Names Ending in W for Boys

Snow is increasing in usage mostly as a girls' name, but hero Jon Snow of Game of Thrones just might nudge it into the boys' column. Currently, there are 12 times as many girls named Snow as boys, but its usage is much higher in middle place.

A friendly sounding surname name reminiscent of the increasingly popular Marlow and Harlow. British musician Gary Barlow is a notable namesake.

A rare surname name that could follow in the footsteps of Harlow, Marlow, Winslow et al.

Gives Carlo a place-name/surname spin.

Hallow is a word meaning sacred or holy. As the root word for Halloween (orginally All Hallows' Eve), this name might be an evocative choice for a baby born on or near October 31st. It could work well for either a boy or a girl and offers the nicknames Hal and Halley.

Welsh for "lion", or a nickname for Llewelyn. Could make a cooler substitute for the blander Lou.

Currently connected to football Hall of Famer turned actor Terry Bradshaw.

With Crew having entered the Top 1000 in 2010, it was only a matter of time before variants started popping up.

The Akan people of Ghana and the Ivory Coast frequently name their children after the day of the week they were born and the order in which they were born. Most Ghanaians have a name using this system (think Kofi Annan, whose name means born on a Friday).

Might be an honorific for novelist Saul Bellow, although bellowing is not the gentlest of sounds. Consider Saul instead.

This word name is an archaic form of "morning", as in the phrase "on the morrow". It's been very occasionally used for boys, probably from the surname. With a good temporal meaning and with word names like Meadow on the rise, it could have potential.

Rarely heard surname name that lacks the lightness of other o-ending names.

Fine to honor a family tradition, as long as you promise to call him Bron.

This variation of the surname Loeb works even better than the original as a first name, though any child named Loew will inevitably have to endure a lifetime's worth of "high and...." jokes. Other leonine options: Leopold or Lionel.

Sounds like Willow, but is in fact a Cornish saint name borne by a 6th century hermit. It may be related to Wella, the Cornish form of William.