Writing Adolescent Fiction/Character names/Boys
Organization note
[edit | edit source]This list of general boys' names is divided into three tiers. In the first tier are the top 237 names among boys of high school age in the past few decades. In the second tier are other names you might run into more than once in your lifetime. Unusual names go into the third tier. Before adding a name, please check all three tiers to make sure it is not already on the list. If the name you are adding is an uncommon ethnic name, you might consider adding it to one of the other lists at Character names instead.
- Aaron
- Abdul
- Adam
- Amden
- Adrian/Adrien
- Aidan/Aiden
- Ajay
- Alan/Allan/Allen
- Alessandro
- Alexander/Alex/Sandy/Alec
- Ali
- Andre
- Andrew/Andy/Drew
- Angel
- Angelo
- Arjun
- Arthur/Art
- Axel
- Ash
- Ashton
- Ashley
- Barrett
- Bernard/Barry
- Beau/Bo
- Benjamin/Ben/Benji
- Blake
- Brad/Bradley
- Brandon
- Brendan
- Brent
- Brett/Bret
- Brian/Bryan
- Bruce
- Bryce
- Byron
- Caleb
- Cameron
- Carlos
- Carlton
- Carson
- Casey
- Chad
- Charles/Charlie/Chuck
- Chase
- Christian/Chris
- Christopher/Chris/Kris/Topher/Kit
- Clayton/Clay
- Clifford/Cliff
- Cody
- Cole
- Colin
- Colton
- Connor
- Corey/Cory
- Craig
- Curtis/Kurt
- Cyrus
- Dakota
- Dale
- Damian/Damien/Damion
- Daniel/Dan/Danny
- Darren
- Darryl
- Darnell
- David/Dave/Davy
- Davis
- Dean
- Dennis
- Derek
- Desmond
- Devon/Devin
- Diego
- Dick
- Dominic/Dom
- Donald/Don/Donnie
- Douglas/Doug
- Duane/Dwayne
- Dustin
- Dylan
- Edward/Ed
- Eli
- Elijah
- Eric/Erik/Erick
- Ethan
- Eugene/Gene
- Evan
- Fabio
- Felipe
- Felix
- Frank/Frankie
- Fraser
- Gabriel/Gabe
- Garrett/Garret
- Gary
- Gavin
- George
- Glenn
- Gerik
- Gordon/Gordie/Gord
- Graham
- Grant
- Ghosty
- Gregory/Greg
- Hans
- Harold/Harry/Hal
- Henry/Harry/Hank
- Howard/Howie
- Hunter
- Ian
- Isaac
- Isa
- Isaiah
- Jackson/Jaxon/Jaxson/Jax
- Jacob/Jakob/Jake
- Jaime /Jamie
- Jamal
- James/Jim/Jem
- Jared
- Jason/Jay/Jase
- Jay
- Jeffrey/Geoffrey/Jeff
- Jeremy/Jerry
- Jerome
- Jesse
- Jesús
- Joel
- Joey
- John/Jack
- Jonathan/Jonathon/Jon
- Jordan/Jordy
- Jorge
- Jane
- Janice
- Janiqua
- Janiquea
- Janique
- Jallinson
- Jose
- Joseph/Joe/Joey
- Joshua/Josh
- Juan
- Julio
- Justin
- Karl/Carl
- Kai
- Keith
- Kelan
- Kenneth/Ken/Kenny
- Kero
- Kevin/Keven
- Kurt
- Kyle
- Lance
- Lawrence/Larry
- Lee
- Leonard/Len
- Leonardo/Leo
- Logan
- Louis/Lewis/Lou
- Lucas/Luke
- Luis
- Liam
- Malcolm
- Marchie
