Cool Cowboy Names
Updated Thu Mar 14 2024
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Cool cowboy names for baby boys are as hot in Brooklyn as they are in Bozeman. The romanticized image of a cowboy and all that it stands for — heroism, adventure, and dashing good looks — has inspired parents to seek out names that embody those ideals. Cowboy names are rugged, casual, and handsome, like Wyatt, Luke and Beau.
Along with Wyatt and Luke, cowboy names ranking in the US Top 100 include Levi, Colton, Dylan, Wilder, Sawyer, Silas, Austin, and Maverick. Wild West names gaining attention — especially in the Western states — include Ryder, Gunner, and, well, West.
The appeal: Western boy names are decidedly masculine without being formal or traditional. Browse our entire posse of cowboy names and Wild West names for baby boys here, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.
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- Abner
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"father of light."
- Ace
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"one, unity"
- Acer
Origin:
Botanical name from LatinMeaning:
"maple"
- Adam
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"son of the red earth"
- Amos
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"carried by God"
- Arizona
Origin:
Place-name from Papago IndianMeaning:
"little springs"
- Ash
Origin:
Diminutive of Asher, EnglishMeaning:
"ash tree"
- August
Origin:
German form of Latin AugustusMeaning:
"great, magnificent"
- Austin
Origin:
English, shortened form of Augustine, LatinMeaning:
"great, magnificent"
- Autry
Origin:
French surnameMeaning:
"noble strength"
- Baker
Origin:
English occupational surname
- Bale
- Bandit
Origin:
Word or occupational name
- Barrett
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"bear strength"
- Bart
Origin:
Diminutive of Bartholomew, Hebrew, "son of the earth"Meaning:
"son of the earth"
- Baylor
Origin:
English occupational surnameMeaning:
"one who delivers goods"
- Beau
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"handsome"
- Becker
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"baker"
- Billy
Origin:
English, diminutive of WilliamMeaning:
"resolute protection"
- Bing
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"kettle-shaped hollow"
- Bingham
Origin:
British surnameMeaning:
"homestead at a hollow"
- Blaise
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"to lisp, stammer"
- Blaze
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"fire"
- Bo
Origin:
Norse nicknameMeaning:
"to live"
- Bode
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"order, command"
- Boden
Origin:
English or German surnameMeaning:
"hill shaped like a bow or floor"
- Bodie
Origin:
Variation of Bodhi
- Boone
Origin:
English from FrenchMeaning:
"blessing, lucky"
- Bowen
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"son of Owen"
- Bowie
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"blond"
- Brawley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"meadow at the slope of the hill"
- Braxton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"Brock's settlement"
- Breaker
Origin:
English word name
- Breck
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"speckled"
- Brecken
Origin:
Variation of Breccan; IrishMeaning:
"freckled, speckled"
- Brent
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"dweller near the burnt land"
- Bret
Origin:
Spelling variation of Brett
- Brett
Origin:
CelticMeaning:
"from Brittany"
- Bridger
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"lives near the bridge"
- Bridges
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"word name and surname"
- Briggs
Origin:
English variation of Bridges
- Brock
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"badger"
- Brody
Origin:
Irish, English, and ScottishMeaning:
"broad eye or broad island"
- Bronco
Origin:
SpanishMeaning:
"rough, unbroken horse"
- Bronson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of brown-haired one"
- Brooks
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"of the brook"
- Brose
Origin:
Diminutive of Ambrose, LatinMeaning:
"immortal"
- Bruce
Origin:
Scottish and English from FrenchMeaning:
"from the brushwood thicket"
- Bryson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Brice"
- Buck
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"male deer or rabbit"
- Bucky
- Buster
Origin:
Modern nickname
- Butch
Origin:
Nickname name
- Cabe
Origin:
Short form of Cabot, Cable, or Cabel
- Cade
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"round; or, barrel"
- Cager
Origin:
Short form of Micajah, HebrewMeaning:
"Who is like God?"
