Names Ending in N for Boys

One of many spelling variations of Cason, Caysen, Kasen, and so on, Kaycen made its debut in the US charts in 2025 when it was one of the fastest rising choices for boys. Climbing 241 places, it may have been propelled up the charts by the rise of Kayce, which appeared in the hit TV show Yellowstone. Chosen for 235 boys in the latest count, compared to 167 the year prior, it ranks significantly below Kasen, Kayson, Kason, and Kaysen, but not too far below Cayson, Casen, and Cason.
 
Likely created as mix of popular sounds, it may additionally have its roots in the surnames Cawston ("calf town") or Casey ("brave in battle").

Kaycen

Quinton is among several attractive Q-beginning, n-ending two-syllable <a href="https://nameberry.com/boys-names">names for boys</a>, that also includes Quentin (the most popular iteration) and Quenton. They only suffer from their similarity and possible spelling confusion, ala girls' names Kristin, Kirsten and sisters.
 
Quinton has slipped a bit in the standings over the past few years but remains an appealing choice. Quinton may be a descendant of the Roman family name Quintus, which means fifth, or may also be an English place-name meaning queen's manor or town.

Quinton

Readers will be familiar with Aslan — a historied Turkish name — via C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia. Azlan is the Arabic variation, rising in popularity among Muslim families and Arabic-speakers. One of the fastest rising names in England and Wales in 2022, Azlan is now in the Top 400 and twice as popular than Aslan. In the US, it's also on the rise, given to 170 boys in 2024, while Aslan was received by 210.

Azlan

For centuries, this name had a romantic, windswept image due to its strong connection to the poet Lord Byron, who inspired its use as a first name. It is one of those surprise names that's appeared on the Top 1000 every year since 1880. 
 William Faulkner used Byron for characters in two of his novels--Light in August and The Town' It was seen as a character on Arrested Development (the real name of Buster), is the appellation of several high-scoring athletes, was given to his son by Lost 's Matthew Fox in 2001 and--trivia tidbit bonus--was James Dean's middle name.

Byron

There are now more boys than girls given the name Joan each year in the US, although the two are distinct names. The masculine version, pronounced with the emphasis on the second syllable, is among the <a href="https://nameberry.com/popular-names/spain">top names in Spain</a>.

Joan

Borrowed from several Scottish surnames Macklin feels more wearable as a first name: a cool and current way to nickname Mack. 
 
If you view Macklin as a variation of MacLean or MacLaine, it is a name made up of three elements: mac, gilla, and Eoin, meaning "son of", "the servant", and "God is gracious" respectively. The meaning is sometimes then interpreted as 'son of the servant of Saint John", though more literally, it would be "son of the servant of Eoin".
 
If you view it as a variation of the surname MacLaughlin however, it means "son of Lachlann", or, more poetically, "son of the Vikings" or "son of the land of the lakes". 
 Actors Matt Cohen and Mandy Musgrave have a son called Macklin, born in 2015. This did lead to a rise in the number of babies given the name in 2016.

Macklin

The great African-American Harlem Renaissance writer Langston Hughes put this one on the map, while actor Laurence Fishburne adopted it for his now grown son, born in 1987. Despite these popular associations, the name didn't make it into the US Top 1000 until 2013, and while it has remained in the charts, it has stayed towards the latter end.
 Hughes was born James Mercer Langston Hughes, Langston being his mother's maiden name. The name itself derived from an Old English place name, that could be interpreted to mean "tall man's town", though "long stone" is an equally likely meaning.
 Some similar choices are Lanford, Landon, Langford and Langley, while Kingston and Landon are more familiar options.

Langston

Brennan is a winning Irish surname name, more modern than Brian or Brendan, more unusual than Conor and Aidan. The only possible problem with Brennan: people might think you're saying Brendan.
 Brennan eased onto the very bottom of the popularity list in 1966, and has pretty much remained in the Top 1000 ever since.

Brennan

Arden is a gender-neutral name that's sleek and stylish but always seems to bob just below the surface of popularity, despite ticking all the boxes with its fashionable two-syllable, N-ending shape and its awesome nature-inspired meanings. In recent US statistics, 51 percent of the babies named Arden were boys to 59 percent girls.

 A locational surname name deriving from several places in England, there are multiple legitimate derivations for this name. One is from Old English earn "eagle" + denu "valley", while another is from the Celtic ard meaning "high".

 For literature lovers: Arden is the name of the magical forest in Shakespeare's As You Like It (Shakespeare's mother's name was Mary Arden), and it also appears in the name and titular character of a poem by Tennyson, Enoch Arden. 

 
In the UK, this name leans far more masculine; it ranked in the Top 800 in a recent year and of all the babies called Arden, it was chosen for boys 85% of the time.

