If you love whimsical boy names then you’re in the right place!
A whimsical name is playful, fun and enchanting. It may also have connections to nature or be a name that’s taken from an actual word.
The word whimsical means playfully quaint, but the word also inspires mystical and magical meaning.
If you love boho hippie names, or unique and unusual names then I think you will adore these cool whimsical boy names!
I’ve got over 150 ideas plus their meanings for you to check out!
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Cool whimsical boy names & meanings
Acacius -meaning thorny.
Aire – meaning air or love.
Ari– meaning lion of God.
Arthur – meaning bear.
Ash– English origin- meaning ash tree.
Aspen– Nature and place name.
Barnaby – meaning son of consolation.
Barrett– meaning bear strength.
Baz– meaning regal.
Beach– after the sandy, or stony, place by the sea.
Bear– meaning bear.
Beckett– meaning beehive.
Benno– meaning bear.
Birch– a tree name.
Branch – a cute word name meaning branch.
Brock – meaning badger.
Buzz – meaning village in the woods.
Byron – meaning barn for cows.
Calix– meaning Chalice.
Callum– meaning dove.
Canyon– meaning white.
Caspian– meaning white.
Cato – meaning all-knowing
Cedar– meaning cedar tree.
Cedric – meaning kindly and loved.
Colin– meaning pup.
Colt– meaning young horse.
Conan– meaning little wolf.
Connor– meaning lover of hounds.
Corbin– meaning crow.
Cornelius – meaning horn.
Cotton– word name.
Crane– meaning crane.
Dove– meaning dove, a bird.
Drake– meaning dragon, male duck.
Dune– A nature baby name meaning sandy hill.
Dylan– meaning son of the sea.
Ellery– meaning descendant of Hilary.
Elio – meaning the sun.
Elm– meaning tree.
Falcon– after the bird of prey
Field– meaning field
Finch– meaning to swindle.
Finn– meaning fair or white.
Finnegan – meaning fair or white.
Fisher– meaning fisherman.
Flint– meaning born near outcrop of flint.
Florian– meaning flowering.
Forrest/Forest– meaning dweller near the woods.
Fox– after the fox
Frost– meaning freezing.
Garance– the name of a plant in France and also a deep red colour.
Gardener– meaning keeper of the garden.
Garland – meaning wreath.
Gavin– meaning white hawk.
Grover– meaning lives near a grove of trees.
Gwydion– meaning born of trees.
Hart– meaning stag.
Hawk– meaning bird.
Hawthorne– meaning lives where hawthorn hedges grow.
Heron– meaning hero.
Hollis– meaning near the holly bushes.
Huck – a short form of Huckleberry.
Indigo– meaning Indian dye.
Jaguar– after the big cat.
Jesper – meaning king of the treasure.
Jet– meaning black stone.
Jonah– meaning dove.
Jupiter– after the planet.
Kai– meaning sea.
Kamal– meaning lotus; perfect, perfection.
Keats – meaning kite. Also after the poet.
Koa– meaning warrior.
Laith– meaning lion or wet.
Land– meaning long hill.
Laramie– meaning canopy of leafy boughs.
Leaf– a cool nature name.
Lennox– meaning elm grove.
Leo– meaning lion.
Lev– meaning heart; lion.
Lionel– meaning young lion.
Linus – meaning flax.
Lonan– meaning blackbird.
Lowell– meaning young wolf.
Lynx– meaning lynx – a big cat.
Malek– meaning sovereign.
Marlow– meaning driftwood.
Mars– after the planet and the god of war in Roman mythology.
Marshall– meaning one who looks after horses.
Mercury– meaning Roman messenger god.
Merlin– meaning sea fortress.
Morgan– meaning sea-born.
Moss– meaning descendant of Moses.
Murphy– meaning sea warrior.
Nash– meaning by the ash tree.
Neptune– after the planet.
Nevada– meaning covered in snow.
Nir– meaning plowed field.
Oak– meaning tree.
Oberon– meaning noble, bearlike.
Ocean– meaning sea.
Oisin– meaning little deer.
Oliver– meaning olive tree.
Onyx– after the precious stone.
Orion– meaning great hunter.
Orson– meaning bear cub.
Oscar– meaning God spear.
Percival – meaning pierce the vale.
Peregrine– meaning traveler, pilgrim.
Perrin – meaning rock.
Perry– meaning dweller near a pear tree.
Perseus– after the hero in Greek mythology.
Phelan– meaning wolf.
Philip– meaning lover of horses.
Phineas – meaning serpent’s mouth.
Phoenix– meaning dark red.
Pike– meaning fish.
Pine– meaning tree.
Poe– meaning peacock.
Quarry– meaning deep pit.
Quaid – meaning noble or proud.
Rafe– meaning wolf-counsel.
Rafferty– meaning abundance, prosperity.
Raleigh– meaning meadow of roe deer.
Raul– meaning wolf counsel.
Reef– meaning underwater habitat.
Rhodes– meaning where roses grow.
Ridge– meaning mountain crest.
River– a cool nature name.
Roam – meaning to wander.
Robin– meaning bright fame.
Rocky– meaning rock or rest.
Rollo– meaning wolf.
Ronan– meaning little seal.
Roscoe– meaning deer forest.
Rowen– meaning rowan tree; little redhead.
Sage– meaning wise and knowing.
Salmon– meaning fish.
Silas – meaning forest.
Sky– meaning sky.
Slate– meaning grey or rock.
Sorrel– meaning reddish-brown.
Soren – meaning stern or strict.
Spruce– also the name of a tree.
Stone– a cool nature and word name.
Storm– meaning storm.
Sylvan– meaning wood, forest.
Tamir– meaning owner of many palm trees.
Thorn– meaning prickle.
Tiberius– meaning of the Tiber.
Tide– meaning rhythm of the ocean.
Tiger– after the big cat.
Timber– meaning wood.
Tobias – meaning god is good.
Triton– a name from Greek mythology.
Trout– Word name.
Truett – meaning river bend.
Urso– meaning bear.
Vale– meaning lives in the valley.
Vered– meaning rose.
Vicus– meaning village or street.
Vine– meaning green foliage.
Wade– meaning at the river crossing.
Wilder – meaning untamed.
Witt – meaning white hair.
Wolf– meaning wolf.
Wren– a unisex name meaning small bird.
Yale – meaning fertile upland.
Yarrow– meaning rough stream.
Yves– meaning yew wood.
Zayne – meaning beauty or grace.
Zephyr – meaning west wind.
Zeren– after the antelope.
Zev– meaning wolf.
York – after the city in England.
Zuma– meaning peace.
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