- Manuel/Manny
- Marc/Mark/Marcus/Markus
- Marco
- Martin/Marty
- Matthew/Matt
- Max/Maxwell
- Michael/Mike
- Miguel
- Miles
- Mitchell/Mitch
- Nathan/Nate
- Nathaniel/Nat
- Neil
- Nicholas/Nick/Nicky
- Noah
- Narchie
- Noor
- Omar
- Owen
- Oliver
- Oogie
- Patrick/Pat
- Paul
- Pedro
- Peter/Pete
- Pietro
- Philip/Phillip/Phil
- Pranav
- Rafael/Raphael
- Ramón
- Randall/Randy
- Raymond/Ray
- Reed/Reid
- Ricardo
- Richard/Rick/Rich/Ritchie/Ricky
- Robert/Rob/Bob
- Roberto
- Roy
- Russell/Russ/Rusty
- Ryan/Ry
- Samuel/Sam
- Scott
- Sean/Shawn/Shaun
- Seth
- Shane
- Simon
- Spencer
- Stanley/Stan
- Stephen/Steven/Stephan/Steve
- Taylor
- Terry/Terrence
- Theodore/Ted
- Thomas/Tom/Thom
- Timothy/Tim
- Tobias/Toby
- Todd
- Tony/Anthony/Antonio
- Tommy
- Travis/Trav
- Trent
- Trevor/Trev
- Trey
- Tristan
- Troy
- Tyler/Ty
- Tyrone/Ty
- Victor/Viktor
- Vincent/Vince
- Wayne
- Wesley/Wes
- William/Will
- Xavier
- Zachary/Zach/Zac/Zack
- Zavier
- Zander
- Zedrick
Other Names
[edit | edit source]- Charlie
- Dexter
- Aaron
- Adan
- Adel
- Adonis
- Ahmad
- Ahmed
- Alain
- Albert/Al
- Alberto/Al
- Alex
- Alfonso/Al
- Alfred/Al
- Alfredo/Al
- Alistaire/Alistair
- Alvin
- Amin/Ameen
- Amir/Aamir
- Amyas
- Anand
- Andreas/Andy
- Andres
- Anselm
- Antoine/Antwan
- Anton
- Ari
- Armando
- Arnold/Arnie
- Ash
- Ashton
- Aurelio
- Alfrado
- Austin
- Avery
- Axel/Axl
- Balthassar
- Bartholomew/Bart
- Basheer
- Benito
- Bennett
- Bilal
- Baily/Baileigh
- Bailey
- Bjorn
- Blade
- Blaine
- Blair
- Boyce
- Boyd
- Bradford/Brad
- Brady
- Bram
- Brant
- Brantley
- Brendon
- Brennan/Brennon
- Brenton
- Brick
- Brock
- Broderick/Brodie
- Bronson
- Brook
- Bruno
- Caden/Kaiden
- Calvin/Cal
- Camilo
- Calob/Caleb
- Carlo
- Carey/Carry
- Carter
- Cassius
- Cedric
- Cesar
- Chance
- Chandler
- Chester/Chet
- Clarence
- Clark
- Claude
- Clem
- Cletus/Clete
- Cleve/Cleveland
- Clifton/Cliff
- Clinton/Clint
- Clive
- Colby
- Conrad/Konrad
- Constantine/Gus
- Cosmo
- Cristian
- Curly
- Dallas
- Damon
- Dane
- Dante
- Darby
- Darcy
- Dario
- Darius
- Davis
- Dawson
- Deandre
- DeAngelo
- DeJuan
- Del
- Demetri/Demetrius
- Denzel
- Dev
- Dewey
- DeWitt
- Dexter
- Dion/Deon
- Dirk
- Donnell/Don
- Donovan/Donavin/Don
- Donte
- Doyle
- Duncan
- Dusty
- Dwight
- Earl
- Edgar
- Eduardo
- Edwin
- Elias
- Elliott
- Ellis
- Elroy
- Elton
- Elvis
- Emery/Emory
- Emil
- Emilio
- Emmett
- Enrico/Rick
- Enrique
- Enzo
- Ernest/Ernie
- Esteban
- Ezra
- Fabio
- Faruq/Farouq
