# Writing Adolescent Fiction/Character names/Boys
## Organization note

This list of general boys' names is divided into three tiers. In the first tier are the top 237 names among boys of high school age in the past few decades. In the second tier are other names you might run into more than once in your lifetime. Unusual names go into the third tier. Before adding a name, please check all three tiers to make sure it is not already on the list. If the name you are adding is an uncommon ethnic name, you might consider adding it to one of the other lists at Character names instead.
* Aaron
* Abdul
* Adam
* Amden
* Adrian/Adrien
* Aidan/Aiden
* Ajay
* Alan/Allan/Allen
* Alessandro
* Alexander/Alex/Sandy/Alec
* Ali
* Andre
* Andrew/Andy/Drew
* Angel
* Angelo
* Arjun
* Arthur/Art
* Axel
* Ash
* Ashton
* Ashley
* Barrett
* Bernard/Barry
* Beau/Bo
* Benjamin/Ben/Benji
* Blake
* Brad/Bradley
* Brandon
* Brendan
* Brent
* Brish
* Bluely
* Brett/Bret
* Brian/Bryan
* Bruce
* Bryce
* Byron
* Caleb
* Cameron
* Carlos
* Carlton
* Carson
* Casey
* Chad
* Charles/Charlie/Chuck
* Chase
* Christian/Chris
* Christopher/Chris/Kris/Topher/Kit
* Clayton/Clay
* Clifford/Cliff
* Cody
* Cole
* Colin
* Colton
* Connor
* Corey/Cory
* Craig
* Curtis/Kurt
* Cyrus
* Dakota
* Dale
* Damian/Damien/Damion
* Daniel/Dan/Danny
* Darren
* Darryl
* Darnell
* David/Dave/Davy
* Davis
* Dean
* Dennis
* Derek
* Desmond
* Devon/Devin
* Diego
* Dick
* Dominic/Dom
* Donald/Don/Donnie
* Douglas/Doug
* Duane/Dwayne
* Dustin
* Dylan
* Edward/Ed
* Eli
* Elijah
* Eric/Erik/Erick
* Ethan
* Eugene/Gene
* Evan
* Fabio
* Felipe
* Felix
* Frank/Frankie
* Fraser
* Gabriel/Gabe
* Garrett/Garret
* Gary
* Gavin
* George
* Glenn
* Gerik
* Gordon/Gordie/Gord
* Graham
* Grant
* Ghosty
* Gregory/Greg
* Hans
* Harold/Harry/Hal
* Henry/Harry/Hank
* Howard/Howie
* Hunter
* Ian
* Isaac
* Isa
* Isaiah
* Jackson/Jaxon/Jaxson/Jax
* Jacob/Jakob/Jake
* Jaime /Jamie
* Jamal
* James/Jim/Jem
* Jared
* Jason/Jay/Jase
* Jay
* Jeffrey/Geoffrey/Jeff
* Jeremy/Jerry
* Jerome
* Jesse
* Jesús
* Joel
* Joey
* John/Jack
* Jonathan/Jonathon/Jon
* Jordan/Jordy
* Jorge
* Jane
* Janice
* Janiqua
* Janiquea
* Janique
* Jallinson
* Jose
* Joseph/Joe/Joey
* Joshua/Josh
* Juan
* Julio
* Justin
* Karl/Carl
* Kai
* Keith
* Kelan
* Kenneth/Ken/Kenny
* Kero
* Kevin/Keven
* Kurt
* Kyle
* Lance
* Lawrence/Larry
* Lee
* Leonard/Len
* Leonardo/Leo
* Logan
* Louis/Lewis/Lou
* Lucas/Luke
* Luis
* Liam
* Malcolm
