Random Boy Name Generator

Ways to use this list

• Expecting a boy: spin the full list for fresh ideas, then press UK favourites or US favourites to see which names you would hear on every playground.
• Story writing: match a name to a character's home, so the boy in Accra might be Kwame and the twins in Seville might be Diego and Joaquín.
• Alphabetical order practice: spin ten names, write them on the board, and ask the class to sort them A to Z as fast as they can.
• Name chain at game night: spin a starting name, then each player says a boy's name beginning with the last letter of the previous one.

Press Spin the wheel, tap the game or press the Space bar. Change the list in the box as you like: add your own, delete what doesn't suit you, or write *2 after an entry to give it double the chance. The game buttons switch the same list to a duck race, hat, claw machine and more.

The full list (64 entries)

• Muhammad – Arabic, "praised"
• Noah – Hebrew, "rest"
• Oliver – French, linked to the olive tree
• George – Greek, "farmer"
• Leo – Latin, "lion"
• Arthur – old British, roots debated
• Oscar – Irish
• Theodore – Greek
• Freddie – short for Frederick (German)
• Archie – short for Archibald (Scottish)
• Henry – German roots, via French
• Alfie – short for Alfred (Old English)
• Liam – Irish, short for William
• James – Hebrew, via Latin
• Elijah – Hebrew
• Mateo – Spanish form of Matthew
• Lucas – Latin form of Luke
• William – German roots, via Norman French
• Benjamin – Hebrew
• Levi – Hebrew
• Sebastian – Greek, via Latin
• Jack – English, from John
• Ezra – Hebrew, "help"
• Owen – Welsh
• Arjun – India
• Aarav – India
• Vihaan – India
• Kabir – India
• Rohan – India
• Haruto – Japan
• Ren – Japan, can mean "lotus"
• Sota – Japan
• Min-jun – Korea
• Ji-ho – Korea
• Wei – China
• Hao – China
• Kwame – Ghana (Akan), born on a Saturday
• Kofi – Ghana (Akan), born on a Friday
• Chidi – Nigeria (Igbo)
• Emeka – Nigeria (Igbo)
• Sipho – South Africa (Zulu), "gift"
• Thabo – South Africa (Sotho), "joy"
• Santiago – Spain and Latin America
• Diego – Spain and Latin America
• Joaquín – Spain and Latin America
• Luca – Italy
• Matteo – Italy
• Hugo – France and Spain
• Lukas – Germany and Austria
• Jonas – Germany and Scandinavia
• Lars – Scandinavia
• Finn – Ireland and Scandinavia
• Omar – Arabic
• Yusuf – Arabic and Turkish
• Emre – Turkey
• Tane – New Zealand (Māori)
• Edward – Old English
• Thomas – Aramaic, "twin"
• Charles – German roots, "free man"
• Samuel – Hebrew
• Daniel – Hebrew
• Joseph – Hebrew
• Alexander – Greek, "defender of people"
• Harry – English form of Henry

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