- Fernando
- Ferris
- Filippo
- Finn
- Flint
- Floyd
- Forrest
- Francisco/Chico
- Franco
- Franklin
- Frederick/Fred
- Fritz
- Gabriel
- Gage
- Galen
- Gareth
- Garth
- Genaro/Gennaro
- Gerald/Jerry
- Geraldo
- Gilbert/Gil
- Gilberto/Gil
- Giles/Gilles
- Gino
- Giorgio
- Giovanni
- Giuseppe/Joey
- Grayson/Greyson
- Gus/Augustine
- Guy
- Hakeem
- Halim
- Hamish
- Hamzah
- Harlan
- Harry
- Harrison
- Harvey
- Hassan
- Hayden
- Heath
- Hector
- Helias
- Hendrick/Hendrik
- Herbert/Herb/Herbie
- Hercules/Herc
- Herman
- Homer
- Houston
- Howell/Howie
- Hudson
- Hugh/Huey
- Hugo
- Hussein/Husain
- Ike
- Ilham
- Imani
- Immanuel/Emanuel/Emmanuel/Manny
- Ira
- Irwin
- Ivan
- Jabbar/Jabar
- Jace
- Jack
- Jacques
- Jafar
- Jake
- Jaleel/Jalil
- Jamaal
- Jamar
- Jamison
- Jamel
- Jamil
- Jan
- Jaron
- Jasper
- Javier
- Javon/Jayvaughn
- Jayden/Jaden
- Jean-Luc
- Jean-Paul
- Jeb/Jebediah
- Jed/Jedediah
- Jeremiah/Jerry
- Jermaine
- Jess
- Jet/Jett
- Jethro
- Joaquin
- Joel
- John Paul
- Jonah
- Jonas
- Judd/Jude
- Julian
- Kaden
- Kai
- Kaleel/Kalil
- Kami
- Kareem
- Kaseem/Kasim
- Kaspar/Kasper
- Keegan
- Keenan
- Kelly
- Kelvin
- Kendall
- Kendrick
- Kennan/Kennon
- Kent
- Khalil
- Kiley
- Kim
- Kimo
- Kirby
- Kirk
- Krishna
- Kwame
- Kweisi
- Kya
- Laine/Lane/Layne
- Lamar
- Lamont
- Lane
- LaRon
- Lars
- Lateef
- Leandro
- Leland
- Leon
- Leroy
- Leslie
- Lester/Les
- Levi
- Liam
- Lincoln
- Lloyd
- Lon/Lonnie
- London
- Lorenzo
- Luca/Luka
- Lucius
- Lyle
- Lyman
- Lyndon
- Mackenzie
- Mahmoud
- Malik
- Mansoor/Mansur
- Marcos
- Mario
- Marquis
- Marshall
- Marvin
- Mason
- Masoud
- Mateo
- Matteo
- Mattheo/Matheo
- Maurice/Morris
- Maximillian/Max
- Mehdi
- Melvin/Mel
- Micah
- Milo
- Mohammed
- Monte/Monty
- Morgan
- Ned
- Nelson
- Nestor
- Neville
- Nico
- Nicola
- Nicolai
- Nigel
- Nikolaus
- Nils/Niels
- Nino
- Noe
- Norman/Norm
- Odin
- Oliver
- Orion
- Orlando
- Oscar
- Pablo
- Palmer
- Paolo
- Paris
- Parker
- Payne
- Percy
- Perry
- Philippe
- Pierce
- Pierre
- Prescott
- Preston/Pres
- Quentin
- Quinton/Quint
- Rafiq
- Raheem/Rahim
- Rajeev/Rajiv
- Raley
- Ralph
- Ramiro
- Randolph
- Rashad/Rashaad
- Rashid/Rasheed
- Raul
- Ravi
- Raymi
- Reagan
- Reese/Reece
- Reginald/Rex/Reggie
- Rembrandt
- Remington
- René
- Riley/Reilly
- Robin
- Rock
- Rocky
- Rodney/Rod
- Roger
- Roland
- Rolando
- Rolly
- Roman
- Romeo
- Ronald/Ron
- Rory
- Roscoe
- Ross
- Royce
- Ruben/Reuben
- Rudolph/Rudolf/Rudy
- Salvador/Sal
