100+ Four Syllable Boy Names
- Agostino
Origin:
Italian variation of AugustineMeaning:
"great, magnificent"Description:
Agostino is the Italian form of this increasingly popular ancient name.
- Adriano
Origin:
ItalianMeaning:
"man from Adria"Description:
Adriano is a dashing Italian name which gets around the possible gender confusion of Adrian.
- Deangelo
Origin:
ItalianMeaning:
"from the angel"Description:
This name obviously has the prefix De- that denotes "son of"—in this form it can mean either "son of Angelo" or "from the angel."
- Cristiano
Origin:
Italian and Portuguese variation of ChristianDescription:
Variation of the popular religious name, boosted by megastar Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo.
- Coriander
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"bed bug"Description:
This herb is also known as cilantro. It's meaning, "bed bug" is on account of its smell, characterized by the ancient Greeks as bed bug-like.
- Mariano
Origin:
Italian, Spanish and PortugueseMeaning:
"relating to the god Mars"Description:
A handsome and romantic-sounding European option.
- Benedetto
Origin:
ItalianMeaning:
"blessed"Description:
This Italian form of Benedict sidesteps the Benedict Arnold association that still clouds the English version.
- Romario
- Theodoric
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"people's ruler"Description:
Theodoric feels prehistoric, though with short form Theo one of the hottest names around, this old German names for boys may soon feel new again.
- Fabrizio
Origin:
Italian form of the Latin family name FabriciusMeaning:
"craftsman"Description:
Romantic Italian choice.
- Immanuel
Origin:
German variation of EmmanuelDescription:
In the US, Emmanuel has held steady around the Top 200 for a quarter century now, but this variation has dropped off the Top 1000 for three of the past seven years. It was Number 974 in 2016.
- Apollinaire
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"of Apollo"Description:
Unique baby name and poetic Gallic choice. Guillaume Apollinaire was a French poet and novelist active in the early 20th century arts community, who is said to have coined the terms cubism and surrealism. He based his unique surname de plume on his Polish middle name, Apolinary.
- Macallister
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"son of Alasdair"Description:
Macallister as a first name is attracting new attention as the name chosen by Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and venture capitalist Zack Bogue for their young son. Macallister is usually heard as a patronymic surname, meaning son of Alasdair or Alistair or any one of the spellings of the Scottish form of Alexander. Like all other names of this type, Macallister leads to the cute short form Mac.
- Malvolio
Origin:
Literary nameMeaning:
"ill will"Description:
Coined by Shakespeare for the main antagonist in his comedy Twelfth Night, the unfortunate Malvolio’s name literally means "ill will".
- Fabiano
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"bean"Description:
One of the many rhythmically appealing Italian names newly up for consideration, with more substance than the modelly FABIO. Variations: FABIO, FABIAN, FABRIZIO
- Ottavio
Origin:
Italian, “eighth”Description:
Spirited Italian form of Octavius
- Gregorio
Origin:
Italian variation of GregoryMeaning:
"vigilant, a watchman"Description:
More dramatic, worldly, and energetic spin on Gregory.
- Mahershala
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"swift to the plunder"Description:
Actor Mahershala Ali single-handedly put this Biblical name on the map. If you think it's difficult to pronounce and spell, consider that it's short for Maher-shalal-hash-baz, the longest name in the Bible which Ali actually used in its entirety as his stage name until 2010.
- Pellegrino
Origin:
Italian variation of PeregrineDescription:
The water, period.
- Teodoro