* Marchie
* Manuel/Manny
* Marc/Mark/Marcus/Markus
* Marco
* Martin/Marty
* Matthew/Matt
* Max/Maxwell
* Michael/Mike
* Miguel
* Miles
* Mitchell/Mitch
* Nathan/Nate
* Nathaniel/Nat
* Neil
* Nicholas/Nick/Nicky
* Noah
* Narchie
* Noor
* Omar
* Owen
* Oliver
* Oogie
* Patrick/Pat
* Paul
* Pedro
* Peter/Pete
* Pietro
* Philip/Phillip/Phil
* Pranav
* Rafael/Raphael
* Ramón
* Randall/Randy
* Raymond/Ray
* Reed/Reid
* Ricardo
* Richard/Rick/Rich/Ritchie/Ricky
* Robert/Rob/Bob
* Roberto
* Roy
* Russell/Russ/Rusty
* Ryan/Ry
* Samuel/Sam
* Scott
* Sean/Shawn/Shaun
* Seth
* Shane
* Simon
* Spencer
* Stanley/Stan
* Stephen/Steven/Stephan/Steve
* Taylor
* Terry/Terrence
* Theodore/Ted
* Thomas/Tom/Thom
* Timothy/Tim
* Tobias/Toby
* Todd
* Tony/Anthony/Antonio
* Tommy
* Travis/Trav
* Trent
* Trevor/Trev
* Trey
* Tristan
* Troy
* Tyler/Ty
* Tyrone/Ty
* Victor/Viktor
* Vincent/Vince
* Wayne
* Wesley/Wes
* William/Will
* Xavier
* Zachary/Zach/Zac/Zack
* Zavier
* Zander
* Zedrick

## Other Names

* Charlie
* Dexter
* Aaron
* Adan
* Adel
* Adonis
* Ahmad
* Ahmed
* Alain
* Albert/Al
* Alberto/Al
* Alex
* Alfonso/Al
* Alfred/Al
* Alfredo/Al
* Alistaire/Alistair
* Alvin
* Amin/Ameen
* Amir/Aamir
* Amyas
* Anand
* Andreas/Andy
* Andres
* Anselm
* Antoine/Antwan
* Anton
* Ari
* Armando
* Arnold/Arnie
* Ash
* Ashton
* Aurelio
* Alfrado
* Austin
* Avery
* Axel/Axl
* Balthassar
* Bartholomew/Bart
* Basheer
* Benito
* Bennett
* Bilal
* Baily/Baileigh
* Bailey
* Bjorn
* Blade
* Blaine
* Blair
* Boyce
* Boyd
* Bradford/Brad
* Brady
* Bram
* Brant
* Brantley
* Brendon
* Brennan/Brennon
* Brenton
* Brick
* Brock
* Broderick/Brodie
* Bronson
* Brook
* Bruno
* Caden/Kaiden
* Calvin/Cal
* Camilo
* Calob/Caleb
* Carlo
* Carey/Carry
* Carter
* Cassius
* Cedric
* Cesar
* Chance
* Chandler
* Chester/Chet
* Clarence
* Clark
* Claude
* Clem
* Cletus/Clete
* Cleve/Cleveland
* Clifton/Cliff
* Clinton/Clint
* Clive
* Colby
* Conrad/Konrad
* Constantine/Gus
* Cosmo
* Cristian
* Curly
* Dallas
* Damon
* Dane
* Dante
* Darby
* Darcy
* Dario
* Darius
* Davis
* Dawson
* Deandre
* DeAngelo
* DeJuan
* Del
* Demetri/Demetrius
* Denzel
* Dev
* Dewey
* DeWitt
* Dexter
* Dion/Deon
* Dirk
* Donnell/Don
* Donovan/Donavin/Don
* Donte
* Doyle
* Duncan
* Dusty
* Dwight
* Earl
* Edgar
* Eduardo
* Edwin
* Elias
* Elliott
* Ellis
* Elroy
* Elton
* Elvis
* Emery/Emory
* Emil
* Emilio
* Emmett
* Enrico/Rick
* Enrique
* Enzo
* Ernest/Ernie
* Esteban
* Ezra
* Fabio
* Faruq/Farouq