- Cal
Origin:
Diminutive of Calvin
- Calhoun
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"from the narrow forest"
- Callahan
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"bright-headed"
- Callan
Origin:
GaelicMeaning:
"descendent of Cathalan"
- Callen
Origin:
GaelicMeaning:
"rock"
- Calvin
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"bald, hairless"
- Cam
Origin:
Diminutive of Cameron, ScottishMeaning:
"crooked nose"
- Cannon
Origin:
Word name
- Canyon
Origin:
Spanish word name
- Carson
Origin:
English and Scottish surnameMeaning:
"son of the marsh dwellers"
- Cas
Origin:
Short form of Casper, PersianMeaning:
"Imperial"
- Case
Origin:
Word name
- Casey
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"brave in battle"
- Cash
Origin:
Word name; also diminutive of CassiusMeaning:
"hollow"
- Cason
Origin:
Modern invented name
- Cassidy
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"curly-headed"
- Chance
Origin:
French variation of Chauncey
- Chandler
Origin:
English from French occupational nameMeaning:
"candle maker"
- Chapman
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"merchant"
- Chas
Origin:
Diminutive of Charles, French from GermanMeaning:
"free man"
- Chaz
Origin:
Diminutive of Charles
- Chet
Origin:
Diminutive of ChesterMeaning:
"fortress, walled town"
- Cheyenne
Origin:
SiouxMeaning:
"people of a different language"
- Chord
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"three musical notes played together"
- Clancy
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"red-haired warrior"
- Clay
Origin:
English word name; diminutive of Clayton
- Clayton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"place with good clay"
- Clint
Origin:
English, diminutive of Clinton
- Clyde
Origin:
Scottish river name
- Cody
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"helpful, pillow"
- Colby
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"coal town"
- Cole
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"swarthy, coal black"
- Coleman
Origin:
English and IrishMeaning:
"little dove"
- Colson
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"son of Nicholas"
- Colt
Origin:
Word nameMeaning:
"young horse"
- Colter
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"colt herder"
- Colton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"from the coal or dark town"
- Cord
Origin:
Diminutive of CordellMeaning:
"maker or seller of rope or cord"
- Cort
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"brave"
- Court
- Coy
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"shy, taciturn"
- Cy
Origin:
Diminutive of Cyrus, PersianMeaning:
"sun"
- Dakota
Origin:
Place-name; SiouxMeaning:
"friendly one"
- Dallas
Origin:
Place-name in Scotland and Texas, and IrishMeaning:
"skilled"
- Dalton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"the settlement in the valley"
- Dane
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"from Denmark"
- Dash
Origin:
Diminutive of Dashiell, meaning unknown
- Davis
Origin:
Surname derived from David, HebrewMeaning:
"beloved"
- Dawson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of David"
- Deacon
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"messenger, servant"
- Decker
Origin:
German occupational nameMeaning:
"roofer"
- Dell
Origin:
Diminutive of Odell, EnglishMeaning:
"of the valley"
- Delton
- Denver
Origin:
English or French place-name and surnameMeaning:
"from Anvers"
- Des
Origin:
Diminutive of Desmond
- Destry
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"war horse"
- Dex
Origin:
Diminutive of DexterMeaning:
"dyer; right-handed"
- Dexter
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"dyer, right-handed"
- Dez
Origin:
Diminutive of Desmond
- Dice
Origin:
Word name
- Dixon
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"son of Dick"
- Dodge
Origin:
English, diminutive of Roger
- Duke
Origin:
English rank of nobility
- Dustin
Origin:
NorseMeaning:
"brave warrior, or Thor's stone"
- Dusty
- Dutch
- Dutton
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"hill settlement; Dodd's town"
- Dylan
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"son of the sea"
- Early
Origin:
Word name
- Eben
Origin:
Hebrew, diminutive of EbenezerMeaning:
"stone of help"
- Ellis
Origin:
English surname derived from Elijah or Elias or WelshMeaning:
"benevolent"
- Flint
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"born near outcrop of flint"
- Flynn
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"descendant of the red-haired one"
- Frisco
Origin:
Diminutive of FranciscoMeaning:
"free man"
- Gage
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"oath, pledge"
- Gannon
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"fair-skinned, fair-haired"
- Garth
Origin:
NorseMeaning:
"groundskeeper, enclosure"
- Gatlin
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"wandering man"
- Gentry
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"aristocracy"
- Grange
- Gunnar
Origin:
Scandinavian variation of GuntherMeaning:
"bold warrior"
- Gunner
Origin:
Scandinavian variation of GuntherMeaning:
"bold warrior"
- Gus
Origin:
Diminutive of Augustus, Angus, Gustave, Augustin, Augusten, Augustine, August
- Hal
Origin:
Diminutive of Harold and Henry
- Hank
Origin:
Diminutive of Henry, GermanMeaning:
"estate ruler"
- Harlan
Origin:
German and EnglishMeaning:
"rocky land"
- Hatcher
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"one who lives near a gate"
- Hawes
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"hedged area"
- Hawk
Origin:
Nature nameMeaning:
"hawk, a bird"
- Hayes
Origin:
English surname and nature nameMeaning:
"hedged area"
- Heath
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"the heathland dweller"
- Hewitt
Origin:
English, Scottish, and Irish surnameMeaning:
"descendant of Hugh; one who lives near the wood clearing"
- Hitch
Origin:
Diminutive of Hitchcock
- Holston
Origin:
Place name, American variation of Holstein, GermanMeaning:
"dwellers in the wood"
- Houston
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"Hugh's town"
- Huck
Origin:
Diminutive of Huckleberry, word name
- Huckleberry
Origin:
Word name and literary name
- Hutch
Origin:
English
- Hutton
Origin:
English, Scottish surnameMeaning:
"ridge enclosure"
- Hux
Origin:
Short form of Huxley
- Huxley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"inhospitable place"
- Jace
Origin:
Hebrew, diminutive of JasonMeaning:
"the Lord is salvation"
- Jad
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"serious"
- Jameson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of James"
- Jase
Origin:
Diminutive of JasonMeaning:
"the Lord is salvation"
- Jeb
Origin:
Diminutive of Jebediah, HebrewMeaning:
"beloved friend"
- Jed
Origin:
Diminutive of Jedidiah
- Jem
Origin:
Diminutive of James or Jeremiah
- Jensen
Origin:
Spelling variation of Jenson and Danish surnameMeaning:
"son of Jens"
- Jericho
Origin:
Biblical place-name
- Jesse
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"gift"
- Joe
Origin:
Diminutive of JosephMeaning:
"Jehovah increases"
- Josh
- Joss
Origin:
English diminutive of JocelinMeaning:
"the merry one"
- Judd
Origin:
Medieval short form of JordanMeaning:
"flowing down"
- Jude
Origin:
Latin diminutive of JudahMeaning:
"praised"
- Judson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Jordan"
- Justice
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"the quality of being just, impartial, or fair"
- Kade
Origin:
Spelling variation of Cade
- Kane
Origin:
CelticMeaning:
"warrior"
- Kayce
Origin:
Variation of Case
- Keaton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"shed town"
- Kit
Origin:
English, diminutive of ChristopherMeaning:
"bearer of Christ"
- Knox
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"round hill"
- Koda
Origin:
Japanese, SiouxMeaning:
"friend"
- Kolton
Origin:
Spelling variation of Colton
- Laird
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"lord of the land"
- Landon
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"long hill"
- Landry
Origin:
French and EnglishMeaning:
"ruler"
- Lane
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"a small roadway or path"
- Laramie
Origin:
Wyoming place-name, FrenchMeaning:
"canopy of leafy boughs"
- Laredo
Origin:
Place-name
- Larimer
Origin:
English and Scottish surnameMeaning:
"maker and seller of spurs"
- Lawson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Lawrence"
- Layne
Origin:
Spelling variation of Lane
- Layton
Origin:
Old EnglishMeaning:
"settlement with a leek garden"
- Ledger
Origin:
English surname
- Leland
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"meadow land"
- Levi
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"joined, attached"
- Lex
Origin:
Diminutive of AlexanderMeaning:
"defending men"
- Link
Origin:
Word name or diminutive of Lincoln
- Locke
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"enclosure or fortified place"
- Lou
Origin:
Diminutive of Louis or Lewis, French and GermanMeaning:
"renowned warrior"
- Loyal
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"faithful, loyal"
- Lucchese
Origin:
