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820+ Cool Boy Names For Your Little Man

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In search of your little one’s perfect name? 

Here’s our list of 820+ cool baby boy names, with monikers from different themes, including Roman and Greek mythology, powerful boy names, prince names, nature names, rare boy names, popular baby names, and more.

Have fun finding the best one for your little dude.

 

Cool Boy Names For Your Little One

  1. Alvin (Old English boy name meaning “noble friend”)
  2. Andrew
  3. Benjamin (biblical boy name)
  4. Charlie (German name)
  5. Daniel
  6. Jack
  7. James
  8. Liam
  9. Louis (French name)
  10. Lucas (name that means “light”)
  11. Michael (angel name)
  12. Noah (biblical name)
  13. Oliver (Latin and English boy name)
  14. Phillip (Greek boy name)
  15. Theodore
  16. William

 

What Are Wild & Badass Names For A Boy?

  1. Arrow (nonbinary name; doesn’t identify with a specific gender)
  2. Aston
  3. Azriel
  4. Bjorn (Scandinavian and Old Norse name for “bear”; pronounced as “byorn”)
  5. Blaze
  6. Dodge
  7. Flynn
  8. Guy
  9. Keith
  10. Mario
  11. Maverick
  12. Niko
  13. Raiden (Japanese name)
  14. Rocky
  15. Ryder
  16. Samson
  17. Scout
  18. Wilder
  19. Zade

 

The Coolest Powerful Boy Names

  1. Bear
  2. Dex
  3. Henry
  4. Joseph
  5. Legend
  6. Luke
  7. Orme (Norse & Norwegian name meaning “dragon” or “serpent”)
  8. Marcel (Latin name that means “young warrior”)
  9. Pharaoh (pronounced as “fey-row”)
  10. Soren
  11. Stokes

 

Tough Names For Boys

  1. Aidan (Celtic and Irish boy name meaning “little fire”)
  2. Angus (Scottish and Gaelic boy name meaning “one choice”)
  3. Chandler
  4. Connor
  5. Holden
  6. Duke
  7. Gunnar
  8. Link
  9. Lionel
  10. Marco
  11. Odyssey
  12. Rainier
  13. Ross
  14. Shaw

 

Memorable & Famous Names For Cool Boys

  1. Alexander
  2. Bond
  3. Christopher
  4. David
  5. Jacob
  6. Keanu
  7. Moses
  8. Sherlock
  9. Stephen

 

Handsome Names For Cool Boys

  1. Ace
  2. Alain (French boy name meaning “little rock” or “handsome”)
  3. Arvin
  4. Asher
  5. Avery
  6. Blaine
  7. Brett
  8. Cache
  9. Colten
  10. Edgar
  11. Edmar
  12. Elliot
  13. Ethan
  14. Gian
  15. Lance
  16. Levi
  17. Lex
  18. Luigi
  19. Neon
  20. Radley
  21. Ryan
  22. Samuel
  23. Shane

 

Cool Boy Names That Mean Moon

  1. Ainar (Kazakh unisex name) – “Fire moon”
  2. Ay (Turkish)
  3. Bulan (Filipino and Austronesian languages)
  4. Chaand (Hindi)
  5. Dal (Korean boy name)
  6. Fengári (Greek name)
  7. Iah (Egyptian boy name)
  8. Jerah (Hebrew name)
  9. Luan (Portuguese)
  10. Qamar (Arabic boy name)

 

Inspiring Names For Boys

  1. Gabriel
  2. Reggie
  3. Theo

 

Royal & Prince Names

  1. Caspian
  2. Eugene (Disney name)
  3. Prince

 

What Boy Names Are Rare & Cool?

  1. Albion
  2. Amador
  3. Burke (pronounced as “burk”)
  4. Jai (Hindu and Sanskrit name meaning “victory”)
  5. Lazaro
  6. Niall
  7. Santana
  8. Sol (name that means “sun”)
  9. Tripp
  10. Zeke

 

Cool & Edgy Boy Names

  1. Ash (also an anime boy name)
  2. Caden (Gaelic name meaning “battle”)
  3. Cashel (Irish name for “fortress”)
  4. Desmond
  5. Dillon
  6. Iggy
  7. Jonas
  8. Koen
  9. Lester
  10. Thaddeus
  11. Ty

 

