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Boy Names Ending in R

by Pamela Redmond

Boy names ending in R are one of the style leaders of the current baby-naming era, with many r-ending names for boys topping the popularity lists in the US and around the world.

Alexander is the top boy name ending in R today, lying just outside the Top 10 in the US.

Along with Alexander, r-ending boys' names in the US Top 100 include Carter, Asher, Hunter, Connor, Xavier, Parker, and Sawyer.

Many of the boys' names that end in R originated as surnames drawn from occupational names — Carter carts things for a living, Hunter hunts, and Sawyer is a carpenter.

Unique and appealing boys names ending in R are plentiful, both in the occupational class and not. Our favorites include Booker, Abner, Eleazar, Gardener, Sayer — the list goes on and on.

If you're looking for a name ending in R for your baby boy, here's a complete collection of our thousands of choices. The top names below rank among the current US Top 1000 Baby Names and are ordered by popularity. Unique names rank below the Top 1000 and are listed alphabetically.

Pieter The name Pieter is a Dutch variant of Peter....
Origin:Dutch
3897
Luther

Meaning: army people

Origin:German
604
Gower

Meaning: pure

Origin:Welsh
5521
Forester Forester is a name of English extraction. Fo...
Origin:English
5287
Baylor

Meaning: one who delivers goods

Origin:English occupational surname
1190
Luck Number: 2
13357
Amir

Meaning: prince, ruler; treetop

Origin:Arabic or Hebrew
2429
Doctor The inpiration for Doctor as a name for a ba...
Origin:Word name
10522
Cager

Meaning: Who is like God?

Origin:Short form of Micajah, Hebrew
4481
Shamir

Meaning: a sharp thorn, flint

Origin:Aramaic
5345
Copper

Meaning: a reddish brown mineral

Origin:English
1486
Umber Umber is a name with different meanings base...
Origin:Color name
7301
Danger

Meaning: exposure to injury, pain, harm, or loss

Origin:English word name
1044
Origin:Spelling variation of Schuyler
2719
Bauer

Meaning: farmer, tiller of the soil

Origin:German
2354
Arbor

Meaning: tree

Origin:Latin
2088
Acer

Meaning: maple

Origin:Botanical name from Latin
2161
Anchor Anchor is a very popular name usually used f...
Origin:Word name
2561
Miller

Meaning: grinder of grain

Origin:English occupational name
539
Zohar

Meaning: light, brilliance

Origin:Hebrew
5363