854 Boy Names That Start With N (with Meanings and Popularity)
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Boy names that start with N are at an all-time high right now, thanks to internationally popular baby boy name Noah.
Along with Noah, N names for boys in the US Top 100 include Nathan, Nolan and Nicholas. In Australia, N-starting names Noah and Nicholas are joined in the Top 100 by Nathaniel, Nate and Nixon. And in Norway, male N names Nikolai and Nils both rank near the top of the list.
Long fashionable as an ending sound for cool boy names, now the initial N has finally managed to shed its stodgy image (so long, Norman, Norbert and Neville!) and there's a new energy to the freshest kids on the male N name block: think Nico, Nash and Nova.
Here, our full selection of boy names that start with N, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.
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Noah
Hebrew
"rest, repose"
Nolan
Irish
"champion"
Nico
Italian diminutive of Nicholas, Greek
"people of victory"
Nathaniel
Hebrew
"gift of God"
Nael
Diminutive of Nathanael or Gwenael, French, Arabic
"gift of God; generous; attainer, winner"
Nicholas
Greek
"people of victory"
Nathan
Hebrew
"given"
Nash
English
"by the ash tree"
Niam
Hindi or Arabic
"law; given by God; blessing"
Niko
Finnish form and Croatian and Slovene short form of Nicholas, Greek
"victory of the people"
Neil
Irish
"cloud"
Noa
Hebrew
"rest, repose; motion"
Neo
Latin or Tswana
"new or gift"
Niall
Irish
"cloud"
Naksh
Nigel
Irish
"dark, black-haired"
Nicolas
French and Spanish variation of Nicholas, Greek
"people of victory"
Nikolai
Russian variation of Nicholas
"people of victory"
Nile
River name, color name, or variation of Niall, Irish
"champion"
Norman
English
"northerner, Norseman"