129+ *Totally Underrated* Boy Names (That Are Seriously Unique)
You’re probably tired of the same popular boy names showing up everywhere. If you want something that truly stands out—names with history, character, and a touch of mystery—you’re in the right place.
These underrated picks aren’t just unique; they carry stories and style you won’t find in the usual lists. Ready to discover names that feel fresh but never forced? Let’s explore what makes these choices quietly unforgettable.
A
Uncommon baby boy names that start with the letter a:
Ace
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning:one, unity
- Popularity:#156
Adler
- Origin: German
- Meaning:eagle
- Popularity:#910
Archer
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning:a bowman
- Popularity:#138
Arlo
- Origin: English
- Meaning:fortified hill
- Popularity:#190
Arnett
- Origin: French
- Meaning:resembling a little eagle
- Popularity:> 1000
Atley
- Origin: English
- Meaning:from the meadow
- Popularity:> 1000
Athens
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning:from the capital of Greece
- Popularity:> 1000
August
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning:to increase
- Popularity:#121
Ashford
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning:from the ash tree ford
- Popularity:> 1000
Auden
- Origin: English
- Meaning:an old friend
- Popularity:> 1000
Atwell
- Origin: English
- Meaning:one who lives at the spring
- Popularity:> 1000
B
Uncommon baby boy names that start with the letter b:
Beau
- Origin: French
- Meaning:beautiful
- Popularity:#94
Beauden
- Origin: French
- Meaning:hill shaped like a bow
- Popularity:> 1000
Beck
- Origin: Germanic, Hebrew
- Meaning:stream
- Popularity:> 1000
Beckett
- Origin: English
- Meaning:stream
- Popularity:#198
Beckham
- Origin: English
- Meaning:homestead by the stream
- Popularity:#222
Bennett
- Origin: English
- Meaning:blessed
- Popularity:#90
Bentley
- Origin: English
- Meaning:meadow with coarse grass
- Popularity:#151
Blessing
- Origin: English
- Meaning:a gift from God; also, musician behind the song ‘Brighter Days’(😭)
- Popularity:> 1000
Bjorn
- Origin: Danish
- Meaning:bear
- Popularity:#766
Bowie
- Origin: Gaelic
- Meaning:fair-haired
- Popularity:#950
Briggs
- Origin: Old Norse (Norwegian)
- Meaning:bridge
- Popularity:#372
Brixton
- Origin: English
- Meaning:an area of London
- Popularity:#548
Banner
- Origin: French
- Meaning:one who holds the flag
- Popularity:> 1000
Benson
- Origin: English
- Meaning:the son of Ben
- Popularity:> 1000
Bourne
- Origin: English
- Meaning:from the brook
- Popularity:> 1000
Bryant
- Origin: Gaelic
- Meaning:honorable and virtuous
- Popularity:#795
Bishop
- Origin: English
- Meaning:a religious overseer
- Popularity:#998
Burke
- Origin: English
- Meaning:from the fortified settlement
- Popularity:> 1000
Byron
- Origin: blank
- Meaning:place by the barn, but could also refer to Byron Bay in Australia
- Popularity:#751
Beauford
- Origin: French
- Meaning:from the beautiful ford
- Popularity:> 1000
C
Underrated boy names that start with the letter c:
Cade
- Origin: English
- Meaning:round or barrel, but also a type of juniper tree
- Popularity:#340
Caleb
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning:faithful
- Popularity:#51
Callahan
- Origin: Gaelic
- Meaning:bright-headed
- Popularity:#659
Camden
- Origin: Scottish
- Meaning:winding valley
- Popularity:#175
Cash
- Origin: English
- Meaning:maker of chests, money case, or hollow
- Popularity:#253
Caspar
- Origin: Persian
- Meaning:keeper of the treasure
- Popularity:> 1000
Cedric
- Origin: English
- Meaning:kindly, loved
- Popularity:> 1000
Channing
- Origin: English, French
- Meaning:young wolf, or official of the church
- Popularity:> 1000
Chesney
- Origin: French
- Meaning:oak grove
- Popularity:> 1000
Cohen
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning:priest
- Popularity:#287
Cole
- Origin: Greek, English
