Four Syllable Names for Boys

Moana may be the best-known South Sea Islander name thanks to Disney. This puts a male spin on the appealing nature name.

The Basque form of the obscure Latin saint's name Emeterius, after whom the city of Santander is named. Emeteri and Emeterius are from the same root as emeritas, a title usually bestowed upon a retired professor.

A powerful Cree nature-related word turned name.

One for the star-gazers and space lovers! It sounds fantastical, but the more we say it, the more this feels like it could be a real name.

Hawaiian form of Jacob

The most famous bearer of this name was Athenaeus of Naucratis, a Greek rhetorician and grammarian who wrote the Deipnosophistae , which roughly translates to "Dinner Table Philosophers." There was also an early Greek composer by the name, which relates to the goddess Athena and the city of Athens.