Names That Mean Lord

Greek form of Cyrus

This slimmer spelling of Asaiah was one of the fastest-rising boy names of 2019, peaked in 2020, and dropped a little in 2021.

Unisex option Dominique peaked for boys at Number 170 in 1991, perhaps due to the popularity of basketball player Dominique Wilkins. It's one of the most truly gender-neutral baby names right now.

Using the 'ie' ending makes Johnny slightly more feminine, which must have been what Melissa Etheridge was thinking when she named one of her twins Johnnie Rose.

A cool and straightforward Vietnamese name, which resembles the increasingly popular Hawaiian name Koa.

Tanya with a G.

Tierney is a Celtic surname with a definite Irish twinkle, a name just waiting to be discovered. Though now sometimes used for girls (in the US, not Ireland), as in jazz singer Tierney Sutton, it still has plenty of masculine punch.

Names with the del element, such as Adeline, Adelaide, Adele, and Della, are currently en vogue, but old-fashioned Odella didn't get the memo.

Ysai is a less-known variation of the popular Isaiah.

Diminutive of Welsh Maredudd, the original (masculine) form of Meredith.

Unusual Daniel relative.

Modern Hebrew spelling (and pronunciation) of the biblical Jedidiah, another name of King Solomon.

Zakhar would make a fresh way to honor a Zachary, particularly if you have Russian heritage.

Most modern parents would drop the Jo, leaving the superpopular Ella.

This name of a saint from Galway whose monastery became a center of learning, is an undiscovered Gaelic gem.

Gila and its variants have joyous meanings in Hebrew, but other kids might connect them to the monster.

Yeshua is often considered the "real" name of Jesus, through the Hebrew to Greek to Latin evolution of Yeshua to Iesous to Iesus.

Modern respelling of Zaccheus inspired by social media sensation Zakius Boquet, aka @zakiusthegreat.

Kyriaki is the feminine variation of Kyriakos, derived from the Greek word kyrios, meaning "lord."

Kyrion derives from the Greek word kyrios, meaning "the lord." Kyrion was one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste in the 4th century AD.