Attitude Names for Boys
Updated Mon Mar 04 2024
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Attitude names for boys take the idea of cool baby names one step further: they're a little bit badass, a little bit distinctive, and a whole lot cool.
Cool attitude names for boys include animal names like Bear and Fox, in-your-face word names like Danger and Rebel, and "I dare you to make fun of my name" names like Waldo and Thelonious.
Along with Fox and Bear, other attitude names for boys in the US Top 1000 include Axel, Dash, Jagger, Magnus, Maverick, Onyx, Talon, and Wilder. Names ending in O convey a lot of character; among the rare attitude boy names are Banjo, Cosmo, Solo, and Viggo.
On this list, we have cool, creative baby names for boys that we think have swagger, sass, and attitude. These are the best badass names for boys right now, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.
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- Arrow
Origin:
Word name
- Atticus
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"from Attica"
- Audio
Origin:
Word name
- Axel
Origin:
Scandinavian variation of AbsalomMeaning:
"father of peace"
- Baldwin
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"brave friend"
- Balthazar
Origin:
PhoenicianMeaning:
"Baal protects the King"
- Banjo
Origin:
Word name
- Barnaby
Origin:
English variation of Barnabas, AramaicMeaning:
"son of consolation"
- Bartholomew
Origin:
AramaicMeaning:
"son of the furrow"
- Bear
Origin:
Animal nameMeaning:
"bear"
- Blade
Origin:
Word name
- Blaze
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"fire"
- Bodhi
Origin:
SanskritMeaning:
"awakening, enlightenment"
- Booker
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"scribe"
- Boomer
Origin:
DutchMeaning:
"gatekeeper"
- Bowie
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"blond"
- Breaker
Origin:
English word name
- Bridger
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"lives near the bridge"
- Brody
Origin:
Irish, English, and ScottishMeaning:
"broad eye or broad island"
- Bruno
Origin:
GermanicMeaning:
"brown"
- Calix
Origin:
Male variation of Calixta or LatinMeaning:
"chalice"
- Cassius
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"hollow"
- Chance
Origin:
French variation of Chauncey
- Colt
Origin:
Word nameMeaning:
"young horse"
- Cosmo
Origin:
Greek, Italian, EnglishMeaning:
"order, beauty, universe"
- Crew
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"a band or force of armed men"
- Cub
Origin:
English word name
- Dagger
Origin:
Word name
- Danger
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"exposure to injury, pain, harm, or loss"
- Dash
Origin:
Diminutive of Dashiell, meaning unknown
- Dexter
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"dyer, right-handed"
- Dmitri
Origin:
Russian from Greek Demetrius
- Drake
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"dragon; or, male duck"
- Elvis
Origin:
Meaning unknown
- Epic
Origin:
English word name
- Ever
Origin:
English word name
- Felix
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"happy, fortunate"
- Fox
Origin:
Animal name
- Frankie
Origin:
Diminutive of Frank, Francis, or Franklin
- Genghis
Origin:
MongolianMeaning:
"universal ruler"
- Gunner
Origin:
Scandinavian variation of GuntherMeaning:
"bold warrior"
- Guthrie
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"windy place"
- Harley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"hare clearing"
- Hopper
Origin:
English or DutchMeaning:
"leaper, dancer; hop grower"
- Horatio
Origin:
English variation of Latin HoratiusMeaning:
"hour, time"
- Huck
Origin:
Diminutive of Huckleberry, word name
- Huxley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"inhospitable place"
- Inigo
Origin:
Basque, medieval Spanish variation of IgnatiusMeaning:
"fiery"
- Jagger
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"carter"
- Jago
Origin:
Spanish and Cornish variation of JacobMeaning:
"supplanter"
- Jethro
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"excellence"
- Jett
Origin:
Mineral or word name
- Journey
Origin:
Word name
- King
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"monarch"
- Knight
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
" a mounted man-at-arms serving a feudal superior"
- Lazarus
Origin:
Latinized Greek variation of Hebrew EleazarMeaning:
"God is my helper"
- Leopold
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"brave people"
- Link
Origin:
Word name or diminutive of Lincoln
- Magnus
Origin:
Scandinavian from LatinMeaning:
"greatest"
- Marmaduke
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"devotee of Maedoc"
- Mars
Origin:
Roman mythology god of war
- Maverick
Origin:
AmericanMeaning:
"independent, nonconformist"
- Mccoy
Origin:
Irish variation of McKayMeaning:
"fire"
- Milo
Origin:
Latin and Old GermanMeaning:
"soldier or merciful"
- Mingus
Origin:
Scottish, variation of MenziesMeaning:
"tenants of a manor"
- Moses
Origin:
EgyptianMeaning:
"delivered from the water"
- Neo
Origin:
Latin or TswanaMeaning:
"new or gift"
- Nico
Origin:
Italian diminutive of Nicholas, GreekMeaning:
"people of victory"
- Odysseus
Origin:
Greek mythology nameMeaning:
"wrathful"
- Onyx
Origin:
Gem name
- Otis
Origin:
Variation of Otto, GermanMeaning:
"wealthy"
- Otto
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"wealthy"
- Oz
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"strength, powerful, courageous"
- Rebel
Origin:
Word nameMeaning:
"rebel"
- Remington
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"place on a riverbank"
- Rocket
Origin:
Word name
- Rogue
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"independent, uncontrolled"
- Rory
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"red king"
- Rowdy
Origin:
American word name
- Royal
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"royal"
- Saint
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"saint"
- Sir
Origin:
English word name
- Solo
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"unaccompanied"
- Storm
Origin:
Word name
- Striker
Origin:
English word name
- Talon
Origin:
French word nameMeaning:
"large claw of a bird of prey"
- Thelonius
Origin:
Latinized variation of TilloMeaning:
"lord"
- Viggo
Origin:
ScandinavianMeaning:
"war"
- Waldo
Origin:
German, pet form of names such as WaldemarMeaning:
"to rule"
- Wilder
Origin:
Surname or word name
- Wolf
Origin:
Animal name or diminutive of Wolfgang, GermanMeaning:
" traveling wolf"
- Wylie
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"from Wylye"
- Zane
Origin:
Possible variation of JohnMeaning:
"God is gracious"
- Zebedee
Origin:
English variation of Hebrew ZebediahMeaning:
"gift of God"
- Zeke
Origin:
Diminutive of EzekielMeaning:
"God strengthens"
- Zen
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"meditation"
- Zephyr
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"west wind"
- Zeppelin
Origin:
German word name from SlavicMeaning:
"zeppelin; flail"
- Zevon
Origin:
Musician name
- Ziv
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"brilliance"