Names Ending in R for Boys

Raymier

Reamer

Reather

Recker

Rector

Reeder

Reicher

Reidar

Reider

Reiker

Reiter

Rember

Remer

Renier

Reznor

Rhamir

Rhiver

Rieker

Riler is a spelling spin on another new invented name Ryler, given in the US in 2024 to about 40 babies, about 80 percent of them male. You can think of it as a mashup of the trendy surname-names Tyler and Riley, with Tyler far more popular for boys — about 2000 boys to 130 girls got the name last year — and Riley more popular for girls, given to about 4500 baby girls vs. 1500 boys in this spelling alone.
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Riler is one of the "same but different" names that represent a new variation on a trendy choice, sure to increase in popularity in the years ahead. The also-invented also-popular Rylan may have paved the way for Ryler and Riler's ascent.


Riler

Rinor

Boy names that end in R are one of the style leaders of the current baby-naming era, with many r-ending names for baby boys topping the popularity lists in the US and around the world.

 today in the US and many other English-speaking, ranking in the US Top 10. Alexander and Asher are runners up. Theodore, though it doesn't technically end with R, is also very popular.

 include Carter, Asher, Hunter, Connor, Xavier, Parker, and Sawyer.



Many of the boys' names that end in R originated as surnames drawn from

 — Carter carts things for a living, Hunter hunts, and Sawyer is a carpenter.

Unique and appealing boys names ending in R

 are plentiful, both in the occupational class and not. Our favorites include Booker, Abner, Eleazar, Gardener, Sayer — the list goes on and on.



If you're looking for a name ending in R for your baby boy, here's a complete collection of our hundreds of choices, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.

Baby boy names that end in the letter R with meanings, origins, and popularity, including top boy names ending in Ro such as Oliver and Cooper and unique R-end boy names such as Burr and Jupiter. (Page 114)

1310+ Boy Names That End in R