- Sameer/Samir
- Sancho
- Sanjay
- Santiago
- Saul
- Sawyer
- Sebastian/Sebi
- Sergio
- Shad
- Shannon
- Shareef/Sharif
- Shea
- Sheldon
- Sherman/Sherm
- Shervin
- Sidney/Sydney/Sid
- Silas
- Sky
- Slade
- Smash
- Socrates
- Solomon
- Stefano/Stephano
- Stone
- Storm
- Stuart/Stewart
- Sulaiman
- Sven
- Tahj
- Tal
- Tanner
- Tariq
- Tate
- Tawfiq
- Telly
- Teo
- Terrell
- Thaddeus/Tad
- Trace
- Tracy
- Trenton/Trent
- Tucker/Tuck
- Tully
- Turner
- Tyson/Ty
- Van
- Vance
- Vernon/Vern
- Vikram
- Virgil
- Wade
- Walker
- Walter/Walt
- Ward
- Warren
- Webster
- Wendell
- Weston/Wes
- William/Will
- Whitney/Whit
- Wilfredo
- Wyatt
- Xavier
- Zachariah/Zach
- Zane
- Zeke
- Zephyr
Unusual names
[edit | edit source]- Abbott
- Abednego
- Abelard
- Abiel
- Ack
- Acton
- Adalbert
- Addison
- Adelard
- Adiel
- Adley
- Adlin
- Adriel
- Adrin
- Agrippa
- Ahab
- Ainsley
- Ajax
- Alaska
- Alden
- Alder
- Aldo
- Aldon
- Aldous
- Alfie
- Algernon
- Alick
- Aloysius
- Alphonse
- Alston
- Alton
- Alvery
- Alvis
- Ammon
- Andreus
- Andri
- Andrue
- Ansel
- Arcadio
- Arec
- Aren
- Argus
- Armand
- Arundel
- Asa
- Ashby
- Ashleigh
- Ashon
- Audie
- Audiffredy
- Aurelian
- Auran
- Authen
- Avalon
- Ayman
- Bailey
- Bainbridge
- Baljeet
- Bane
- Banner
- Barney
- Baron
- Barrett
- Barrington
- Barrow
- Bartholomew
- Baryt
- Beauregarde
- Beavis
- Beckam/Beck
- Beckham/Beck
- Beckett
- Belnar
- Belvin
- Benson
- Bentley
- Benton
- Benz
- Benzer
- Bertan
- Bertram
- Bink
- Birney
- Birtle
- Bishop
- Bix
- Blain
- Boaz
- Bohden
- Bon
- Booker
- Boston
- Bosworth
- Brainard
- Bramm
- Brayden
- Breaden
- Brecken
- Brenner
- Brentland
- Briar
- Brij
- Broden
- Brodin
- Bronce
- Brooks
- Brutus
- Bryson
- Bud
- Buford
- Bunker
- Burl
- Burton
- Buxton
- Cabell
- Caesar
- Cage
- Cairo
- Caldwell
- Calhoun
- Camden
- Camdon
- Canaan
- Canberra
- Canen
- Cannon
- Carldrick
- Carlisle
- Carys
- Case
- Cass
- Cassiel
- Cater
- Cathal
- Cavanough
- Cayd
- Cepheus
- Chadoe
- Chadwick
- Chancellor
- Chanton
- Chapman
- Charlen
- Charleston
- Chasen
- Chaylor
- Chirag
- Christopherus
- Cicero
- Cirq
- Cisco
- Claiborne
- Clarus
- Claudian
- Cleisthenes
- Cleon
- Climacus
- Clitus
- Clovis
- Colorado
- Concordius
- Connon
- Conlan
- Contardo
- Conway
- Conwell
- Cooper
- Cord
- Cordell
- Cordova
- Cork
- Cornell
- Cosby
- Cosmos
- Courtland
- Courtney
- Covert
- Crispus
- Crittenden
- Critty
- Cupid
- Cuthbert
- Cyle
- Dabney
- Dagget
- Dagwood
- Dameon
- Dana