* Fernando
* Ferris
* Filippo
* Finn
* Flint
* Floyd
* Forrest
* Francisco/Chico
* Franco
* Franklin
* Frederick/Fred
* Fritz
* Gabriel
* Gage
* Galen
* Gareth
* Garth
* Genaro/Gennaro
* Gerald/Jerry
* Geraldo
* Gilbert/Gil
* Gilberto/Gil
* Giles/Gilles
* Gino
* Giorgio
* Giovanni
* Giuseppe/Joey
* Grayson/Greyson
* Gus/Augustine
* Guy
* Hakeem
* Halim
* Hamish
* Hamzah
* Harlan
* Harry
* Harrison
* Harvey
* Hassan
* Hayden
* Heath
* Hector
* Helias
* Hendrick/Hendrik
* Herbert/Herb/Herbie
* Hercules/Herc
* Herman
* Homer
* Houston
* Howell/Howie
* Hudson
* Hugh/Huey
* Hugo
* Hussein/Husain
* Ike
* Ilham
* Imani
* Immanuel/Emanuel/Emmanuel/Manny
* Ira
* Irwin
* Ivan
* Jabbar/Jabar
* Jace
* Jack
* Jacques
* Jafar
* Jake
* Jaleel/Jalil
* Jamaal
* Jamar
* Jamison
* Jamel
* Jamil
* Jan
* Jaron
* Jasper
* Javier
* Javon/Jayvaughn
* Jayden/Jaden
* Jean-Luc
* Jean-Paul
* Jeb/Jebediah
* Jed/Jedediah
* Jeremiah/Jerry
* Jermaine
* Jess
* Jet/Jett
* Jethro
* Joaquin
* Joel
* John Paul
* Jonah
* Jonas
* Judd/Jude
* Julian
* Kaden
* Kai
* Kaleel/Kalil
* Kami
* Kareem
* Kaseem/Kasim
* Kaspar/Kasper
* Keegan
* Keenan
* Kelly
* Kelvin
* Kendall
* Kendrick
* Kennan/Kennon
* Kent
* Khalil
* Kiley
* Kim
* Kimo
* Kirby
* Kirk
* Krishna
* Kwame
* Kweisi
* Kya
* Laine/Lane/Layne
* Lamar
* Lamont
* Lane
* LaRon
* Lars
* Lateef
* Leandro
* Leland
* Leon
* Leroy
* Leslie
* Lester/Les
* Levi
* Liam
* Lincoln
* Lloyd
* Lon/Lonnie
* London
* Lorenzo
* Luca/Luka
* Lucius
* Lyle
* Lyman
* Lyndon
* Mackenzie
* Mahmoud
* Malik
* Mansoor/Mansur
* Marcos
* Mario
* Marquis
* Marshall
* Marvin
* Mason
* Masoud
* Mateo
* Matteo
* Mattheo/Matheo
* Maurice/Morris
* Maximillian/Max
* Mehdi
* Melvin/Mel
* Micah
* Milo
* Mohammed
* Monte/Monty
* Morgan
* Ned
* Nelson
* Nestor
* Neville
* Nico
* Nicola
* Nicolai
* Nigel
* Nikolaus
* Nils/Niels
* Nino
* Noe
* Norman/Norm
* Odin
* Oliver
* Orion
* Orlando
* Oscar
* Pablo
* Palmer
* Paolo
* Paris
* Parker
* Payne
* Percy
* Perry
* Philippe
* Pierce
* Pierre
* Prescott
* Preston/Pres
* Quentin
* Quinton/Quint
* Rafiq
* Raheem/Rahim
* Rajeev/Rajiv
* Raley
* Ralph
* Ramiro
* Randolph
* Rashad/Rashaad
* Rashid/Rasheed
* Raul
* Ravi
* Raymi
* Reagan
* Reese/Reece
* Reginald/Rex/Reggie
* Rembrandt
* Remington
* René
* Riley/Reilly
* Robin
* Rock
* Rocky
* Rodney/Rod
* Roger
* Roland
* Rolando
* Rolly
* Roman
* Romeo
* Ronald/Ron
* Rory
* Roscoe
* Ross
* Royce
* Ruben/Reuben
* Rudolph/Rudolf/Rudy
* Salvador/Sal
