Names Ending in I for Boys

Vitali is one of a large constellation of names and spellings that are all related to the word vital, meaning life.

Vitali

Vivaldi is closely linked with the Italian Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi, best known for the Four Seasons. His surname is derived from vita, the Latin word for "life."

Vivaldi

Cherokee name that honors the eagle, a sacred symbol in Native American culture.

Wohali

Yahel is a unisex name used more for girls in Israel and boys in the US. Yaheli was only found for girls in the US last year.

Yaheli

Featured in several anime series, including Black Clover and To Love-Ru.

Yami

<a href="https://nameberry.com/baby-names/895/boy-names-ending-in-i">Names that end in I</a> are hot right now, but Yari has yet to be discovered. It's a unisex name more common among girls, perhaps due to its similarity to Yara.

Yari

This distinctly Russian name derives from the Greek Hermolaos. Yermolai can also be spelled without the initial Y, as Ermolai.

Yermolai

A rising double-barreled first name in Turkey.

Yiğit ali

An ancient Norse fertility god, also known as Freyr (Nordic mythology) or Ing (Germanic mythology).

Yngvi

Notably borne by singer Yoshiki Hayashi and by a central character in the manga series The Summer Hikaru Died Yoshiki is a Japanese name, with various meanings, depending on the kanji combinations used. Potential meanings include: "good, valuable", "virtuous, opportunity", "justice, hope", and "good, foundation".

Yoshiki

Cute nickname with multicultural appeal — in addition to Yoav, Yovi could be short for names such as Yovan and Yovani.

Yovi

Yudai

An auspicious name for a first-born son with Japanese heritage. Some may be familiar with the name Yuichi from the anime series Kanon.

Yuichi

Yusei

A combination of Arabic names commonly used in Turkey.

Yusuf ali

Gender-neutral nickname typically used for Yuval, the modern Hebrew form of Jubal.

Yuvi

A clear reference to the Italian film director Franco Zeffirelli, known for his adaptations of Shakespearean plays such as The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet. Zeffirelli was born out of wedlock, meaning he couldn't have either of his parents' surnames. His mother wanted it to be Zeffiretti, meaning "little breezes," taken from Mozart's opera Idomeneo. It was misspelled as Zeffirelli on his birth certificate.
 
Zeffirelli would make a dramatic, likely cumbersome first name in real life, but director Wes Anderson chose it for Timothée Chalamet's character in The French Dispatch.

Zeffirelli

Succinct and spiky, Zikri comes from the Arabic dhikr meaning "remembrance". The Biblical Zichri also shares a similar meaning.

Zikri

Masculine short form of the Berber name Tiziri, meaning "moonlight" in Tamazight.

Ziri

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

Zuberi

Boy names that end in the letter I are an ever-more-popular group. 

Levi is the most popular boy name in the US ending with I right now. Along with Levi, other 

Unique male names ending with the letter I 

that we recommend include the Hebrew-Latin Esai, the Biblical Zimri, and the Hindi Ravi, name of the sun god.

Here are all Nameberry’s boy names that end with the letter I, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.

Boy Names Ending in I, including top I-end boy names and unique boy names that end with the letter I, with meanings, popularity, and origins, including Kai, Amari, and Kai (Page 130)

1100+ Boy Names That End in I