- Danion
- Dardanos
- Daris
- Darragh
- Dartagnan
- Darwin
- Dash
- David
- Davidson
- Davin
- Davith
- Dax
- Daxton
- Dayton
- Dayv
- Dedrick
- Deion
- Delbert
- Delmer
- Demon
- Dennerio
- Dentury
- Denuel
- Denver
- Derry
- Desi
- Desiderius
- Destin
- Digby
- Digger
- Dijon
- Dilbert
- Dillard
- Dionysius
- Dodo
- Donato
- Donking
- Dorian
- Dossie
- Dotson
- Draco
- Drai
- Drogo
- Dru
- Duriel
- Duwayne
- Eason
- Easton
- Eaton
- Edwin
- Elbert
- Eldon
- Eldred
- Eleazar
- Eliezer
- Elmer
- Elmo
- Elsdon
- Elvin
- Elwood
- Emerson
- Engelbert
- Englebert
- Ennis
- Erza
- Ephan
- Eros
- Errol
- Erroll
- Ervin
- Erwan
- Eustace
- Ezekiel
- Farley
- Faron
- Favian
- Ferdinand
- Filbert
- Fisher
- Fitch
- Flame
- Foster
- Fox
- Freeman
- Friday
- Frost
- Fructosius
- Galloway
- Gamaliel
- Garfield
- Garland
- Garlon
- Garnett
- Garrick
- Garroth
- Gatlin
- Gaylord
- Gehrig
- Godfrey
- Grady
- Granite
- Gray
- Grey
- Greydon
- Griswold
- Grover
- Guy Edward
- Hadley
- Haight
- Halston
- Ham
- Han
- Harlen
- Harris
- Hart
- Hartley
- Hawke
- Hayes
- Haynes
- Hayson
- Hayward
- Heathcliff
- Henner
- Herberth
- Herwick
- Heyward
- Heywood
- Hobart
- Holden
- Hollis
- Horton
- Hospatio
- Huett
- Humphrey
- Humps
- Huntley
- Hurricane
- Huxley
- Hyland
- Icarus
- Ichabod
- Iggy
- Innocent
- Iowa
- Irelan
- Irvin
- Ishmael
- Iziah
- Iziah Edouard
- Jabin
- Jacari
- Jack Ross
- Jagger
- Jaime Ali
- Jaimie
- Jamar
- Jameson
- Jamyron
- Japheth
- Jarek
- Jarvis
- Jaspiern
- Javert
- Jaxton
- Jaxxon
- Jaymes
- Jay Paul
- Jayceon
- Jayson
- Jaython
- Jayvion
- Jaz
- Jeacock
- Jeff Anthony
- Jem
- Jensen
- Jericho
- Jersey
- Jeumol
- Joacin
- Joad
- Joby
- Jodocus
- Johano
- Johnathan
- John John
- John Lee
- John Cena
- Johnson
- Jomario
- Jonatan
- Jon Marc
- Joseph Ryan
- Joshuah
- Judah
- Judas
- Jude
- Juston
- Justus
- Kade
- Kairo
- Kaiser
- Kalin
- Kansy
- Kase
- Kaymon
- Kazel
- Kedric
- Kedrick
- Kehre
- Keifer
- Kel
- Kelan
- Kelton
- Kennesaw
- Kenton
- Kid
- Kidd
- Kiefer
- Kiev
- Killian
- Kilroy
- King
- Kipland
- Kipling
- Kirkland
- Kirklin
- Knox
- Kole
- Kyrin
- Kyron
- Langley
- Lanny
- Lap
- Laramie
- Lawson
- Lazarus
- LeBaron
- Lee Roy
- Legend
- Leopold
- Leviticus
- Lex
- Link
- Linwood
- Lithium
- Livan
- Logan James
- Loren
- Lorin
- Lorne
- Lover
- Lowell
- Lucian
- Luck
- Ludis
- Lunden
- Lydel
- Lymphoid
- Lyndsey
- Mackay
- Manassas
- Maneill
- Manfred
- Manley
- Marcian
- Marlon
- Marlowe
- Mathan
