Looking for unique names for boys you won’t hear on the playground. These uncommon names are just the fit, they are cool and edgy without being too popular.
1. Abner
Meaning: Father of light
Origin: Biblical and Hebrew
2. Artemas
Meaning: Gift of Artemas
Origin: Greek
3. Arlo
Meaning: Fortified hill
Origin: English
4. Arrow
Meaning: Word name
Origin: English
5. Atlas
Meaning: Titan, to carry
Origin: Greek
6. August
Meaning: Majestic
Origin: Latin
7. Avon
Meaning: River name
Origin: English
8. Axel
Meaning: Father of peace
Origin: German and Scandinavian
9. Barrett
Meaning: Dispute
Origin: English
10. Baylor
Meaning: Fine friend
Origin: English and Irish
11. Blaze
Meaning: Stutter
Origin: Latin
12. Bodhi
Meaning: Enlightenment
Origin: Sanskrit
13. Bowie
Meaning: Yellow, fair-haired
Origin: Scottish
14. Brenton
Meaning: Bryni settlement or flame
Origin: English
15. Bridger
Meaning: Lives near the bridge
Origin: English
16. Cabe
Meaning: Ropemaker
Origin: French
17. Campbell
Meaning: Crooked mouth
Origin: Irish, Scottish
18. Caesar
Meaning: Head of hair
Origin: Latin
19. Colson
Meaning: Swarthy, coal-black
Origin: English
20. Cruz
Meaning: Cross
Origin: Spanish
21. Damari
Origin: Invented name
22. Dash
Meaning: Someone who lived near an ash tree
Origin: English
23. Denton
Meaning: The settlement in the valley
Origin: English
24. Drexel
Meaning: Turner
Origin: German
25. Dries
Meaning: Manly
Origin: Dutch
26. Easton
Meaning: East settlement
Origin: English
27. Eldon
Meaning: Ella hill
Origin: English
28. Elian
Meaning: Jehovah is God
Origin: Hebrew
29. Elon
Meaning: Oak
Origin: Hebrew
30. Enoch
Meaning: Dedicated
Origin: Hebrew
31. Enzo
Meaning: Rules the home
Origin: Italian
32. Felix
Meaning: Fortunate, happy
Origin: Latin
33. Fenno
Meaning: Finnish tribe name and language
Origin: Finnish
34. Fox
Meaning: Animal name
Origin: English
35. Franco
Meaning: Frenchman or free one
Origin: Italian
36. Fraser
Meaning: Strawberry
Origin: Scottish
37. Gaius
Meaning: To rejoice
Origin: Latin
38. Granger
Meaning: Worker of the granary
Origin: English
39. Grover
Meaning: Grove tree
Origin: English
40. Harley
Meaning: Hare’s meadow
Origin: English
41. Hart
Meaning: Stag
Origin: English
42. Hawthorne
Meaning: Lives near the hedge
Origin: English
43. Haze
Meaning: Word name
Origin: English
44. Hendrix
Meaning: Home ruler
Origin: English, Danish, and Old German
45. Heron
Meaning: Hero
Origin: Greek
46. Idris
Meaning: Prophet of the righteous
Origin: Arabic
47. Inigo
Meaning: Fire
Origin: Spanish, Basque
48. Ivar
Meaning: Yew wood, archer
Origin: Norse
49. Jamison
Meaning: Son of James
Origin: Scottish
50. Jayce
Origin: Modern invented name
51. Javen
Meaning: Greece or wine
Origin: Hebrew
52. Jex
Meaning: Unknown
Origin: English surname
53. Judas
Meaning: Praised
Origin: Greek
54. Jude
Meaning: Praise
Origin: English
55. Kade
Meaning: Round, lumpy
Origin: English
56. Kai
Meaning: Sea
Origin: Hawaiian
57. Kailor
Origin: Modern invented name
58. Keats
Meaning: Kite
Origin: English
59. Kelso
Meaning: Chalk ridge
Origin: Scottish
60. Kendry
Meaning: Son of Henry
Origin: Scottish
61. Leander
Meaning: Lion man
Origin: Latin
62. Leib
Meaning: Lion
Origin: Yiddish
63. Lennox
Meaning: Elm grove
Origin: Scottish
64. Luther
Meaning: People army
Origin: German
65. Maddox
Meaning: Son of Madoc
Origin: Welsh
66. Marlowe
Meaning: Driftwood
Origin: English
67. Maverick
Meaning: Independent
Origin: American
68. Maxton
Meaning: Greatest
Origin: Latin
69. Milo
Meaning: Gracious or yew
Origin: Unknown
70. Neo
Meaning: New, gift
Origin: Greek, African
71. Nicasio
Meaning: Victorious
Origin: Spanish
72. Nixon
Meaning: Son of Nicholas
Origin: English, Scottish or Irish
73. Noam
Meaning: Delight
Origin: Hebrew
74. Noble
Meaning: Aristocratic
Origin: Latin
75. Octavian
Meaning: Eighth
Origin: English via Latin origin
76. Ogden
Meaning: Oak valley
Origin: English
77. Osias
Meaning: Salvation
Origin: Greek
78. Pascal
Meaning: Passover
Origin: French
79. Phoenix
Meaning: Purplish-red bird
Origin: Greek
80. Pryor
Meaning: Superior
Origin: Latin
81. Quinton
Meaning: Queen’s estate
Origin: English
82. Reith
Meaning: Unknown
Origin: Scottish
83. Renly
Origin: Modern invented literary name
84. Rocco
Meaning: Rest
Origin: Italian
85. Roman
Meaning: Citizen of Rome
Origin: Latin
86. Roscoe
Meaning: Roe deer forest
Origin: English
87. Ryder
Meaning: Knight
Origin: English
88. Ryland
Meaning: Place of rye
Origin: English
89. Saber
Meaning: Sword
Origin: French
90. Silas
Meaning: The youngest
Origin: Irish
91. Steele
Meaning: Steel
Origin: English and Scottish
92. Stellan
Meaning: Calm, or peaceful one
Origin: Swedish
93. Stetson
Meaning: Unknown
Origin: American
94. Taj
Meaning: Crown
Origin: Arabic, Persian, and Sanskrit
95. Thorn
Meaning: Lived near a large thorn bush
Origin: English
96. Torger
Meaning: Thor spear
Origin: Norwegian
97. Vaughan
Meaning: Small
Origin: Welsh
98. Xeno
Meaning: Foreign
Origin: Greek
99. Xerxes
Meaning: Hero among rulers
Origin: Greek
100. York
Meaning: Yew
Origin: English
