Boy Names — Meaning & Popularity
Choosing a boy's name is one of the first and most meaningful decisions of parenthood. This hub gathers strong, modern and classic boy names from around the world — each with its meaning, origin and numerology — so you can browse by what matters most to you, whether that's a powerful meaning, a particular heritage, or simply a name that sounds right.
Today's most-loved boy names lean short and strong — think Liam, Noah and Owen — names that are easy to say, travel well across languages, and carry meanings parents genuinely value, from 'protector' to 'peace'. Alongside them, vintage names are returning in force and Sanskrit, Hebrew and Irish names are crossing firmly into the mainstream.
Every name below links to a full page covering its literal and historical meaning, etymology, pronunciation, popularity history, famous bearers, personality associations and numerology — far more than a one-line definition. Use the meaning and origin hubs to explore by theme, or the tools to filter thousands of names by exactly the criteria you care about.
Trending boy names at a glance
| Name | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Aaron | Aaron means 'high mountain; exalted, enlightened' — a Hebrew name from Hebrew. |
| Aiden | Aiden means 'little fire' — an Irish name from Irish Gaelic. |
| Benjamin | Benjamin means 'son of the right hand' — a Hebrew name from Hebrew. |
| Daniel | Daniel means 'God is my judge' — a Hebrew name from Hebrew. |
| David | David means 'beloved' — a Hebrew name from Hebrew. |
| Elijah | A Hebrew name from Hebrew, Elijah carries the meaning 'my God is Yahweh'. |
| Ethan | Ethan means 'strong, firm, enduring' — a Hebrew name from Hebrew. |
| Henry | Henry means 'ruler of the home, estate ruler' — a German name from Old German. |
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AaronHigh mountain; exalted, enlightened — timeless and effortless to sayHebrew · Numerology 22AidenLittle fire — timeless and effortless to sayIrish · Numerology 6BenjaminSon of the right hand — warm, characterful and easy to wearHebrew · Numerology 5DanielGod is my judge — full of character and easy to loveHebrew · Numerology 9DavidBeloved — understated and quietly elegantHebrew · Numerology 22ElijahMy God is Yahweh — timeless and effortless to sayHebrew · Numerology 9EthanStrong, firm, enduring — a classic with a fresh edgeHebrew · Numerology 3HenryRuler of the home, estate ruler — warm, characterful and easy to wearGerman · Numerology 7JackGod is gracious — timeless and effortless to sayEnglish · Numerology 7JamesSupplanter; one who follows — soft-sounding with strong rootsHebrew · Numerology 3LiamLiam means 'resolute protector' or 'strong-willed guardian'. It is an Irish short form of William, itself from Germanic roots meaning will and protection.Irish · Numerology 3LucasLight; from Lucania — soft-sounding with strong rootsLatin · Numerology 11MichaelWho is like God — rooted yet ready to travelHebrew · Numerology 33NoahRest, comfort, repose — a classic with a fresh edgeHebrew · Numerology 2OliverOlive tree; symbol of peace — rooted yet ready to travelLatin · Numerology 9SebastianVenerable, revered — a small name carrying real depthGreek, Latin · Numerology 9WilliamResolute protector — rooted yet ready to travelGerman · Numerology 7AaravPeaceful, calm; a melodious sound — a name with quiet staying powerSanskrit · Numerology 7AdamMan; of the earth — rooted yet ready to travelHebrew · Numerology 1AlexanderDefender of the people — warm, characterful and easy to wearGreek · Numerology 3AliExalted, noble, sublime — a classic with a fresh edgeArabic · Numerology 4AndrewManly, strong, courageous — memorable across culturesGreek · Numerology 11AnthonyPriceless, praiseworthy — rooted yet ready to travelLatin · Numerology 7ArjunBright, shining, white — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulSanskrit · Numerology 1ArthurBear; noble strength — understated and quietly elegantWelsh · Numerology 5AsherHappy, blessed, fortunate — a name with quiet staying powerHebrew · Numerology 6CalebWhole-hearted, faithful, devotion — distinctive without trying too hardHebrew · Numerology 5CarterOne who transports goods; cart driver — a name with quiet staying powerEnglish · Numerology 11CharlesFree man — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulGerman, French · Numerology 3ChristopherBearer of