Extra Unusual Boys Names

Abbott

English, Hebrew, Aramaic

"priest; father"

Abbott is a neglected masculine surname with religious overtones, used to describe the head of a monastery or a prominent church figure, such as a priest. Though the feminine nickname Abby could be…

Adlai

Hebrew

"God is just"

Adlai is an Old Testament name long associated with 1950's liberal presidential candidate Stevenson, who was named after his grandfather, who was Grover Cleveland's vice president in the nineteenth…

Adley

Variation of Adlai or Hadley

Adley is one of those rare unisex names that probably developed via different paths on the girls' and boys' sides, with the male Adley a phonetic spelling of the Hebrew Adlai, while the girls'…

Aegis

Greek

"young goat"

Often found as a brand name in the hi-tech and industrial worlds.

Almer

Almer is a masculine name with Germanic origins, likely derived from the elements "al" meaning "all" or "completely" and "mari" meaning "famous" or "renowned." This ancient name can be found in…

Altair

Arabic

"falcon"

The eleventh brightest star in the sky has a celestial feel, but also could be the name of a commercial airline.

Amory

German

"industrious"

Amory is the kind of executive-sounding surname name that became popular in the 1990s. Amory Blaine is the protagonist of the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, This Side of Paradise .

Anduin

Modern invented name

Anduin is the Sindarin name for the Great River of Wilderland in Tolkien’s fictional Middle-earth. The word means "long river" or "great river". Anduin is also a character name in the popular World…