Italian surnameMeaning:
"from Lucca"
- Lucky
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"having good fortune"
- Luke
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"man from Lucania"
- Mac
Origin:
Scottish or IrishMeaning:
"son of"
- Mack
Origin:
Scottish or IrishMeaning:
"son of"
- Macklin
Origin:
Surname
- Maclain
- Marsh
Origin:
English nature name
- Marshall
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"one who looks after horses"
- Maverick
Origin:
AmericanMeaning:
"independent, nonconformist"
- Mccoy
Origin:
Irish variation of McKayMeaning:
"fire"
- Memphis
Origin:
Greek and Coptic place-nameMeaning:
"Enduring and beautiful"
- Miller
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"grinder of grain"
- Mo
Origin:
English diminutive of Maurice and MorrisMeaning:
"dark-skinned"
- Moe
Origin:
English, diminutive of MosesMeaning:
"delivered"
- Montana
Origin:
Spanish place-name; "mountainous"Meaning:
"mountainous"
- Mose
Origin:
German variation of Moses, EgyptianMeaning:
"delivered from the water"
- Nash
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"by the ash tree"
- Nat
Origin:
English, diminutive of Nathan or Nathaniel
- Navarone
Origin:
Spanish, meaning unknown
- Oak
Origin:
English tree nameMeaning:
"tree from the genus Quercus"
- Oakes
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"near the oaks"
- Oakley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"oak wood or clearing"
- Ode
Origin:
Word name or medieval English form of Otto
- Otis
Origin:
Variation of Otto, GermanMeaning:
"wealthy"
- Pace
Origin:
Word name
- Payton
Origin:
Variation of Patton or Peyton, EnglishMeaning:
"fighting man's estate"
- Peyton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"fighting-man's estate"
- Phineas
Origin:
English, EgyptianMeaning:
"the Nubian"
- Pierce
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Piers"
- Pistol
Origin:
Word name
- Quade
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"son of Uaid"
- Quaid
- Quentin
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"fifth"
- Quince
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"applelike fruit"
- Quinn
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"descendant of Conn, chief leader, intelligence"
- Quint
Origin:
English from Quintus; diminutive of Quinton
- Ralston
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"Ralph's settlement"
- Rancher
Origin:
Occupational name
- Randy
Origin:
Diminutive of Randall, Randolph
- Ranger
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"forest guardian"
- Rawlings
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"son of Raul"
- Ray
Origin:
Diminutive of RaymondMeaning:
"wise protector"
- Raylan
Origin:
Modern invented name
- Reece
Origin:
Spelling variation of Rhys, WelshMeaning:
"ardor"
- Reeve
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"bailiff"
- Reeves
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"bailiff"
- Remington
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"place on a riverbank"
- Remy
Origin:
French from LatinMeaning:
"oarsman"
- Reno
Origin:
Place-name
- Rider
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"horseman"
- Ridge
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"an elevated body part or structure"
- Riggs
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"one who lives on the ridge"
- Riles
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"rye hill; roe deer hill"
- Riley
Origin:
English, IrishMeaning:
"rye clearing; courageous"
- Rio
Origin:
SpanishMeaning:
"river"
- Rip
Origin:
DutchMeaning:
"strength, might"
- River
Origin:
Nature name
- Roland
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"famous throughout the land"
- Rome
Origin:
Place name
- Romer
Origin:
German surnameMeaning:
"pilgrim; fame"
- Roper
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"rope maker"
- Roscoe
Origin:
NorseMeaning:
"deer forest"
- Roy
Origin:
French or CelticMeaning:
"king or red-haired"
- Royce
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of the king"
- Rudy
Origin:
German, diminutive of RudolphMeaning:
"famous wolf"
- Rufus
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"red-head"
- Rusty
Origin:
Short form of Russell
- Ryatt
Origin:
Invented name
- Ryder
Origin:
British surnameMeaning:
"cavalryman, messenger"
- Rye
Origin:
English, diminutive of Ryder,; word name; British surnameMeaning:
"cavalryman, messenger"
- Rylan
Origin:
English and IrishMeaning:
"island meadow"
- Ryland
Origin:
Old EnglishMeaning:
"place where Rye is grown"
- Ryles
