1310+ Boy Names That End in R
- Jahmir
Origin:
Invented name, African American, ArabicMeaning:
"beauty + prince, ruler"Description:
A tweaked version of Jamir, itself a modern invented name, Jahmir is based on Arabic names Jamal and Amir.
- December
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"tenth month"Description:
Although this month name was used only for girls in a recent year, there's no reason it can't work for both genders. For a holiday baby, more original than Noel and more universal than Christmas.
- Boomer
Origin:
DutchMeaning:
"gatekeeper"Description:
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.
- Troubadour
Origin:
French word nameMeaning:
"lyric poet"Description:
In medieval France, a troubadour was a knighted lyric poet who composed and sang songs about courtly love. As a baby name, Troubadour makes a romantic and stately choice for a child, although this bold choice may be better relegated as a middle name.
- Mayer
Origin:
German surname or HebrewMeaning:
"landlord, farmer; bringer of light"Description:
More common -- when it was common -- with the Meyer spelling.
- Ropyr
Origin:
Variation of Roper, EnglishMeaning:
"rope maker"Description:
Country singer Koe Wetzel was born Ropyr Madison Koe Wetzel — his given name debuted on the charts for boys in 2021.
- Sagar
Origin:
Sanskrit, Hindi, Gujarati, Bengali, Marathi, or PersianMeaning:
"ocean; wine goblet"Description:
Sagar is a popular name in India and Nepal, where it means "ocean". It is also found as a Persian name — also used among Persian speakers in Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan — in which it refers to a wine goblet.
- Rainor
- Çinar
Origin:
Turkish word nameMeaning:
"plane tree"Description:
Cınar is a Turkic word name derived from the Persian word chenar, meaning "plane tree." It's a common surname and masculine given name in Turkey. Cınar is typically written with the Turkish dotless I.
- Quamir
- Argider
Origin:
BasqueMeaning:
"beautiful light"Description:
Argider is a somewhat used boys' name in Basque-speaking parts of Spain.
- Asier
Origin:
BasqueMeaning:
"the beginning"Description:
This Basque name is quite popular in Spain, where it has long been in the Top 100 names. This is likely due to its pleasant meaning; the sound, dignified in Spanish and Basque, may not fare so well in English-speaking countries.
- Ashor
- Ellar
Origin:
Variation of Ealar, Scottish form of HilaryMeaning:
"cheerful"Description:
Ellar Coltrane, the star of Richard Linklater's acclaimed 2014 movie "Boyhood," is an outlier, namewise. Most others with his first name are girls, and there aren't even many of them -- the last time the Social Security Administration registered the name at all was in 1956, when six girls were named Ellar. Still, with Gaelic names being trendy, and the "El-" sound on the rise, it has some potential.
- Pryor
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"head of the monastery, prior"Description:
Pryor is for those in search of an unusual occupational name...or in memory of comedian Richard.
- Aydemir
Origin:
TurkishMeaning:
"iron moon"Description:
Like many other popular Turkish name, Aydemir is a strong option deriving from the root ay meaning "moon".
- Alastar
- Cartier
Origin:
French variation of Carter, EnglishMeaning:
"transporter of goods by cart"Description:
Luxury baby name associated with Jacques Cartier's eponymous jewelry company.
- Ashar
- Parvinder
Origin:
Indian, Punjabi, SikhMeaning:
"god of gods"Description:
A handsome Indian name with an unclear meaning, although "god of gods" is the one most often cited.