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Boy Names Ending in -en

by Pamela Redmond

Baby boy names ending in the letters -en are among the most fashionable names today, with choices such as Aiden, Hayden, and Owen leading the pack. Names rhyming with Aiden are especially popular, with seemingly any letter working in the lead and a range of spellings used in the middle.

Along with Aiden, the US Top 300 boy names include Brayden, both Cayden and Caden, three spellings starting with a J including Jaden and Jaiden and Jayden, plus three K versions including Kaden and Kaiden and Kayden. Further down the list, well-used boy names in this family also include Graydon and Zayden.

More classic boy names also are members of the trendy -en pack: think Stephen and Allen. Trendy en-ending names range from the literary Holden to the biblical Reuben to the surname-name Cohen. Unique boy names ending in -en that we recommend include Niven, O'Brien, and Quillen.

If you love the sound of boys' names that end in -en, be aware that the sound is more common than you'd think, given that it also includes boys' names that end in -an and -on, including such megapopular choices as Jackson, Mason, Ethan, and Jordan.

Here, all the boys' names on our website that end in -en. 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.

Aylin

Meaning: of the moon

Origin:Turkish
1090
Mayar

Meaning: moonglow

Origin:Arabic
1266
Mahrukh

Meaning: face like the moon

Origin:Urdu
4362
Badar

Meaning: full moon

Origin:Arabic, Hindi
3005
Charon

Meaning: of keen gaze

Origin:Greek Mythology
3632
Aristotle

Meaning: superior

Origin:Greek
1868
Momoko

Meaning: peach child

Origin:Japanese
4257
Aiman

Meaning: beauty of the moon

Origin:Kazakh
4278
Aruna

Meaning: reddish-brown; Asian moon

Origin:Sanskrit, Japanese
4337
Zira

Meaning: moonlight

Origin:Berber, Tamazight
944
Artem The name Artem is of Slavic origin. The mean...
Origin:Ukrainian variation of Artemis
814
Aybaniz

Meaning: moon lady

Origin:Azerbaijani
0
Aiday

Meaning: moon child

Origin:Kazakh
0
Livana

Meaning: the moon, white

Origin:Hebrew
1986
Despina

Meaning: lady

Origin:Greek
1544
Altalune

Meaning: over the moon

Origin:Latin
1690
Ymir

Meaning: cry

Origin:Norse
1767
Simay

Meaning: silver moon, glitter moon

Origin:Turkish
4487
Hilal

Meaning: crescent moon

Origin:Arabic, Turkish
4597
Lunika

Meaning: little moon

Origin:Russian
4870