Names Ending in R for Boys

Adur is a handsome name with a lucky meaning, representing the concept of luck and destiny in Basque mythology. It entered the Basque 100 most popular boy names for the first time in 2018 and has stayed there since then.

Adur

Agamvir

Ahkir

Ahmar

Ahmednur

Ahmer

Ahmyr

Ahonor

Aidar

Aider

Aker

Akhir

Used as a given name and a surname, Akhtar is a celestial choice with a grounded feel. Used among Persian, Punjabi, Urdu, Pashto, and Bengali speakers, it means "star", though if you follow its etymology back to Middle Persian, it may also refer to the planets or any other glowing celestial body. 
 
Additionally, in Pashto, it may be associated with the Persian New Year (Nowruz) and with Eid Day, owing to the greeting akhtar de mubarak sha, meaning "May your festival be blessed". As such, "blessed, fortunate, lucky" is a more figurative meaning of Akhtar, and makes it perfect for a baby born on the day of a celebration. 
 
While Akhtar is a unisex name, it does lean masculine in many places, with Iran and Iraq being notable excepts. Also transcribed as Akhter, Akthar, and Aktar, it appears as an element in spiritual compound names such as Akhtar-ud-Din ("star of the religion") or Akhtar-ul-Iman ("star of Faith").

Akhtar

Aladár is believed to be of Germanic origin, as a Hungarian form of Aldric, meaning old, wise ruler, or Aldemar, meaning old and famous. This Hungarian variant comes from medieval Hungarian legend, where Aladár was the son of Attila, king of the Huns, considered the ancestor of the Hungarians in the local folklore. Aladár's use as a name gained traction again in the 19th century and has continued to see occasional use since then, ranking as the 99th most common male name in the country in 2006.

Aladár

Alador

Alander

Alaxander

Alber

Alcindor

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 193)

1310+ Boy Names That End in R