* Sameer/Samir
* Sancho
* Sanjay
* Santiago
* Saul
* Sawyer
* Sebastian/Sebi
* Sergio
* Shad
* Shannon
* Shareef/Sharif
* Shea
* Sheldon
* Sherman/Sherm
* Shervin
* Sidney/Sydney/Sid
* Silas
* Sky
* Slade
* Smash
* Socrates
* Solomon
* Stefano/Stephano
* Stone
* Storm
* Stuart/Stewart
* Sulaiman
* Sven
* Tahj
* Tal
* Tanner
* Tariq
* Tate
* Tawfiq
* Telly
* Teo
* Terrell
* Thaddeus/Tad
* Trace
* Tracy
* Trenton/Trent
* Tucker/Tuck
* Tully
* Turner
* Tyson/Ty
* Van
* Vance
* Vernon/Vern
* Vikram
* Virgil
* Wade
* Walker
* Walter/Walt
* Ward
* Warren
* Webster
* Wendell
* Weston/Wes
* William/Will
* Whitney/Whit
* Wilfredo
* Wyatt
* Xavier
* Zachariah/Zach
* Zane
* Zeke
* Zephyr

## Unusual names

* Abbott
* Abednego
* Abelard
* Abiel
* Ack
* Acton
* Adalbert
* Addison
* Adelard
* Adiel
* Adley
* Adlin
* Adriel
* Adrin
* Agrippa
* Ahab
* Ainsley
* Ajax
* Alaska
* Alden
* Alder
* Aldo
* Aldon
* Aldous
* Alfie
* Algernon
* Alick
* Aloysius
* Alphonse
* Alston
* Alton
* Alvery
* Alvis
* Ammon
* Andreus
* Andri
* Andrue
* Ansel
* Arcadio
* Arec
* Aren
* Argus
* Armand
* Arundel
* Asa
* Ashby
* Ashleigh
* Ashon
* Audie
* Audiffredy
* Aurelian
* Auran
* Authen
* Avalon
* Ayman
* Bailey
* Bainbridge
* Baljeet
* Bane
* Banner
* Barney
* Baron
* Barrett
* Barrington
* Barrow
* Bartholomew
* Baryt
* Beauregarde
* Beavis
* Beckam/Beck
* Beckham/Beck
* Beckett
* Belnar
* Belvin
* Benson
* Bentley
* Benton
* Benz
* Benzer
* Bertan
* Bertram
* Bink
* Birney
* Birtle
* Bishop
* Bix
* Blain
* Boaz
* Bohden
* Bon
* Booker
* Boston
* Bosworth
* Brainard
* Bramm
* Brayden
* Breaden
* Brecken
* Brenner
* Brentland
* Briar
* Brij
* Broden
* Brodin
* Bronce
* Brooks
* Brutus
* Bryson
* Bud
* Buford
* Bunker
* Burl
* Burton
* Buxton
* Cabell
* Caesar
* Cage
* Cairo
* Caldwell
* Calhoun
* Camden
* Camdon
* Canaan
* Canberra
* Canen
* Cannon
* Carldrick
* Carlisle
* Carys
* Case
* Cass
* Cassiel
* Cater
* Cathal
* Cavanough
* Cayd
* Cepheus
* Chadoe
* Chadwick
* Chancellor
* Chanton
* Chapman
* Charlen
* Charleston
* Chasen
* Chaylor
* Chirag
* Christopherus
* Cicero
* Cirq
* Cisco
* Claiborne
* Clarus
* Claudian
* Cleisthenes
* Cleon
* Climacus
* Clitus
* Clovis
* Colorado
* Concordius
* Connon
* Conlan
* Contardo
* Conway
* Conwell
* Cooper
* Cord
* Cordell
* Cordova
* Cork
* Cornell
* Cosby
* Cosmos
* Courtland
* Courtney
* Covert
* Crispus
* Crittenden
* Critty
* Cupid
* Cuthbert
* Cyle
* Dabney
* Dagget
* Dagwood
* Dameon
* Dana
* Danion
