Three Syllable Names for Boys

DeLorean is an Anglicized variation of the French surname Deslauriers, originally used for someone who lived near laurel. 

DeLorean is best known as the name of a 1980s sports car, ingrained in the public consciousness from its role as the time machine in the Back to the Future movies. It bore the surname of creator John Zachary DeLorean, whose last name was an anglicized version of his family's original Romanian surname.

Delorean

Extremely rare, but seen as a baby boy name every once in a while, influenced by Transformers character Optimus Prime.

Optimus

One of the few masculine names that derived from a feminine one.

Yolando

A creative take on Malachi used in the 2000 horror movie Lost Souls.

Molochai

Could make for a strong and stylish honor name for an ancestral Matt.

Mattison

A much rarer alternative to Alexander that also gives you the oh-so-cool nickname Nico. Nicander derives from the Greek name Nikandros "man of victory", which belonged to a 2nd century BC poet and grammarian.

Nicander

Ventura started life as a shortening of Bonaventura, Spanish for good luck or good fortune, but now stands on its own.  It has a pleasant sound and the stylish 'V' ending, but Angelenos would associate it with the Valley's main stem--Ventura Boulevard, and others might think of Ace or Jesse Ventura.

Ventura

Enitan's origins are in the Yoruba language of Southwestern Nigeria. It has a lovely meaning, referring to a person of notoriety.

Enitan

In many African cultures, it is traditional to name children based on the day of the week they were born. For the Swahili people of eastern Africa,  Khamisi is used for boys born on Thursday.

Khamisi

This strong (literally) African name comes from the Chewa language of southern Africa.

Limbani

Rutendo is a unisex name used in southern Africa, particularly Zimbabwe. It is used more often among baby girls.

Rutendo

Tariku is a traditional Ethiopian name as well as that of a river in Indonesia.

Tariku

A unisex Shona name most closely associated with Tatenda Taibu, captain of the Zimbabwean cricket team.

Tatenda

Teboho comes from the Sotho language native to southern Africa. It's most commonly used as a name in Lesotho and South Africa.

Teboho

Upbeat name for a son with a hopeful future.

Tendaji

We're always looking for cool new U names (it's the least common initial for first names!) and Uzochi is our latest favorite find. It's an Igbo name derived from the components uzo, meaning "road" or "way," and Chi, referring to God. Uzochi is most frequently used in Nigeria.

Uzochi

A unisex Xhosa name used in South Africa.

Unathi

Zuberi has separate origins as a Swahili given name meaning "strong," and an Arabic surname — primarily among Sunni Muslims in Pakistan — meaning "superior."

Zuberi

Many Russian names are influenced by Greek names, as is Arsentiy, the Russian variation of Arsenius. St. Arsenius the Great was a common namesake for children named Arsentiy.

Arsentiy

Although Artemis is a traditionally feminine name, the Russian variation, Artemiy, is used exclusively for boys.

Artemiy

Three-syllable boy names carry a certain gravity and formality: They're mostly full names rather than short forms. 

 today -- Benjamin, Theodore, Oliver -- have three syllables, often with friendlier short forms such as Ben, Theo, and Ollie.

 too: Consider word name Victory, Spanish nature name Jacinto, and the papal (really) Zepherin.

pair best with one or two-syllable surnames

, but if you love a three-syllable name for your son and have a longer last name, you can always choose one with a shorter version. Zachary Zantopoulos is more approachable as Zach Zantopoulos.

 of more than 5000 male names with three syllables, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.

Three-syllable names for baby boys, including popular three syllable boy names such as Benjamin and Theodore and unique three-syllable baby names for boys, including Templeton and Zoticus. (Page 667)

5000+ Three-Syllable Boy Names