- Matthews
- Matwain
- Maxton
- Maynard
- McKinley
- McScott
- Mecole
- Mei
- Melanchthon
- Melchizedek
- Melville
- Merle
- Merlin
- Merritt
- Merton
- Merv
- Mervin
- Merwyn
- Meshach
- Micahel
- Michael James
- Migh
- Mikal
- Milford
- Milhouse
- Millard
- Mize
- Monroe
- Montana
- Moore
- Morley
- Morton
- Murgatroyd
- Myron
- Nahum
- Napoleon
- Narcissus
- Nash
- Newt
- Newton
- Nicephorus
- Nicodemus
- Nikolao
- Nimrod
- Noah Bryce
- Nobert
- Nobie
- Norris
- Norton
- Norval
- Norville
- Numps
- Oder
- Odor
- Omar Jesús
- O’Mead
- Omer
- Omni
- Ontario
- Onyx
- Orson
- Orwell
- Othniel
- Painter
- Paras
- Parrish
- Parrott
- Parth
- Patrick Henry
- Patton/Pat
- Paxton
- Pearson
- Pickford
- Poindexter
- Pollard
- Polyeuctus
- Porter
- Prabhdev
- Primus
- Prince
- Princeton
- Proctor
- Quaterius
- Quincy
- Quinlan
- Quinn
- Quintin
- Quirt
- Raleigh
- Raynell
- Reamer
- Red
- Redrick
- Reef
- Reen
- Reginel
- Relix
- Renton
- Rexford
- Reyes
- Rezon
- Rhett
- Richmond
- Ridge
- Ridley
- Rigden
- Roark
- Robert Jay
- Rocket
- Roderick
- Roe
- Rollin
- Roosevelt
- Roper
- Roxbury
- Rulon
- Rulx
- Rush
- Russet
- Rusty James
- Rutherford
- Ryal
- Ryder
- Rylan
- Ryland
- Sage
- Salathiel
- Salem
- San Juan
- Satchel
- Savikar
- Sefton
- Senna
- Seymour
- Shade
- Shale
- Shandon
- Shavar
- Sheaffer
- Sherlock
- Shitrai
- Sisko
- Slate
- Slyder
- Sonji
- Speed
- Spicer
- Spike
- Stacius
- Stacy
- Standish
- Stanford
- Stanislas
- Stanton
- Starling
- Steehl
- Stenson
- Stephon
- Sterling
- Stetson
- Stevan
- Stevenson
- Steward
- Strom
- Stupen
- Swithin
- Symmachus
- Tabio
- Talbot
- Talmadge
- Taurus
- Tenley
- Tenner
- Terry Allen
- Texas
- Thaxton
- Thorne
- Thurman
- Turdd
- Till
- Tilly Willy
- Timaeus/Timeus
- Timmothy
- Tince
- Tirqueon
- Tirrell
- Tisign
- Tomen
- Tor
- Torey
- Torrance
- Tragedy
- Tramone
- Trask
- Travell
- Traver
- Travien
- Tree
- Tremaine
- Tristan Kyle
- Tristran
- Tryce
- Tustin
- Ty Kurt
- Tyler Frank
- Tyray
- Tyrus
- Ulysses
- Upton
- Utah
- Uzziah
- Val
- Valiant
- Van Buren
- Vensley
- Vere
- Vibson
- Vicson
- Ville
- Vinson
- Vitus
- Waldo
- Walton
- Walyn
- Warner
- Wayland
- Waylon
- Weldon
- Wells
- Weseley
- Westerly
- Westly
- Whitby
- Whitley
- Wilbert
- Wilbur
- Wilburn
- Wilkin
- Williams
- Winthrop
- Wolfgang
- Woodrow
- Worth
- Wylie
- Xeno
- Yale
- Yelberton
- Yoni
- York
- Yoftae
- Zaki
- Zander
- Zechariah
- Zell
- Zelman
- Zephaniah
- Zitner
- Zuriel
- Zurishaddai