Names Ending in M for Boys
- Putnam
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"dweller by the hollow"Description:
Perhaps if there's a Putnam in your background.
- Karem
- Yoram
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"exalted by God"Description:
A variation of Joram, a name featured in the Old Testament.
- Barnum
Origin:
English contraction of "baron's home"Meaning:
"baron's home"Description:
Inevitable circus association.
- Elyseum
Origin:
Variation of Elysium, Latin from GreekMeaning:
"home of the blessed after death"Description:
The Greek mythological Elysium, or the Elysian Fields, was the home of blessed mortals after death. It's been coopted as a modern baby name for both sexes, although the Elyseum spelling has never been given to more than five children of a single sex in any one year.
- Durham
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"hill peninsula"Description:
Gentle and southern-inflected, redolent of the North Carolina landscape.
- Haim
Origin:
Sanskrit or variation of Chaim, HebrewMeaning:
"gold; life"Description:
As an Indian name, Haim is an epithet of Lord Shiva. In the US, it was once more common as a variation of the Jewish name Chaim.
- Kasim
- Yakim
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"he will establish"Description:
One of many Hebrew Y names kept alive in Israel and in American religious communities.
- Gershom
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"stranger, exodus"Description:
Old Testament name of a son of Moses used by the Puritans, and now by Orthodox Jews.
- Calm
Origin:
Word nameDescription:
A modern virtue name, particularly desirable in this pressure-cooker world.
- Siâm
Origin:
Welsh variation of JamesDescription:
We don't think a boy would want to be called a sham.
- Avshalom
- Hisham
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"generous"Description:
The meaning derives from the traditional Arab act of crushing bread into crumbs in order to share it. Recently heard in the hit French Netflix series Call My Agent in its French form Hicham.
- Nicodem
- Jam
- Grantham
- Byram
Origin:
English variation of ByronDescription:
Why not stick with the original.
- Avraham
Origin:
Variation of Abraham, HebrewMeaning:
"father of multitudes"Description:
A more scriptural way to spell Abraham.
- Mayhem
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"chaos, disorder"Description:
You're really asking for it with this one.