Extra Unusual Boys Names

Barden

English "barley valley"

"barley valley"

Rarely heard last-name-first choice with nice gardenlike feel.

Bayden

Bayden is a variation of the more common names Baden or Brayden. It has English origins and is typically a masculine name. The name may derive from an Old English surname that referred to a person…

Beecher

Beecher is a masculine name derived from an English occupational surname that originally referred to someone who kept bees or was a beekeeper. With roots in Middle English and Old English, the name…

Belden

English from French

"pretty valley"

Belden is a little-used surname-name that might work in this age of Belles.

Benning

German

"son of Bernhard"

Conjures up the military image of Fort Benning in Georgia — or the surname of actress Annette.

Beric

Beric is a masculine name with medieval Anglo-Saxon origins, possibly derived from an Old English term meaning 'barley ruler' or 'grain farmer.' The name gained some recognition through George R.R.…

Boyer

English and French

"bow-maker, cattle herder"

Two completely different images come from its national pronunciations -- BOY-err or boy-AY -- the latter giving it an effete French accent.

Branigan

irish

"little raven"

Branigan, also spelled Branagan or Brannigan, is an Irish name full of energy and cheer. It was the title of a 1975 John Wayne movie, and Zapp Brannigan is the antihero of the animated sitcom…

Branley

English

"raven meadow"

The suffix Bran is familiar as raven-related since Game of Thrones , and the -ley suffix has been popular since the 1990s heyday of Ashley.