashionable sound. It's an awful lot of name to pull off, but hey, if Legend, Maverick, King and even Messiah can do it...

Nickname form Gaber is currently the more fashionable variation in Slovenia.

An English surname derived from the word "hermitage", from a Greek word meaning "solitary". It originally denoted a person living near a hermitage.

Cool word name for boys evocative of rock and roll. Julia Stiles named her son Strummer in 2017.