Travel-Inspired Place Names

  1. Austin
  2. Boston
  3. Cairo (Egypt)
  4. Dallas
  5. Denver
  6. Everest
  7. Jordan
  8. Memphis
  9. Montana
  10. Oslo
  11. Rome
  12. Sydney
  13. Vermont

 

Space-Themed Cool Boy Names

  1. Astro
  2. Comet
  3. Cosmo
  4. Jupiter
  5. Mercury
  6. Neptune
  7. Nova
  8. Orion
  9. Rocket
  10. Saros (ancient Greek name meaning “sweep”; refers to eclipses that repeat in the same sequence and interval)
  11. Solar
  12. Tarique (Arabic name meaning “morning star”; pronounced as “tah-reek”)
  13. Taurus

 

Cool Boy Names Inspired By Nature

  1. Arbor
  2. Birch 
  3. Cedar
  4. Clay
  5. Elm
  6. Fern
  7. Forrest
  8. Juniper
  9. Linden
  10. Oakley
  11. Rye
  12. Storm
  13. Summit
  14. Timber

 

Flower Names For Boys

  1. Fiore
  2. Indigo
  3. Lotus

 

Animal-Inspired Names For Cool Boys

  1. Colt
  2. Falcon
  3. Fox
  4. Hawk
  5. Lark
  6. Lion
  7. Lynx
  8. Pike
  9. Puma
  10. Robin
  11. Tiger
  12. Wolf
  13. Wren

 

The Coolest Classic & Retro Boy Names

  1. Albrecht (German boy name meaning “noble” and “famous”; pronounced as “ahl-brek-t”)
  2. Aldrin
  3. Altair
  4. Amadeus
  5. Cassius
  6. Cedrick
  7. Cornelius
  8. Dalton
  9. Darius
  10. Declan
  11. Eliam
  12. Elijah
  13. Everett
  14. Grayson
  15. Howard
  16. Hubert
  17. Irving
  18. Jameson
  19. Lachlan
  20. Noble
  21. Roman

 

Modern & Trendy Boy Names

  1. Adriel
  2. Anakin
  3. Bale
  4. Banks
  5. Billie
  6. Boone
  7. Carson
  8. Cash
  9. Chase
  10. Creed
  11. Crew
  12. Dino
  13. Gabe
  14. Hale
  15. Kit
  16. Knox
  17. Koa
  18. Loyal
  19. Ozzy
  20. Pace
  21. Rafi
  22. Rhett
  23. Rocco
  24. Spock
  25. Trek

 

The Coolest Non-English & Exotic Boy Names

  1. Cielo (Spanish boy name meaning “sky”)
  2. Honovi (Hopi – Native American boy name meaning “strong deer”)
  3. Kenzo (Japanese boy name meaning “strong and healthy”)
  4. Lupin (Latin name for “wolf”)
  5. Matteo (Italian boy name meaning “gift of God”)
  6. Naeem (Arabic boy name meaning “happiness”; pronounced as “nah-im”)
  7. Salvador (Mexican and Hispanic boy name meaning “savior”)
  8. Yael (Hebrew name for “mountain goat”)
  9. Zahavi (Hebrew name meaning “gold”)

 

Elegant & Sophisticated Names For Boys

  1. Chester
  2. Damon
  3. Gillean
  4. Harold
  5. Henley
  6. Herbert
  7. Pierre
  8. Randall

 

Music Names For Boys

  1. Blues – a musical genre
  2. Bruno – after singer Bruno Mars
  3. Elvis – after singer Elvis Presley
  4. Stevie – after singer Stevie Wonder

 

Art-Inspired & Creatively Cool Boy Names

  1. Rembrandt – a Dutch painter
  2. Vincent – after painter Vincent van Gogh

 

The Coolest Historic Boy Names

  1. Franklin – after former US president Franklin D. Roosevelt
  2. Galileo – after Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei
  3. Lincoln – after former US president Abraham Lincoln
  4. Napoleon – after French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte
  5. Washington – after former US president George Washington

 

Sports-Themed Cool Boy Names

  1. Beckham – after soccer player David Beckham
  2. Kobe – after basketball legend Kobe Bryant
  3. Lebron – after basketball player LeBron James
  4. Manny – after Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao

 

Literature & Writer-Inspired Cool Boy Names

  1. Romeo – from “Romeo & Juliet”
  2. Tristan – from “Tristan & Isolde”

 

