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
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

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

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