Three Syllable Names for Boys

A name from Welsh legend. Amaethon son of Dôn is mentioned in several medieval Welsh texts. In Culhwch and Olwen he is the only person who can plow a certain field, and in the poem The Battle of the Trees he stole a dog and a roebuck from the otherworld and defeated its ruler. It has been suggested that the name originally belonged to a pre-Christian god of agriculture, though that would have been many hundreds of years before the first surviving texts mentioning him.

Older variant of Ethelred

The first bearer of this majestic name was a 12th century prince of Taranto and Antioch, whose father gave him the nickname of Bohemond (after a mythical giant called Buamundus gigas) due to his large size at birth. The name was thereafter used as a given name by his descendants.

The name of the Hindu elephant-headed god of success and wisdom, son of Shiva and Parvati.

Heavenly name from the Cree language.

A sonorous, if mournful, name from the Tumbuka language of Malawi and Zambia.

Historically common Japanese name associated with animator Osamu Tezuka, considered "The Godfather of Manga."

Siddhartha Guatama was the real name of Buddha, born in India in the 5th century BC. It has thus become a significant name among Buddhists, who follow Buddha's teachings.