Fantasy & Mystical Boy Names

  1. Gandalf
  2. Griffin
  3. Hansel
  4. Isildur
  5. Phoenix

 

Mythical Boy Names

  1. Apollo
  2. Atlas – Titan who carried the heavens to prevent from crashing into the Earth
  3. Mars
  4. Odin
  5. Thor
  6. Vulcan
  7. Zeus
  8. Zephyr

 

Cool First Names Borrowed From Last Names

  1. Braxton
  2. Collins
  3. Colton
  4. Evans
  5. Everly
  6. Hawkins
  7. Holmes
  8. Hudson
  9. Jones
  10. Presley
  11. Reynolds
  12. Stirling

 

Cool Celebrity Boy Names

  1. Hugh – after Hollywood stars Hugh Jackman and Hugh Grant
  2. Leonardo – for Leonardo DiCaprio
  3. Orlando – for Orlando Bloom
  4. Pierce – after Pierce Brosnan
  5. Russell – after Russell Crowe

 

Occupation-Based Cool Names

  1. Archer
  2. Bowman
  3. Brewer
  4. Carter
  5. Carver
  6. Decker
  7. Mason
  8. Tucker

 

Fresh Color Names For Boys

  1. Blue
  2. Cyan
  3. Gray
  4. Red
  5. Rusty

 

Short Boy Names & Monikers

One-Syllable Baby Boy Names

  1. Brent 
  2. Bryn
  3. Buck
  4. Carl
  5. Cort
  6. Cy
  7. Dale
  8. Grant
  9. Jake
  10. Lee
  11. Mac
  12. Nash
  13. Nate
  14. Ray
  15. Reed
  16. Ren
  17. Rook
  18. Roy

 

Two-Syllable Baby Boy Names

  1. Anders (Danish and Scandinavian boy name meaning “strong and manly”; variant of “Andrew”)
  2. Arlo
  3. Axton
  4. Benno
  5. Brogan
  6. Callum
  7. Cato
  8. Cecil
  9. Dennis
  10. Ellis
  11. Ever
  12. Grover
  13. Jerry
  14. Landen
  15. Leo
  16. Nolen
  17. Peyton
  18. Talon
  19. Tobin

 

The Coolest Long Boy Names

  1. Antoine
  2. Armstrong
  3. Calloway
  4. Donovan
  5. Francisco
  6. Garrison
  7. Gunnison
  8. Hamilton
  9. Jedediah
  10. Jeremiah
  11. Jericho
  12. Lawrence
  13. Leonidas
  14. Remington
  15. Roderick
  16. Santiago (Spanish version of “James”; pronounced as “san-tee-yah-goh”)
  17. Sebastian
  18. Terrence
  19. Zeppelin

 

Stylish Unisex & Gender-Neutral Names

  1. Avi
  2. Blake
  3. Bryn (Welsh name meaning “hill”)
  4. Cameron
  5. Hoku (Hawaiian boy name meaning “night of the full moon”)
  6. Jean
  7. Jessie
  8. Lux
  9. Pepper
  10. Reece
  11. Shiloh
  12. Sky

 

Adorable & Cool Middle Names For Boys

  1. Chance
  2. Epic
  3. Knight
  4. Kingston
  5. Major
  6. Ranger
  7. Reeve
  8. Rush
  9. Thorn

 

Cool Boy Names From A To Z

Cool Boy Names Starting With A

  1. Aaron
  2. Abe
  3. Ahmed
  4. Aiden
  5. Aimilios
  6. AJ
  7. Ajani
  8. Alberto
  9. Alden
  10. Alexis
  11. Alfonso
  12. Alistair
  13. Amell
  14. Amir
  15. Amos
  16. Andre
  17. Ansaldo
  18. Ari
  19. Aries
  20. Arnie
  21. Arsenio
  22. Arturo
  23. Asa
  24. Ashish
  25. Aspen
  26. Ashton
  27. Atticus
  28. Auguste
  29. Augustin
  30. Axel
  31. Axl
  32. Aziel

 

Cool Boy Names Starting With B

  1. Bailey
  2. Barrett
  3. Basil
  4. Bassel
  5. Bastian
  6. Beau
  7. Beck
  8. Beckett
  9. Bennett
  10. Bentley
  11. Benton
  12. Bergen
  13. Blaise
  14. Bodhi
  15. Booker
  16. Bradley
  17. Brady
  18. Branch
  19. Breccan
  20. Bridger
  21. Briggs
  22. Brookes
  23. Brody
  24. Bruce
  25. Buggi