Arden

Although this variation is less popular than ultra-trendy Aiden, this simplified spelling doesn't do anything for the name.

Aden

Rayyan

What with the resurgence of W names like Weston and Walter, the prominence of high profile actress Emma and golfer Bubba, and even the attention paid to Watson, the IBM computer on "Jeopardy" (named for IBM's founder, Thomas Watson) this name could be in line for a revival of its own.
 Watson is the 20th most common surname in Scotland, meaning the son of Wat, an early nickname for Walter. Among the earliest emigrants to the Virginia Colony from England was John Watson in 1635. Later noted bearers of the surname include Alexander Graham Bell's telephone experiment partner Thomas A. Watson ("Mr. Watson--come here!"), James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA, and actress Emily.
Two well known Watsons in fiction are Sherlock Holmes's accomplice, Dr (John) Watson, and Spider-Man's love interest, Mary Jane.
All in all: a name with a varied and fascinating heritage.

Watson

This extra-L variation of Alan isn't quite as popular in the US as the original. Both spellings remain popular in Ireland and England.

Allan

Traditionally spelled as Zayyan, this concise spelling variant is more popular in the English speaking world. Similar in sound and in meaning to the popular, international-feeling Zayn, it ranks in the Top 300 in the UK and in France. 
 
A unisex name in Arabic, it describes someone who makes improvements to the world or who makes things more beautiful. In the West, however, it is used predominantly on boys. The name has been steadily climbing the US charts since the early 2010s, and is now given to around 190 boys each year.

Zayan

Chosen is one of the hottest word names in recent years, entering the Top 1000 in 2022. Naturally, creative spelling variations such as this one have begun to rise as well, with Chozen entering the Top 1000 in 2023, and both Chozyn and Chosyn gaining more attention. 

Chozyn

A name that sounds both arty and rough-and-tumble, Bastian can be used as either a short form or a stand-alone variant of elegant Sebastian. Also spelled as Bastien, Bastiaan, and Bastían, it notably appears in the German fantasy children's book, The Neverending Story , which features a young boy character called Bastian Balthlazar Bux.
 Bastian has been enjoying recent popularity in Latin America, ranking highly in Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay. Also familiar as a stand-alone name in Germany, France, and Denmark, it is slowly but steadily making its way up the US charts. A recent year saw it chosen for 224 boys: the highest number of American Bastians born in a single year since records began.

Bastian

An elegant, continental name for the post-Steve era. It debuted on the US Top 1000 in 1949, fell off in 2008 for one year, then dropped off again in 2024 and seems to be heading downward along with all the other variations of the classic Stephen.

Stefan

Gatlin has risen into the Top 1000 in recent years on the strength of its association with the Olympic champion sprinter Justin Galtin as well as the Gatlin Brothers of Nashville fame. The name has the same root as gadabout, thus the meaning related to wandering.

Gatlin

Devon, spelled like the lovely seaside county in Britain that inspired the name, has crashed since its heyday around the Top 100 in the 1990s. Despite its use as a female name, for example for Devon on the TV show The 4400, Devon continues to be far more popular for boys than for girls.

Devon

This variation of Ivan, itself a form of John, entered the US Top 1000 for the first time in 2022. Double As are trending across the states, such as Saanvi and Aarush, and Ivaan is running right along with them — all the way into the Top 1000 in 2022.

Ivaan

oy names that end in N are the most populous group by last letter, with over a third of all names for boys ending with the letter N. The most popular boy name ending with the letter N in the US right now is Benjamin.



Along with Benjamin, Mason, and Logan, 

boys' names ending in N that make the US Top 100 

include Ethan, Aiden, Sebastian, Jackson, John, Jayden, Dylan, And Grayson.

 is not as strong in the UK. Along with the names mentioned above, the top boys' names that end with N in England and Wales include Reuben and Jaxon. 

In Germany, the top N-ending boy name is Ben

, followed by Leon and Finn. N-ender Daan is the top boys' name in The Netherlands.



There's a boys' name ending in N to suit every style and taste, classic to modern, widely-used to unique. The 

 range from the Presidential Lincoln to the Biblical Reuben to the saintly Cassian to the new-fangled Tobin.



N is a last letter that works well with many surnames. It provides a firm demarcation if your last name starts with a vowel, and is compatible with many consonant-starting surnames as well.



The over 5000 boys' names ending in N on Nameberry are collected here. Names are ranked by popularity on Nameberry this month, with the most popular names leading the list and more unique or uncommon N-ending names toward the end.

Baby boy names that end in the letter N, with meanings, origins, and popularity, including top N-ending boy names such as Jackson and Benjamin as well as unique, uncommon boy names that end with the letter N. (Page 15)

5000+ Boy Names That End in N