Updated October 2026
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Japanese
"firstborn son"
Ichiro is a good classic choice for the first boy in a Japanese family.
Irish
"son of the hound lover"
Perfect name for the child of dog enthusiasts, and much more distinctive than the trendy Connor.
irish
"son of the brave one"
Forget Donald. Honor Grandpa Don with this new spin.
"son of the leader"
Fallon has gone feminine, but this puts it back in the boys' camp.
"son of the noble one"
Like the other O' names, this is a wonderful way to pass down a family name.
"son of the kind one"
Most parents interested in this name would be honoring either an ancestor or painter Georgia O'Keeffe.
"son of the courageous one"
Reilly and Riley are hugely popular, but O'Reilly is still an up-and-comer.
"son of the black-eyed one"
Sullivan has made itself into a first name and O'Sullivan may well follow suit.
Scandinavian
"Carl's son"
Good way to honor Scandinavian roots, or an ancestor named Carl or Charles.
"son of Diarmaid"
McDermott is a common Irish surname that means, as all Mc or Mac names do, "son of" --then Dermott or Dermot, which is an Anglicization of the Irish Gaelic Diarmaid. The legendary Diarmaid was the…
Scottish
"son of Arthur"
The Mc and Mac surnames are asserting themselves as first names and this is one of the most popular. Though outside the U.S. Top 1000, it's among the fastest rising names for boys . And why not?…
Variation of Irish surname MacCallister
"son of Alister"
Can be used either with or without the addition of Mac.
"son of Bjorn"
Leave it at Bjorn.
"son of Alasdair"
Macallister as a first name is attracting new attention as the name chosen by Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and venture capitalist Zack Bogue for their young son. Macallister is usually heard as a…
French
"from Beauvais"
An English surname derived from the French place name Beauvais, which in turn comes from the name of an ancient Gaulish tribe, the Bellovaci.
English
"son of Simon"
Try Simon. Or Homer.
Welsh
"son of Evan"
This Welsh surname might be an interesting alternative to the popular Evan, though that Bev beginning conjures up a fifty-five-year-old woman named Beverly.
Hebrew
"son of my sorrow"
What the Old Testament Rachel originally named Benjamin, before his father changed it; rarely heard today.
Word name or short form of Barnaby or Barnabus
"son of comfort"
Once you get past thinking of it as a red-painted building where they keep cows and hay, has a nice plainspoken country-like feel and may make a cooler diminutive than the still-purple Barney.
German
"son of Bernhard"
Conjures up the military image of Fort Benning in Georgia — or the surname of actress Annette.