 

Cool Boy Names Starting With C

  1. Cade
  2. Cadogan
  3. Calder
  4. Caledon
  5. Callen
  6. Camden
  7. Camilo
  8. Canelo
  9. Carlisle
  10. Cary
  11. Casimir
  12. Castiel
  13. Chanel
  14. Chasin
  15. Chett
  16. Churchill
  17. Cillian
  18. Claude
  19. Coast
  20. Cole
  21. Colter
  22. Conan
  23. Cooper
  24. Cornell
  25. Croix
  26. Cross
  27. Cruz
  28. Cullen
  29. Curtis

 

Cool Boy Names Starting With D

  1. Dale
  2. Dante
  3. Darby
  4. Darcy
  5. Darnell
  6. Dash
  7. Dashiell
  8. Dax
  9. Daylen
  10. Deacon
  11. Dean
  12. Denzel
  13. Devin
  14. Dewey
  15. Diego
  16. Dion
  17. Dix
  18. Django
  19. Dominic
  20. Donatello
  21. Draco

 

Cool Boy Names Starting With E

  1. Eagan
  2. Eason
  3. Easton
  4. Edmond
  5. Egon
  6. Elian
  7. Elie
  8. Elio
  9. Ellington
  10. Elon
  11. Elton
  12. Elliud
  13. Emery
  14. Emilio
  15. Enzo
  16. Eoghan (pronounced as “oh-wun”)
  17. Ernest
  18. Erskine
  19. Esau
  20. Essam
  21. Esteban
  22. Evander
  23. Evren
  24. Ezio
  25. Ezra

 

Cool Boy Names Starting With F

  1. Fabian
  2. Farrell
  3. Fenway
  4. Fergus
  5. Fermin
  6. Ferris
  7. Finn
  8. Fisher
  9. Fitzgerald
  10. Fletch
  11. Floyd
  12. Ford
  13. Foster
  14. Frances
  15. Frankie
  16. Fraser
  17. Fredrick

 

Cool Boy Names Starting With G

  1. Gatlin
  2. Geo
  3. Gianluca
  4. Grady
  5. Greyson
  6. Gustav
  7. Guthrie

 

Cool Boy Names Starting With H

  1. Halston
  2. Hans
  3. Hariric
  4. Harlem
  5. Harley
  6. Harnan
  7. Harrison
  8. Hatcher
  9. Hayden
  10. Hayes
  11. Helix
  12. Hendrix
  13. Henley
  14. Henri
  15. Heath
  16. Holston
  17. Homer
  18. Howie
  19. Hugo
  20. Hunter
  21. Huxley

 

Cool Boy Names Starting With I

  1. Idris
  2. Iker
  3. Imre
  4. Ira
  5. Irvin
  6. Isaac
  7. Ivan
  8. Izaak

 

Cool Boy Names Starting With J

  1. Jabaar
  2. Jace
  3. Jackson
  4. Jagger
  5. Jaime
  6. Jamin
  7. Janus
  8. Jasper
  9. Javier
  10. Jax
  11. Jay
  12. Jayden
  13. Jaymes
  14. Jermaine
  15. Jett
  16. Jiraiya
  17. Jonah
  18. Joel
  19. Jude
  20. Julian
  21. Julius

 

Cool Boy Names Starting With K

  1. Kai
  2. Kairo
  3. Karl
  4. Keane
  5. Keaton
  6. Keir
  7. Kenai
  8. Kendrix
  9. Kent
  10. Kepler
  11. Ketch
  12. Kevin
  13. Khai
  14. Khalid
  15. Kian
  16. Kiley
  17. Killian
  18. King
  19. Klay
  20. Koda
  21. Kovan
  22. Kyle
  23. Kylo

 

Cool Boy Names Starting With L

  1. Laker
  2. Landon
  3. Langston
  4. Laredo
  5. Laurent
  6. Lawson
  7. Ledger
  8. Leighton
  9. Lennox
  10. Leon
  11. Leor
  12. Leroy
  13. Locke
  14. Logan
  15. Lonnie
  16. Lorenzo
  17. Louie
  18. Lowell
  19. Luca
  20. Lucian
  21. Luis
  22. Lyle
  23. Lyon

 