- Meaning:victorious people, or swarthy, black coal
- Popularity:#132
Cooper
- Origin: English
- Meaning:barrel maker
- Popularity:#68
Crew
- Origin: English
- Meaning:a group of people
- Popularity:#267
D
Uncommon baby boy names that start with the letter D:
Denver
- Origin: English
- from:from the green valley
- Popularity:#505
Dutton
- Origin: English
- Meaning:hill settlement
- Popularity:> 1000
Durham
- Origin: English, Old Norse
- from:island of hills
- Popularity:> 1000
Devereaux
- Origin: French
- Meaning:riverbank
- Popularity:> 1000
E
Uncommon baby boy names that start with the letter E:
Emerson
- Origin: German
- Meaning:brave
- Popularity:#279
Emory
- Origin: English
- Meaning:home strength
- Popularity:#817
Everest
- Origin: English
- Meaning:referencing Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world
- Popularity:#903
F
Uncommon baby boy names that start with the letter F:
Finley
- Origin: Irish
- Meaning:fair-haired courageous one
- Popularity:#265
Finn
- Origin: Irish
- Meaning:fair
- Popularity:#184
Fletcher
- Origin: English
- Meaning:maker of arrows
- Popularity:#655
Flynn
- Origin: Irish
- Meaning:son of a red-haired man
- Popularity:#652
Ford
- Origin: English
- Meaning:river crossing
- Popularity:> 1000
G
Uncommon baby boy names that start with the letter G:
Gideon
- Origin: English
- Meaning:river crossing
- Popularity:#310
Grey
- Origin: English
- Meaning:river crossing
- Popularity:#716
Gunnar
- Origin: English
- Meaning:river crossing
- Popularity:#540
H
Uncommon baby boy names that start with the letter H:
Halston
- Origin: English
- Meaning:hallowed stone
- Popularity:> 1000
Hank
- Origin: German
- Meaning:home ruler
- Popularity:#433
Hayes
- Origin: English
- Meaning:hedged area
- Popularity:#229
Heath
- Origin: English
- Meaning:one who lives near the moor or heath
- Popularity:#958
Hart
- Popularity:> 1000
Hugo
- Origin: German, Spanish, Portugese
- Meaning:mind
- Popularity:#434
J
Uncommon baby boy names that start with the letter J:
Jagger
- Origin: English
- Meaning:one who cuts
- Popularity:#771
Jasper
- Origin: Persian
- Meaning:treasurer; also, a famous town in the Canadian Rocky Mountains
- Popularity:#128
Jed
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning:beloved of God
- Popularity:> 1000
Jericho
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning:city of moon
- Popularity:#895
Jethro
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning:overflow
- Popularity:> 1000
Jesper
- Origin: Dutch, Danish
- Meaning:treasurer
- Popularity:> 1000
Jett
- Origin: British, English
- Meaning:a type of black gemstone similar to onyx, or referring to an airplane, also known as a jet
- Popularity:#244
Judah
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning:praise
- Popularity:#183
Jude
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning:praised
- Popularity:#150
K
Uncommon baby boy names that start with the letter K:
Kendrix
- Origin: Welsh
- Meaning:greatest champion
- Popularity:> 1000
Kian
- Origin: Celtic
- Meaning:ancient
- Popularity:#453
Kit
- Origin: English
- Meaning:pure
- Popularity:> 1000
Knox
- Origin: Scottish
- Meaning:round hill
- Popularity:#229
Keats
- Popularity:> 1000
L
Uncommon baby boy names that start with the letter L:
Lake
- Origin: English
- Meaning:a body of water
- Popularity:> 1000
Ledger
- Origin: Germanic
- Meaning:spear tribe
- Popularity:#574
Lennox
- Origin: Scottish
- Meaning:elm grove
- Popularity:#254
Linus
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning:flax colored
- Popularity:> 1000
M
Uncommon baby boy names that start with the letter M:
Mack
- Origin: Scottish, Irish
- Meaning:son oforgreatest
- Popularity:#470
Maddox
- Origin: Welsh
- Meaning:son of Madoc; fortunate
- Popularity:#174
Malachi
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning:messenger of God
- Popularity:#167
Micah
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning:who is like God?
