Whimsical and enchanting names for boys are romantic and playful.The names on this list have origins from Old English to ancient Greece,and are as diverse as their meanings. Still, almost all of them have an enchanting charm about them just like the baby boys that may carry them one day.
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ABRIEL
“Father of multitude”
ALLEGRO
“Quickly”
ARIES
“The ram”
ASLAN
“Lion”
ATLEY
“From the meadow”
ATREYU
German literary name
AURELIAN
“Golden”
BASTIEN
“From Sebastia”
BARNABY
“Son of exhortation”
BAYARD
“Foolhardy”
BEOWULF
“Beewolf”
BRAVERY
Word name
BRECCAN
“Freckled”
BROMLEY
“Broom woodland clearing”
CALEDON
“Scotland”
CALLUM
“Dove”
CAIUS
“Rejoice”
CASPIAN
Place name
CASTOR
“He who excels”
CONSTANTINE
“Constant”
CORNELIUS
“Horn”
CYRUS
“Lord”
DAGAN
“Grain”
DANTE
“Enduring”
DARROW
“Oaktree”
DASHIELL
French surname
DEMPSEY
“Proud”
DORIAN
“Tribe”
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DRACO
“Dragon”
DMITRI
“Devoted to Demeter”
EERO
“Eternal ruler”
ELEAZAR
“God helps”
EMILIEN
“Rival”
EMRYS
“Immortal one”
EVANDER
“Manly”
EVERARD
“Strength of a wild boar”
EVREN
“Universe”
EWAN
“Born of the yew tree”
FABIAN
“Bean grower”
FINBAR
“Fair-haired”
FINNEGAN
“Little fair one”
FLORIAN
“Flowering”
FLYNN
“Red-haired”
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FOXEN
English locational name
GABLE
Word name
GABRIEN
“God is my strength”
GALLIEN
“Of Gaul”
GARNET
“Pomegranate or red gemstone”
GASTON
“The Foreigner”
GIDEON
“Hewer”
GOLDING
“Friend of gold”
GULLIVER
“Glutton”
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HALLORAN
“A foreigner from beyond the sea”
HAMISH
“Supplanter”
HANSEL
“God is gracious”
HAWTHRONE
“Lives near the hedge”
HUGO
“Bright in mind”
HURON
“Bristle-haired”
HUXLEY
“Hucc clearing”
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INGRAM
“Angel raven”
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ISIDORE
“Gift of Isis”
JESPER
“Treasure”
JULIUS
“Downy-bearded”
KENELM
“Brave helmet”
LARK
Bird name
LEANDER
“Lion-man”
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LEOPOLD
“Bold people”
LINUS
“Flax”
LORCAN
“Fierce”
LOXIAS
“Crooked”
LOXLEY
“Woodland clearing”
LUCIUS
“Light”
LYNX
Animal name
LYSANDER
“Liberator”
MALACHI
“My messenger”
MARIUS
Roman family name
MATADRIN
Unknown meaning
MATTEO
“Gift from God”
MICAH
“He who is like God”
MORDECAI
“Servant of Marduk”
NOEL
“Christmas”
OCTAVIUS
“Eighth”
OLEANDER
Botanical name
ORLOW
“Eagle”
OSIRIS
Egyptian God of the afterlife
OTHELLO
Shakespearean tragedy
PEREGRIN
“Wanderer”
PHINEAS
“Oracle”
QUILLEN
Irish surname
QUINTUS
“Fifth”
RAPHAEL
“God has healed”
RHODRI
“Wheel king”
ROBIN
Bird name
ROMEO
“Pilgrim to Rome”
RONAN
“Little seal”
ROWLEY
“Overgrown clearing”
RUDYARD
“Red guarded”
RUNE
“Secret”
RUSLAN
“Lion”
SEAMUS
“Supplanter”
SEVERN
Place name
SILVIUS
“Wood”
SINCLAIR
Scottish clan from Saint Claire
SOREN
“Stern”
SORLEY
“Summer Wanderer”
STERLING
” Highest quality”
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TAGUS
River name
THERON
“Hunter”
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THOR
“God of Thunder”
TIBERIUS
“Of the Tiber”
TOBIAS
“God is good”
TOLLIVER
“Metalworker”
TOMLIN
“Twin”
TRISTAN
“Sorrowful”
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TRITON
“Son of Poseidon”
ULYSSES
“Wrathful”
VALOR
Word name
VIGGO
“Battle”
WEAVER
Occupational name
WILBUR
“Wild boar” or “resolute”
WILLOUGBY
“Willow settlement”
WINDSOR
English place name
WOLFGANG
“Travelling wolf”
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WYNN
“Friend”
XAVIER
“New house”
YARROW
Botanical name
ZENITH
“Highest point”
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ZEPHYR
“A breeze from the west”
ZEUS
“God of the heavens”
ZEV
“Wolf”
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