Cool Boy Names Starting With M

  1. Mack
  2. Maddox
  3. Magnus
  4. Makai
  5. Malthe
  6. Manuel
  7. Marcel
  8. Marcus
  9. Marion
  10. Marley
  11. Marlon
  12. Marshall
  13. Marv
  14. Mateo
  15. Maurice
  16. Maxen
  17. Maximo
  18. Maximus
  19. Maxwell
  20. Maynard
  21. Mccoy
  22. McKenzie
  23. Meinrad
  24. Merrick
  25. Meyer
  26. Micah
  27. Miguel
  28. Miles
  29. Milo
  30. Milton
  31. Mitchell

 

Cool Boy Names Starting with N

  1. Nelson
  2. Nero
  3. Neymar
  4. Nico
  5. Nio
  6. Nirvana
  7. Norman
  8. Nowell

 

Cool Boy Names Starting With O

  1. Octavio
  2. Ollie
  3. Omar
  4. Onyx
  5. Oriel
  6. Osiris
  7. Otis
  8. Oscar
  9. Owen
  10. Oz

 

Cool Boy Names Starting With P

  1. Pablo
  2. Palmer
  3. Parker
  4. Patrick
  5. Peak
  6. Perry
  7. Peyton
  8. Phineas
  9. Pollux
  10. Preston
  11. Pruitt

 

Cool Boy Names Starting With Q

  1. Quade
  2. Quaid
  3. Quay
  4. Quest
  5. Quill
  6. Quincy
  7. Quinn

 

Cool Boy Names Starting With R

  1. Raffiel
  2. Raleigh
  3. Ramon
  4. Raphael
  5. Ravi
  6. Reginald
  7. Remy
  8. Rene
  9. Renzo
  10. Rex
  11. Reyes
  12. Rhodes
  13. Riaz
  14. Richmond
  15. Ridge
  16. Rigden
  17. Rigel
  18. Rio
  19. Robert
  20. Rockwell
  21. Romare
  22. Ronan
  23. Ronin
  24. Rowan
  25. Rufus
  26. Rune
  27. Rylan

 

Cool Boy Names Starting With S

  1. Sade
  2. Salem
  3. Sandro
  4. Sawyer
  5. Saxon
  6. Seamus
  7. Seven
  8. Shaun
  9. Silas
  10. Simon
  11. Sire
  12. Sladen
  13. Solo
  14. Story
  15. Sullivan
  16. Sultan

 

Cool Boy Names Starting With T

  1. Taj
  2. Tashi
  3. Taurus
  4. Tedmond
  5. Teague
  6. Tennyson
  7. Teo
  8. Terrance
  9. Terrell
  10. Thiago
  11. Thurman
  12. Thomas (twin boy name)
  13. Titan
  14. Toulouse
  15. Tracy
  16. Trae
  17. Trevor
  18. Troian
  19. Troy
  20. Truss
  21. Tupper
  22. Tyl

 

Cool Boy Names Starting With U

  1. Ugène
  2. Urban
  3. Urijah
  4. Urizen
  5. Uzziah

 

Cool Boy Names Starting With V

  1. Van
  2. Vance
  3. Vander
  4. Vin
  5. Vision

 

Cool Boy Names Starting With W

  1. Walker
  2. Ward
  3. Warren
  4. Waylon
  5. Wayne
  6. Wells
  7. Wesley
  8. West
  9. Weston
  10. Willie
  11. Willem
  12. Willson
  13. Win
  14. Wing
  15. Winslow
  16. Woods
  17. Worth
  18. Wyatt
  19. Wylder

 

Cool Boy Names Starting With X

  1. Xander
  2. Xavier
  3. Xenos
  4. Xeo
  5. Xylon

 

Cool Boy Names Starting With Y

  1. Yash
  2. York
  3. Yoshi
  4. Yves

 

Cool Boy Names Starting With Z

  1. Zaccai
  2. Zaire
  3. Zakai
  4. Zale
  5. Zander
  6. Zane
  7. Zaxton
  8. Zayan
  9. Zayden
  10. Zeal
  11. Zealand
  12. Zev
  13. Ziggy
  14. Zion
  15. Zubin
  16. Zuko

 

Bonus: Cool Baby Girl Names

 

Tips For Choosing Cool Boy Names

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  • Try unique baby boy names
  • Check out gender-neutral and nonbinary names

 

 

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