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Cool International Boy Names

Cool international boy names from Italy and Ireland, Scandinavia to the Middle East and beyond include a wide variety of choices. Some of these international names for boys, such as Cruz and Orion, are cool in the US and abroad, but many have yet to be discovered by American parents.

Along with Orion and Cruz, other cool boy names from around the world in the US Top 1000 include Aarav, Gunnar, Joaquin, Luciano, Mateo, Roman, Santiago, and Soren. Aurelio, Laszlo, Elio, and Wolf are among the more unique choices that we expect to be hearing on more American babies in the coming years.

You may want to choose an international boys' name that reflects your family's ethnic heritage or represents a culture you love. Or you may simply be looking for unique boys' names and want to consider international names as one source. Here, a selection of cool boy names from around the world.

Remi

Meaning: oarsman

Origin:French, variation of Remy
1389
Kai

Meaning: sea

Origin:Hawaiian
22
Cosmo

Meaning: order, beauty, universe

Origin:Greek, Italian, English
82
Bodhi

Meaning: awakening, enlightenment

Origin:Sanskrit
91
Teo

Meaning: gift of God

Origin:Diminutive of Teodoro or Mateo, Spanish
499
Elio

Meaning: sun

Origin:Italian, Spanish
37
Mateo

Meaning: gift of God

Origin:Spanish
102
Ivo

Meaning: yew wood, archer

Origin:German
155
Lorenzo

Meaning: from Laurentium

Origin:Italian variation of Laurence
324
Ari

Meaning: lion of God

Origin:Diminutive of Ariel, Hebrew
117
Cillian

Meaning: war strife or church

Origin:Irish
81
Cormac

Meaning: charioteer

Origin:Irish
257
Orion

Meaning: boundary, limit

Origin:Greek
119
Django

Meaning: I awake

Origin:Romani
554
Angus

Meaning: one strength

Origin:Anglicized form of Aonghus, Aonghas, Gaelic
195
Laszlo

Meaning: glorious ruler

Origin:Hungarian
424
Florian

Meaning: flowering

Origin:Latin
473
Zeno The meaning of Zeno is ‘gift of Zeus’ or ‘gu...
Origin: Anglicized form of Greek Zenon, related to Zeus, king of the gods
493
Odin

Meaning: god of frenzy; poetic fury

Origin:Variation of Óðinn, Old Norse
229
Wolf

Meaning: traveling wolf

Origin:Animal name or diminutive of Wolfgang, German
382