Writing Adolescent Fiction/Character names/Boys

Organization note 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/Aydan/Ayden Ajay Alan/Allan/Allen Alessandro Alexander/Alex/Sandy/Alec Ali Andre Andrew/Andy/Drew Angel Angelo Arjun Arthur/Art Ash Ashton Ashley Axel Barrett Bernard/Barry Beau/Bo Benjamin/Ben/Benji Blake Brad/Bradley Brandon Brendan Brent Brish Bluely Brett/Bret Brenden 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 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 Noor Narchie Omar Owen Oliver 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 Aaron Adan Adel Adonis Ahmed Alain Albert/Al Alberto/Al Alexander/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 Jabari/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 Keenan Kelly Kelvin Kendall Kendrick Kennan/Kennon Kent Khalil Kiley Kim Kimo Kirby Kirk Kistra/Kist/Chistrah 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 Rocko 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 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 Abbott Abednego Abelard Abiel Ack Ace 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 Charlene/Char/Charlie 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 Mya 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 Rodolfo 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