Boy names from vintage baby name book

Calisto

Calisto is a masculine name derived from Greek mythology, where Callisto was a nymph who was transformed into the constellation Ursa Major. The masculine form shifts the mythological association…

Caradoc

Welsh

"amiable, beloved"

Derived from the name Caradog, the handsome ancient Celtic name was worn by one of the Knights of the Round Table, as well as a semi-legendary Welsh King. Possibly a cognate of Cedric and Carys,…

Constant

French from Latin

"steadfast"

A traditional French male name that could, with American pronunciation, become an admirable word name.

Cymbeline

Celtic

"sun lord or sun hound"

The title of a Shakespeare play based on legends featuring the early Celtic King Cunobelinus, whose name derives from the Gaulish sun god Belenus.

Diggory

French

"Lost one"

This buoyant name has the same bouncy rhythm as Rafferty and Barnaby, but is virtually unused. It has plenty of literary cred, too: characters in The Chronicles of Narnia, Harry Potter and Thomas…

Durand

French surname

"enduring"

Eldred

English

"old counsel"

This marvelously medieval name had a moment in the 1910s and 1920s but has dropped completely off the radar now.

Erasmus

Greek

"beloved, desired"

Erasmus has long retained the image of the bearded and bespectacled Dutch philosopher, but could be one that the audacious baby namer just might dare to dust off. The fourth century Saint Erasmus was…

Eustace

English from Greek

"stable"

Eustace was originally popularized by St. Eustace, who was born a Norman nobleman and is said to have been converted to Christianity by seeing a crucifix between the antlers of the deer he was…

Faramond

Germanic

"protector of journeys"

Variation of Pharamond.

Flavian

Latin

"yellow hair"

A Latin clan name that may rise again along with other things Roman.

Galahad

Welsh or place name

"hawk of summer; heap of witness"

The son of Lancelot and Elaine in Arthurian legend, Galahad is the purest and most chivalrous of the Knights of the Round Table, and one of the three achievers of the Holy Grail. The derivation of…