Christ — timeless and effortless to sayGreek · Numerology 4ConnorLover of hounds; wolf-lover — rooted yet ready to travelIrish · Numerology 7DylanSon of the sea, great tide — understated and quietly elegantWelsh · Numerology 2EdwardWealthy guardian — full of character and easy to loveEnglish · Numerology 1EliasMy God is Yahweh — a classic with a fresh edgeGreek, Hebrew · Numerology 1GabrielGod is my strength — warm, characterful and easy to wearHebrew · Numerology 9GeorgeFarmer, earth-worker — memorable across culturesGreek · Numerology 3GraysonSon of the steward — full of character and easy to loveEnglish · Numerology 9IsaacHe will laugh — distinctive without trying too hardHebrew · Numerology 6JacksonSon of Jack — rooted yet ready to travelEnglish · Numerology 1JacobSupplanter; one who follows — distinctive without trying too hardHebrew · Numerology 4JosephGod will add, He will increase — timeless and effortless to sayHebrew · Numerology 1JoshuaGod is salvation — a classic with a fresh edgeHebrew · Numerology 2LeoLion — a classic with a fresh edgeLatin · Numerology 5LeviJoined, attached, united — a classic with a fresh edgeHebrew · Numerology 3LoganLittle hollow — rooted yet ready to travelScottish · Numerology 22LucaLight; bringer of light — timeless and effortless to sayItalian · Numerology 1LukeLight; bringer of light — rooted yet ready to travelGreek, Latin · Numerology 4MarcusOf Mars; warlike — memorable across culturesLatin · Numerology 3MasonStone worker, craftsman — understated and quietly elegantEnglish · Numerology 8MateoGift of God — understated and quietly elegantSpanish · Numerology 9MatthewGift of Yahweh — understated and quietly elegantHebrew · Numerology 9MohammedPraiseworthy, praised — warm, characterful and easy to wearArabic · Numerology 9NathanHe gave; gift — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulHebrew · Numerology 22NathanielGift of God — a classic with a fresh edgeHebrew · Numerology 3OmarLong-lived, flourishing — full of character and easy to loveArabic · Numerology 2OwenYoung warrior; well-born, noble — a name with quiet staying powerWelsh · Numerology 3PatrickNobleman, patrician — warm, characterful and easy to wearLatin · Numerology 33RyanLittle king — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulIrish · Numerology 22SamuelGod has heard; asked of God — full of character and easy to loveHebrew · Numerology 8TheodoreGift of God — understated and quietly elegantGreek · Numerology 9ThomasTwin — warm, characterful and easy to wearAramaic · Numerology 22VihaanDawn, the beginning of a new era — memorable across culturesSanskrit · Numerology 1VivaanFull of life; rays of the morning sun — timeless and effortless to saySanskrit · Numerology 6WyattBrave in war — a name with quiet staying powerEnglish · Numerology 8YusufGod increases; He will add — soft-sounding with strong rootsArabic · Numerology 2AadiBeginning, first; most important — distinctive without trying too hardSanskrit · Numerology 6AaditPeak; the sun; from the beginning — a name with quiet staying powerSanskrit · Numerology 8AimanRighteous, fortunate, blessed — warm, characterful and easy to wearMalay · Numerology 2AlekiDefender; (Alex) — soft-sounding with strong rootsSamoan · Numerology 2AlfieWise counsel (Alfred) — memorable across culturesEnglish · Numerology 6AmaruA serpent; (Tupac Amaru) — soft-sounding with strong rootsNative American · Numerology 9AmitFriend; truth — timeless and effortless to sayHebrew · Numerology 7AnandBliss, joy, happiness — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulSanskrit · Numerology 7AnvayConnection, lineage; positive reasoning — full of character and easy to loveSanskrit · Numerology 9AoAzure, blue — understated and quietly elegantJapanese · Numerology 7ApoA chief, an elder, a master — warm, characterful and easy to wearFilipino · Numerology 5ArjanBrave warrior; a devoted soul — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulSanskrit · Numerology 8AyushLong life — a small name carrying real depthSanskrit · Numerology 2BankoleStay home and prosper — a classic with a fresh edgeAfrican · Numerology 6BaranRain; strong, mighty — understated and quietly elegantPersian · Numerology 9BassamSmiling — memorable across culturesArabic · Numerology 1BautistaBaptist — rooted yet ready to travelSpanish · Numerology 3Bhargava(a sage); descendant of Bhrigu — understated and quietly elegantTelugu · Numerology 33BhavikDevout, well-meaning — distinctive without trying too hardSanskrit · Numerology 8BijanA hero; (a hero of the Shahnameh) — warm, characterful and easy to wearPersian · Numerology 9BilawalWithout equal; (a musical raga) — understated and quietly elegantUrdu · Numerology 6BodeAbundant virtue — a small name carrying real depthChinese · Numerology 8BolangAbundant brightness — rooted yet ready to travelChinese · Numerology 6BotengAn abundant soaring — rooted yet ready to travelChinese · Numerology 9BounmyGood fortune — soft-sounding with strong rootsLao · Numerology 9BrankoDefender, protector; glory — a name with quiet staying powerCroatian · Numerology 7BurakLightning; (the steed of the ascension) — timeless and effortless to sayTurkish · Numerology 8ChaityaSacred shrine; consciousness — rooted yet ready to travelSanskrit · Numerology 4ChaiyoVictory; a cheer of triumph — distinctive without trying too hardThai · Numerology 7ChaoyangFacing the rising sun — soft-sounding with strong rootsChinese · Numerology 11ChidubemGod is my guide — timeless and effortless to sayAfrican · Numerology 11ChineduGod leads — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulAfrican · Numerology 1ChongdeEsteemed virtue — a classic with a fresh edgeChinese · Numerology 11ConghuiIntelligent and kind — full of character and easy to loveChinese · Numerology 5CyranoFrom Cyrene — a classic with a fresh edgeGreek · Numerology 4DaewonA great garden — soft-sounding with strong rootsKorean · Numerology 8DaithiSwiftness; beloved (form of David) — memorable across culturesIrish · Numerology 33DamarResin; a torch, a light — rooted yet ready to travelIndonesian · Numerology 1DeclanFull of goodness; man of prayer — rooted yet ready to travelIrish · Numerology 3DehongA virtuous swan — distinctive without trying too hardChinese · Numerology 8DevarshDivine sage — a name with quiet staying powerSanskrit · Numerology 5DiogoTeaching; (James) — understated and quietly elegantPortuguese · Numerology 5Duc ManhVirtuous and strong — rooted yet ready to travelVietnamese · Numerology 1EbukaGreatness; God is great — warm, characterful and easy to wearAfrican · Numerology 4EgeThe Aegean Sea — memorable across culturesTurkish · Numerology 8ErhardStrong honour, resolute — a classic with a fresh edgeGerman · Numerology 9FestimA celebration, festivity — warm, characterful and easy to wearAlbanian · Numerology 9FiorenzoFlowering, blooming — warm, characterful and easy to wearItalian · Numerology 9FlynnSon of the red-haired one — rooted yet ready to travelIrish · Numerology 8FrancoFree; Frenchman — memorable across culturesItalian · Numerology 3GalihThe heartwood, the core — timeless and effortless to sayIndonesian · Numerology 1GulabA rose — memorable across culturesPashto · Numerology 7GunturThunder — distinctive without trying too hardIndonesian · Numerology 11HaitaoGreat sea waves — soft-sounding with strong rootsChinese · Numerology 9HaochenA vast morning — soft-sounding with strong rootsChinese · Numerology 9HaosenA vast forest — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulChinese · Numerology 8HaruakiA bright spring — full of character and easy to loveJapanese · Numerology 33HejingA harmonious crystal — a name with quiet staying powerChinese · Numerology 8Hemi(James) — distinctive without trying too hardMaori · Numerology 8HengxiangConstant and auspicious — rooted yet ready to travelChinese · Numerology 8HengzhiA balanced ambition — rooted yet ready to travelChinese · Numerology 5Heramb(a name of Ganesha); mighty protector — a name with quiet staying powerSanskrit · Numerology 11HinatoA person of the sunny place — full of character and easy to loveJapanese · Numerology 4HoseokBright and steadfast as stone — timeless and effortless to sayKorean · Numerology 1HosteenA man; a respected elder — a small name carrying real depthNative American · Numerology 5HyunjunWise and talented — timeless and effortless to sayKorean · Numerology 5HyunminVirtuous and clever — soft-sounding with strong rootsKorean · Numerology 5IfeanyiNothing is impossible with God — distinctive without trying too hardAfrican · Numerology 6JaanGod is gracious; (John) — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulEstonian · Numerology 8JaeyoonTalent that governs gently — timeless and effortless to sayKorean · Numerology 4JaskaranOne who sings God's praises — timeless and effortless