- Popularity:#107
Milo
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning:dearly beloved
- Popularity:#127
N
Uncommon baby boy names that start with the letter N:
Nash
- Origin: English
- Meaning:by the ash tree
- Popularity:#233
O
Uncommon baby boy names that start with the letter O:
Oakland
- Origin: English
- Meaning:oak land (referring to trees), also a city near San Francisco, California
- Popularity:> 1000
Olson
- Origin: Scandinavian
- Meaning:son of Olaf
- Popularity:> 1000
Oslo
- Origin: Norwegian
- Meaning:the meadow beneath the ridge, also the capital city of Norway
- Popularity:> 1000
Otis
- Origin: Germanic
- Meaning:wealth; son of Ode, also referring to musician, Otis Redding
- Popularity:#647
P
Uncommon baby boy names that start with the letter P:
Palmer
- Origin: English
- Meaning:pilgrim or bearer of the palm
- Popularity: #990 (#329 for girls)
Paxton
- Origin: English
- Meaning:peace town
- Popularity:#255
Penn
- Origin: Celtic
- Meaning:enclosure, hill
- Popularity:> 1000
Perry
- Origin: British, Roman
- Meaning:one who dwells by the pear tree
- Popularity:> 1000
Porter
- Origin: English, French
- Meaning:gatekeeper, doorkeeper
- Popularity:#441
R
Uncommon baby boy names that start with the letter R:
Ramsey
- Origin: British
- Meaning:low lying land
- Popularity:> 1000
Remington
- Origin: English
- Meaning:raven family town
- Popularity:#231
Rhett
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning:to speak
- Popularity:#148
Rhodes
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning:where the roses grow; also, a Greek island
- Popularity:> 1000
Roth
- Popularity:> 1000
Royal
- Origin: English
- Meaning:of the king
- Popularity:#370
Rook
- Popularity:> 1000
Rune
- Popularity:> 1000
S
Uncommon baby boy names that start with the letter S:
Scout
- Origin: French
- Meaning:to listen, sent to discover
- Popularity:> 1000 (#829 for girls)
Shepherd
- Origin: English
- Meaning:sheep herder
- Popularity:#528
Silas
- Origin: Greek, Latin
- Meaning:wood or forest
- Popularity:#91
Sterling
- Origin: English
- Meaning:little star, but could also be referring to silver
- Popularity:#382
Sullivan
- Origin: Gaelic
- Meaning:dark eyes
- Popularity:#373
Sutton
- Origin: British
- Meaning:southern homestead
- Popularity:#541 (#244 for girls)
T
Uncommon baby boy names that start with the letter T:
Tate
- Origin: English
- Meaning:cheerful
- Popularity:#305
Tatum
- Origin: English
- Meaning:Tate’s homestead
- Popularity:#385 (#279 for girls)
Tobias
- Origin: Greek, Hebrew
- Meaning:God is good
- Popularity:#277
Tage
- Popularity:> 1000
Townes
- Origin: English
- Meaning:one who lived in a village
- Popularity:> 1000
Trace
- Origin: English
- Meaning:find or discover
- Popularity:#738
Tully
- Origin: Irish
- Meaning:peaceful
- Popularity:> 1000
W
Uncommon baby boy names that start with the letter W:
Watson
- Origin: English, Scottish
- Meaning:son of Walter or son of Water
- Popularity:#596
Wells
- Origin: English, Welsh, Scottish
- Meaning:from the well, or spring
- Popularity:#479
Wescott
- Origin: English
- Meaning:west cottage
- Popularity:> 1000
Westley
- Origin: British
- Meaning:western meadow
- Popularity:#749
Weston
- Origin: English
- Meaning:from the Western town
- Popularity:#95
Wilder
- Origin: English
- Meaning:untamed
- Popularity:#368
Windsor
- Origin: English
- Meaning:riverbank with a winch
- Popularity:> 1000
Winslow
- Origin: British
- Meaning:friend’s hill
- Popularity:> 1000
Woodrow
- Origin: English
- Meaning:row of houses by the woods
- Popularity:> 1000
Wrigley
- Origin: English
- Meaning:clearing by the river bend
- Popularity:> 1000
Wright
- Origin: English
- Meaning:shaper of wood
- Popularity:> 1000
Y
Uncommon baby boy names that start with the letter Y:
Yates
- Origin: Engilsh
- Meaning:dweller by the gate; gatekeeper
- Popularity:> 1000
York
- Popularity:> 1000
Z
Uncommon baby boy names that start with the letter Z:
Zayn
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning:God is gracious
- Popularity:#281
Zephyr
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning:west wind
- Popularity:> 1000
Zeppelin
- Origin: German
- Meaning:airship
- Popularity:> 1000
Zayden
- Origin: Arabic
- Meaning:growth; to increase
- Popularity:#204
Zev
- Popularity:#996
Zeke
- Popularity:#619
Zade
- Popularity:> 1000
More baby name inspo:
🧸75+ Rare, Earthy Nature Names for Boys (With Meanings)
🧸165+ Handsome One Syllable Boy Names That Are Short & Strong
🧸105+ Strong, Badass Boy Names You Can *Not* Sleep On
baby names5
