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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.

Alder

Meaning: old

Origin:English tree name or surname
1225
Vesper

Meaning: evening star

Origin:Latin
1948
Palmer

Meaning: one who holds a palm

Origin:English
2344
Demeter The meaning of Demeter is 'earth mother' and...
Origin:Greek
8831
December

Meaning: month name

Origin:English word name
5642
Zennor The name Zennor is a gender-neutral name of ...
Origin:Cornish place and saint's name
7080
Skylar

Meaning: scholar

Origin:Variation of Schuyler, Dutch "scholar"
2369
Schuyler

Meaning: scholar

Origin:Dutch
5731
Dagger Dagger is a lovely name of English origin th...
Origin:Word name
1786
Tyger Tyger is one of those names which will remin...
Origin:Variation of Tiger, animal name
7539
Ivar

Meaning: yew wood, archer

Origin:Norse
775
Lazer

Meaning: God helps

Origin:Yiddish variation of Eliezer or Lazarus
2342
Astor

Meaning: hawk; thunder god

Origin:Provençal; Icelandic
1227
Alastair

Meaning: defender of men

Origin:Scottish
426
Gregor

Meaning: vigilant, a watchman

Origin:Scottish form of Gregory
1516
Ciar

Meaning: dark

Origin:Irish
2840
Gallagher

Meaning: descendant of foreign helper

Origin:Irish
3280
Timber Timber is a name of American origin. Tim is ...
Origin:Nature name
2758
Tamir

Meaning: owner of many palm trees

Origin:Hebrew
3315
Nir

Meaning: plowed field

Origin:Hebrew
3759