to saySanskrit · Numerology 3JaydevThe god of victory — timeless and effortless to sayGujarati · Numerology 22JeroenHoly name; (Jerome) — a name with quiet staying powerDutch · Numerology 4JiahaoAn excellent and grand one — a small name carrying real depthChinese · Numerology 8JihoWisdom and brightness — understated and quietly elegantKorean · Numerology 6JihuOne who protects with wisdom — a classic with a fresh edgeKorean · Numerology 3JingranQuiet and natural — memorable across culturesChinese · Numerology 1JingyanA jade-luster flame — a small name carrying real depthChinese · Numerology 8JoostJust, fair, righteous — a name with quiet staying powerLatin · Numerology 7JunhongHandsome and great — a name with quiet staying powerChinese · Numerology 8JyotishLight, brilliance; an astrologer — warm, characterful and easy to wearAssamese · Numerology 7Kalev(the legendary hero) — a name with quiet staying powerEstonian · Numerology 6KhaiTriumph, victory; to open — memorable across culturesVietnamese · Numerology 2KizzaBorn after twins — a name with quiet staying powerAfrican · Numerology 1KosalClever, skilful — understated and quietly elegantKhmer · Numerology 4KunjA grove, a bower — understated and quietly elegantSanskrit · Numerology 11KunyangThe sun upon the earth — a name with quiet staying powerChinese · Numerology 3KunzeThe grace of the earth — distinctive without trying too hardChinese · Numerology 5KushalSkilful, clever; well-being — soft-sounding with strong rootsSanskrit · Numerology 9LimbaniBe strong, persevere — warm, characterful and easy to wearAfrican · Numerology 33LwinBright, outstanding — a classic with a fresh edgeBurmese · Numerology 22MaheshGreat lord; a name of Shiva — soft-sounding with strong rootsSanskrit · Numerology 9MakaiToward the sea — full of character and easy to loveHawaiian · Numerology 8MaomingLuxuriant and bright — a small name carrying real depthChinese · Numerology 9MarluA kangaroo — a name with quiet staying powerAboriginal Australian · Numerology 2MasamiTrue beauty — a small name carrying real depthJapanese · Numerology 2MasatakaTrue and noble — distinctive without trying too hardJapanese · Numerology 4ModiCourage, wrath; (a son of Thor) — full of character and easy to loveNorse · Numerology 5MoseseDrawn from the water; (Moses) — a small name carrying real depthTongan · Numerology 22MuhaoCleansed and vast — understated and quietly elegantChinese · Numerology 22MunehiroA vast principle — full of character and easy to loveJapanese · Numerology 4NainoaThe answer; the namesake — a classic with a fresh edgeHawaiian · Numerology 9NasrallahVictory of God — a small name carrying real depthArabic · Numerology 5NilayA home, an abode — rooted yet ready to travelGujarati · Numerology 7NkosiKing, lord — a classic with a fresh edgeZulu, South African · Numerology 5PadraigNobleman (form of Patrick) — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulIrish · Numerology 11PaldenGlorious, magnificent, splendid — warm, characterful and easy to wearTibetan · Numerology 7PancrasAll power, supreme strength — understated and quietly elegantGreek · Numerology 9ParagPollen; fragrant flower dust — distinctive without trying too hardSanskrit · Numerology 7ParthPrince; son of Kunti (Arjuna) — memorable across culturesSanskrit · Numerology 9PedroRock, stone — warm, characterful and easy to wearLatin · Numerology 4PeriklisSurrounded by glory; (Pericles) — distinctive without trying too hardGreek · Numerology 9PraneshLord of life and breath — distinctive without trying too hardSanskrit · Numerology 9PranshuTall; the sun — timeless and effortless to saySanskrit · Numerology 7PratyushDawn; first light of the sun — a classic with a fresh edgeSanskrit · Numerology 11PraveenSkilled, expert, proficient — a name with quiet staying powerSanskrit · Numerology 9PritamA beloved one, a darling — memorable across culturesBengali · Numerology 5QaisFirm, steadfast; (the famed lover) — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulArabic · Numerology 1QuanahFragrant; a flower — a small name carrying real depthNative American · Numerology 8Quang AnhA radiant brightness — warm, characterful and easy to wearVietnamese · Numerology 11RadityaThe sun — a classic with a fresh edgeIndonesian · Numerology 33RaghavDescendant of Raghu; (Rama) — distinctive without trying too hardSanskrit · Numerology 3RajiHopeful, one who hopes — a small name