Bold Boy Names (with Meanings & Popularity)

If you like the idea of King and Prince but find them too sophisticated, this might be the name for you.

If you're looking for a pleasing namesake that's more modern than Darrell/Darryl, this would make an excellent choice. Farrell is an Anglicized form of the Irish Fergal, and was well used as a first name into the nineteenth century, before it faded to mostly surname use.

This is one of the least known or used of the Theo names, quite possibly because of its last syllable. In Samuel Butler's 1903 novel The Way of All Flesh, there is a clergyman character named Theobald Pontifex.

If Brave isn't enough for you, you might try Braver, which has an even stronger meaning. Braver's -er ending gives it surname style.

A tough and rugged nature name.

An English surname and occasional first name deriving from the same root as Baldwin, "bold or brave friend".