Strong Unusual Boy Names

Drummer entered the baby name lexicon thanks to blogger No Big Dill, who chose it for her newborn son, who joins five older sisters. Drummer is right in step with other occupational names in vogue now, from Archer to Gardener. Let's just hope Drummer doesn't prefer to play the piano.


Drummer

Bheem, the name of the second of the five sons of Pandu in the Hindu epic the Mahabharata, was renowned as a strong warrior. Bheem is the name of one of the two heroes of the Bollywood film RRR.

Bheem

Geraud, as with many French variations of familiar names, makes the somewhat old-fashioned Gerard sound fresh and dashing. It's pronounced as if it ended with o, another trendy factor, though many English speakers may not get that.

Geraud

With the plethora of Alexes around, Xan (and Xander) have emerged as hot new nicknames for Alexander. Xan also stands well on its own. It can be found--not surprisingly--in several computer games.

Not to be confused with the name Amos, Amoz is a separate Hebrew name, borne by the father of the Prophet Isaiah, and also theorized to be the brother of Amaziah, King of Judah. It can also be written as Amotz. 

Amoz

Strong unusual boy names are those that are both unique yet carry an image of strength and power, two qualities valuable to many parents today.

Strong unusual boy names are drawn from names ranking below the US Top 1000 baby names, which makes them 

right now. We can also take unusual to mean boys' names that step outside the traditional John-James-William group of male names.

or mean strength or power give these unusual names their backbone. Armstrong, Azaiah, and Garrett are three examples of boy names that mean strength or power. Names that sound strong may come from strong elements from nature such as Flint or Stone or may simply include sounds heavy on hard consonants, such as Decker.

Strong unusual boy names that are rare unique and uncommon, with strong meanings or a strong image, with origins, meanings, and popularity (Page 7)