* Dardanos
* Daris
* Darragh
* Dartagnan
* Darwin
* Dash
* David
* Davidson
* Davin
* Davith
* Dax
* Daxton
* Dayton
* Dayv
* Dedrick
* Deion
* Delbert
* Delmer
* Demon
* Dennerio
* Dentury
* Denuel
* Denver
* Derry
* Desi
* Desiderius
* Destin
* Digby
* Digger
* Dijon
* Dilbert
* Dillard
* Dionysius
* Dodo
* Donato
* Donking
* Dorian
* Dossie
* Dotson
* Draco
* Drai
* Drogo
* Dru
* Duriel
* Duwayne
* Eason
* Easton
* Eaton
* Edwin
* Elbert
* Eldon
* Eldred
* Eleazar
* Eliezer
* Elmer
* Elmo
* Elsdon
* Elvin
* Elwood
* Emerson
* Engelbert
* Englebert
* Ennis
* Erza
* Ephan
* Eros
* Errol
* Erroll
* Ervin
* Erwan
* Eustace
* Ezekiel
* Farley
* Faron
* Favian
* Ferdinand
* Filbert
* Fisher
* Fitch
* Flame
* Foster
* Fox
* Freeman
* Friday
* Frost
* Fructosius
* Galloway
* Gamaliel
* Garfield
* Garland
* Garlon
* Garnett
* Garrick
* Garroth
* Gatlin
* Gaylord
* Gehrig
* Godfrey
* Grady
* Granite
* Gray
* Grey
* Greydon
* Griswold
* Grover
* Guy Edward
* Hadley
* Haight
* Halston
* Ham
* Han
* Harlen
* Harris
* Hart
* Hartley
* Hawke
* Hayes
* Haynes
* Hayson
* Hayward
* Heathcliff
* Henner
* Herberth
* Herwick
* Heyward
* Heywood
* Hobart
* Holden
* Hollis
* Horton
* Hospatio
* Huett
* Humphrey
* Humps
* Huntley
* Hurricane
* Huxley
* Hyland
* Icarus
* Ichabod
* Iggy
* Innocent
* Iowa
* Irelan
* Irvin
* Ishmael
* Iziah
* Iziah Edouard
* Jabin
* Jacari
* Jack Ross
* Jagger
* Jaime Ali
* Jaimie
* Jamar
* Jameson
* Jamyron
* Japheth
* Jarek
* Jarvis
* Jaspiern
* Javert
* Jaxton
* Jaxxon
* Jaymes
* Jay Paul
* Jayceon
* Jayson
* Jaython
* Jayvion
* Jaz
* Jeacock
* Jeff Anthony
* Jem
* Jensen
* Jericho
* Jersey
* Jeumol
* Joacin
* Joad
* Joby
* Jodocus
* Johano
* Johnathan
* John John
* John Lee
* John Cena
* Johnson
* Jomario
* Jonatan
* Jon Marc
* Joseph Ryan
* Joshuah
* Judah
* Judas
* Jude
* Juston
* Justus
* Kade
* Kairo
* Kaiser
* Kalin
* Kansy
* Kase
* Kaymon
* Kazel
* Kedric
* Kedrick
* Kehre
* Keifer
* Kel
* Kelan
* Kelton
* Kennesaw
* Kenton
* Kid
* Kidd
* Kiefer
* Kiev
* Killian
* Kilroy
* King
* Kipland
* Kipling
* Kirkland
* Kirklin
* Knox
* Kole
* Kyrin
* Kyron
* Langley
* Lanny
* Lap
* Laramie
* Lawson
* Lazarus
* LeBaron
* Lee Roy
* Legend
* Leopold
* Leviticus
* Lex
* Link
* Linwood
* Lithium
* Livan
* Logan James
* Loren
* Lorin
* Lorne
* Lover
* Lowell
* Lucian
* Luck
* Ludis
* Lunden
* Lydel
* Lymphoid
* Lyndsey
* Mackay
* Manassas
* Maneill
* Manfred
* Manley
* Marcian
* Marlon
* Marlowe
* Mathan
* Matthews
