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Searching for some sweet, handsome underrated boy names for that sweet little baby on the way?
Well then kick up your feet, mama, get out your baby names list and get cozy, because *these* are the most handsome unique baby boy names –
For each baby name, you can learn all about the origin and the meaning of the name, as well as how popular it is right now.
The rankings we’ve provided are taken from the United States Social Security Administration data for 2021, which is the most recent available.
Let’s dive in –
My Favorite Unique Boys Names
Here are my favorite unique baby boy names that are hand-picked for 2024:
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 of or greatest
- 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
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