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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.

Sabir

Meaning: patient

Origin:Arabic
5583
Ogun

Meaning: god of war

Origin:African, Yoruba
6045
Tamati

Meaning: twin

Origin:Maori
6263
Baran

Meaning: ram

Origin:Turkish and Persian
6659
Eythor

Meaning: thunder island

Origin:Anglicized variation of Eyþór, Icelandic
7163
Arman

Meaning: soldier or wish, hope

Origin:Form of Herman or Armen
7339
Tilen

Meaning: young goat

Origin:Slovene variation of Giles, Greek
7530
Gaston

Meaning: the foreigner, the guest

Origin:French from German
1316
Milos

Meaning: lover of glory

Origin:Slavic, diminutive of Miloslav
891
Vasili

Meaning: royal, kingly

Origin:Greek
1161
Mikhail

Meaning: who is like God

Origin:Russian variation of Michael
1264
Ori

Meaning: my light

Origin:Hebrew
1274
Soren

Meaning: stern

Origin:Danish, Norwegian
2
Roman

Meaning: citizen of Rome

Origin:Latin
63