Boy Names Lists · Popular Names and Name Trends
By Pamela Redmond · Updated September 2026
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Variation of Koda.
Short form of Martin, Latin
"warlike"
Marty is one of those Old Man nicknames that's just starting to sound cute again.
Variation of Easton, English
"east-facing place"
Variation of Easton.
Nature name
"hawk, a bird"
Animal names are on the rise, especially more of the aggressive Hawk-Fox-Wolf variety than cute little Bunnys or Robins, and Hawk is a prime example. Hawk is more commonly heard as a surname,…
Modern invented name
Renly Baratheon was a fairly minor character in A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO's Game of Thrones , mostly remembered as the one of the show's few prominent LGBT characters. He played a major part in…
Scandinavian, German variation of Matthias, Matthew
"gift of God"
Mattis was most popular in Scandinavia in the 2000s and 2010s, and is now seeing success in Germany. In the US, it's most familiar as a surname.