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"rye hill; roe deer hill"
- Salem
Origin:
Biblical place-name or ArabicMeaning:
"safe"
- Santana
Origin:
Spanish, condensed form of Santa Ana
- Saul
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"prayed for"
- Sawyer
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"woodcutter"
- Sayer
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"woodcutter or reciter"
- Shane
Origin:
Anglicized variation of SeanMeaning:
"God is gracious"
- Shaw
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"dweller by the wood"
- Shep
Origin:
Diminutive of Shepherd
- Shepard
Origin:
Occupational nameMeaning:
"sheep hearder"
- Shepherd
Origin:
Occupational nameMeaning:
"sheep hearder"
- Shiloh
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"tranquil"
- Si
Origin:
Diminutive of Simon, HebrewMeaning:
"the listener"
- Silas
Origin:
Aramaic, Latin, GreekMeaning:
"of the forest; or prayed for"
- Silver
Origin:
English word name
- Slade
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"from the valley"
- Solo
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"unaccompanied"
- Sterling
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"of the highest quality"
- Stetson
Origin:
American surname
- Stratton
- Strider
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"walker; advancer"
- Sundance
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"sun dance"
- Sutter
Origin:
English surname and occupational nameMeaning:
"shoemaker"
- Sutton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"from the southern homestead"
- Tanner
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"leather tanner"
- Tate
Origin:
English from NorseMeaning:
"cheerful"
- Tatum
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"Tate's homestead"
- Tennessee
Origin:
Native American, Cherokee, place-name
- Tex
Origin:
Place-name, nickname for state of Texas resident
- Texas
Origin:
Place-name
- Thatcher
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"roof thatcher"
- Tillman
- Townes
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"one who lived in a village"
- Trace
Origin:
Diminutive of Tracy
- Travis
Origin:
French occupational nameMeaning:
"tollgate-keeper"
- Tripp
Origin:
Word name
- Truett
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"dry wood + river bend"
- Tuck
Origin:
Diminutive of Tucker, EnglishMeaning:
"fabric pleater"
- Tucker
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"fabric pleater"
- Ty
Origin:
Diminutive of various Ty-beginning names
- Utah
Origin:
Place-name
- Van
Origin:
DutchMeaning:
"of"
- Vance
Origin:
English and IrishMeaning:
"someone who lives near marshland"
- Wade
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"at the river crossing"
- Wagner
Origin:
German occupational nameMeaning:
"wagon maker"
- Walker
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"cloth-walker"
- Ward
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"guard, watchman"
- Waylon
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"cunning, craft"
- Wayne
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"maker of wagons"
- Wells
Origin:
Surname from place nameMeaning:
"spring"
- Wes
- Wesson
Origin:
Variation of Weston, EnglishMeaning:
"from the western town"
- West
Origin:
Word name
- Westin
Origin:
Spelling variation of Weston
- Westley
Origin:
Variation of Wesley
- Weston
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"from the western town"
- Wheeler
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"wheel maker"
- Whit
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"white"
- Whitten
Origin:
Variation of Witten, German surnameMeaning:
"son of the white-haired or pale one"
- Wild
Origin:
Word name
- Wilder
Origin:
Surname or word name
- Wiley
Origin:
Scottish diminutive of William, German, EnglishMeaning:
"resolute protection; from Wylye"
- Woody
Origin:
Diminutive of Woodrow
- Wrangler
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"cowboy; person who disputes"
- Wyatt
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"brave in war"
- Wylder
Origin:
Spelling variation of Wilder
- Wylie
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"from Wylye"
- Yale
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"fertile upland"
- Zalman
Origin:
Variation of SolomonMeaning:
"peace"
- Zane
Origin:
Possible variation of JohnMeaning:
"God is gracious"
- Zeb
Origin:
Diminutive of Zebediah or Zebulon
- Zeke
Origin:
Diminutive of EzekielMeaning:
"God strengthens"
- Zion
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"highest point"