* Matwain
* Maxton
* Maynard
* McKinley
* McScott
* Mecole
* Mei
* Melanchthon
* Melchizedek
* Melville
* Merle
* Merlin
* Merritt
* Merton
* Merv
* Mervin
* Merwyn
* Meshach
* Micahel
* Michael James
* Migh
* Mikal
* Milford
* Milhouse
* Millard
* Mize
* Monroe
* Montana
* Moore
* Morley
* Morton
* Murgatroyd
* Myron
* Nahum
* Napoleon
* Narcissus
* Nash
* Newt
* Newton
* Nicephorus
* Nicodemus
* Nikolao
* Nimrod
* Noah Bryce
* Nobert
* Nobie
* Norris
* Norton
* Norval
* Norville
* Numps
* Oder
* Odor
* Omar Jesús
* O’Mead
* Omer
* Omni
* Ontario
* Onyx
* Orson
* Orwell
* Othniel
* Painter
* Paras
* Parrish
* Parrott
* Parth
* Patrick Henry
* Patton/Pat
* Paxton
* Pearson
* Pickford
* Poindexter
* Pollard
* Polyeuctus
* Porter
* Prabhdev
* Primus
* Prince
* Princeton
* Proctor
* Quaterius
* Quincy
* Quinlan
* Quinn
* Quintin
* Quirt
* Raleigh
* Raynell
* Reamer
* Red
* Redrick
* Reef
* Reen
* Reginel
* Relix
* Renton
* Rexford
* Reyes
* Rezon
* Rhett
* Richmond
* Ridge
* Ridley
* Rigden
* Roark
* Robert Jay
* Rocket
* Roderick
* Rodolfo
* Roe
* Rollin
* Roosevelt
* Roper
* Roxbury
* Rulon
* Rulx
* Rush
* Russet
* Rusty James
* Rutherford
* Ryal
* Ryder
* Rylan
* Ryland
* Sage
* Salathiel
* Salem
* San Juan
* Satchel
* Savikar
* Sefton
* Senna
* Seymour
* Shade
* Shale
* Shandon
* Shavar
* Sheaffer
* Sherlock
* Shitrai
* Sisko
* Slate
* Slyder
* Sonji
* Speed
* Spicer
* Spike
* Stacius
* Stacy
* Standish
* Stanford
* Stanislas
* Stanton
* Starling
* Steehl
* Stenson
* Stephon
* Sterling
* Stetson
* Stevan
* Stevenson
* Steward
* Strom
* Stupen
* Swithin
* Symmachus
* Tabio
* Talbot
* Talmadge
* Taurus
* Tenley
* Tenner
* Terry Allen
* Texas
* Thaxton
* Thorne
* Thurman
* Turdd
* Till
* Tilly Willy
* Timaeus/Timeus
* Timmothy
* Tince
* Tirqueon
* Tirrell
* Tisign
* Tomen
* Tor
* Torey
* Torrance
* Tragedy
* Tramone
* Trask
* Travell
* Traver
* Travien
* Tree
* Tremaine
* Tristan Kyle
* Tristran
* Tryce
* Tustin
* Ty Kurt
* Tyler Frank
* Tyray
* Tyrus
* Ulysses
* Upton
* Utah
* Uzziah
* Val
* Valiant
* Van Buren
* Vensley
* Vere
* Vibson
* Vicson
* Ville
* Vinson
* Vitus
* Waldo
* Walton
* Walyn
* Warner
* Wayland
* Waylon
* Weldon
* Wells
* Weseley
* Westerly
* Westly
* Whitby
* Whitley
* Wilbert
* Wilbur
* Wilburn
* Wilkin
* Williams
* Winthrop
* Wolfgang
* Woodrow
* Worth
* Wylie
* Xeno
* Yale
* Yelberton
* Yoni
* York
* Yoftae
* Zaki
* Zander
* Zechariah
* Zell
* Zelman
* Zephaniah
* Zitner
* Zuriel
* Zurishaddai