carrying real depthArabic · Numerology 2RaviSun — warm, characterful and easy to wearSanskrit · Numerology 5RawiriBeloved; (David) — understated and quietly elegantMaori · Numerology 6ReeveBailiff, steward — timeless and effortless to sayEnglish · Numerology 1ReinhardtStrong and brave counsel — rooted yet ready to travelGerman · Numerology 7RuhuiA radiant scholar — full of character and easy to loveChinese · Numerology 5RuikaiAn auspicious triumph — full of character and easy to loveChinese · Numerology 33RuizeAn auspicious grace — timeless and effortless to sayChinese · Numerology 7SaifSword — timeless and effortless to sayArabic · Numerology 8SandisoExpansion, increase — distinctive without trying too hardAfrican · Numerology 9SaqibShining, bright; piercing — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulUrdu · Numerology 3SarveshLord of all — a classic with a fresh edgeSanskrit · Numerology 11Set(the god of storms and the desert) — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulEgyptian · Numerology 8SeungbinA refined victory — memorable across culturesKorean · Numerology 1Shankar(Shiva); the beneficent one — a small name carrying real depthSanskrit · Numerology 9ShengkunRadiant as the earth — a name with quiet staying powerChinese · Numerology 9ShivayAuspicious, benevolent; (Shiva) — soft-sounding with strong rootsSanskrit · Numerology 3ShiyaoA shining scholar — a name with quiet staying powerChinese · Numerology 5SiegerVictory — full of character and easy to loveFrisian · Numerology 9SilvioOf the forest, of the woods — soft-sounding with strong rootsItalian · Numerology 5SopheakGentle and good — rooted yet ready to travelKhmer · Numerology 3StruanA stream — a name with quiet staying powerScottish · Numerology 3SungjaeAn accomplished talent — timeless and effortless to sayKorean · Numerology 5SylvainOf the forest — warm, characterful and easy to wearFrench · Numerology 3TaejunGreat and handsome — rooted yet ready to travelKorean · Numerology 8TakeruA valiant warrior — a classic with a fresh edgeJapanese · Numerology 22TaneMan; (the god of forests) — a classic with a fresh edgeMaori · Numerology 4TanmoyEngrossed, deeply absorbed — soft-sounding with strong rootsBengali · Numerology 7TatsuoA dragon hero — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulJapanese · Numerology 6TavitaBeloved; David — memorable across culturesSamoan, Polynesian · Numerology 1TenpaThe teachings; steadfast — a classic with a fresh edgeTibetan · Numerology 2TertullianThird — warm, characterful and easy to wearLatin · Numerology 6TesfalemThe hope of the world — memorable across culturesAfrican · Numerology 9TeshomeHe has been appointed and named — distinctive without trying too hardAfrican · Numerology 4TewodrosGift of God; (Theodore) — a name with quiet staying powerAfrican · Numerology 11Tien DatTo advance and attain — understated and quietly elegantVietnamese · Numerology 1TipeneA crown; (Stephen) — a name with quiet staying powerMaori · Numerology 33TrachBenevolence, kindness — understated and quietly elegantVietnamese · Numerology 5TsukitoChild of the moon — rooted yet ready to travelJapanese · Numerology 7Tuan KietA handsome, outstanding hero — warm, characterful and easy to wearVietnamese · Numerology 11Tung LamA pine forest — full of character and easy to loveVietnamese · Numerology 7TusharSnow; frost; fine drops — rooted yet ready to travelSanskrit · Numerology 6UgniusFire — a name with quiet staying powerLithuanian, Baltic · Numerology 1UjjwalBright, radiant, luminous — distinctive without trying too hardSanskrit · Numerology 5UmerLong-lived, flourishing — distinctive without trying too hardUrdu · Numerology 3VedSacred knowledge, the Vedas — a name with quiet staying powerSanskrit · Numerology 4VeerBrave, courageous, heroic — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulSanskrit · Numerology 5ViaanFull of life; energetic — memorable across culturesSanskrit · Numerology 2VincenzoConquering, victorious — soft-sounding with strong rootsItalian · Numerology 9VladTo rule with glory — full of character and easy to loveScandinavian · Numerology 3VuThe universe; rain — a name with quiet staying powerVietnamese · Numerology 7WadiCalm, peaceful — timeless and effortless to sayArabic · Numerology 1WeihaoGreat and vast — a name with quiet staying powerChinese · Numerology 7
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