25 Stylish-yet-Unusual Boys’ Names

25 Stylish-yet-Unusual Boys’ Names

by Pamela Redmond Satran

Two-syllable baby names ending with the letter n have dominated the boys’ popularity list for several years now.  The Top 20 for boys includes sex such choices: MasonEthan, and JaydenAiden, Jackson, and Logan.  And when you add in all the spelling variations of these trendy boys’ names, the count leaps much higher.

It’s easy to understand why these names are so popular for boys.  They’re strong yet unconventional, at least compared with traditional boys’ names such as William or James.  They sound good with many last names.  And the two-syllable n-ending genre includes many different types of names, from the Biblical (Ethan) to the surname (Mason and Logan) to modern inventions such as Zayden.

In fact, the only real problem with these boys’ names is that they’re so popular.  Many boys’ names have zoomed up the list largely on the strength of this fashionable rhythm and sound: I’m thinking of Dylan, Owen, and Gavin, to name just a few of the more visible choices.

So what if you love two-syllable n-ending names for boys, but you want something more unusual?  Are there any choices left that have yet to be discovered — or at least have not been so widely discovered they’re getting overrun?

An elite selection.  We searched our database and came up with this handsome group of 25 boys’ names that fit the fashionable mold yet are also uncommon.

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Anton

Breccan

Conan

Cotton

Curran

Damon

Eamon

Fintan

Heron

Kellen

Lachlan

Lawson

Lucian

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Phelan

Pieran

Quintan

Reuben

Runyon

Samson

Thornton

Torin

Truman

Urban

Walden

Winston

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Which do you like best?

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About the Author

Pamela Redmond

Pamela Redmond

Pamela Redmond is the cocreator and CEO of Nameberry and Baby Name DNA. The coauthor of ten groundbreaking books on names, Redmond is an internationally-recognized baby name expert, quoted and published widely in such media outlets as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Today Show, CNN, and the BBC. She has written about baby names for The Daily Beast, The Huffington Post, and People.

Redmond is also a New York Times bestselling novelist whose books include Younger, the basis for the hit television show, and its sequel, Older. She has three new books in the works.