Fairies show up in the folklore of nearly every culture, and the male ones are rarely the delicate type. The 100 fairy boy names below come from Greek and Norse mythology, Irish and Welsh legend, Shakespeare, Tolkien, Tinker Bell and three Pokemon.
Each entry carries its origin, meaning, pronunciation and current U.S. standing from Social Security Administration birth records. Thirty-four of these names are too rare for the SSA to publish at all, because the federal file leaves out any name given to fewer than five babies in a year (1). Only one name on this list, Archer, is still inside the U.S. top 100.
Whether you want something elegant or rugged, innocent or mischievous, there is a name here for your little pixie.
Popularity at a Glance
The most popular names on this list in the United States, 1965 to 2025: Archer, Sage, Peter, Derek and Preston.
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Aeacus
In Greek mythology, Aeacus was a mortal son of Zeus who was given a place among the judges of the underworld after his death. The name itself traces to the Greek verb aisso, to dart, to run, to shoot. That sense of quick movement carries through to Aiakos and Eacus, the Greek-spelled variations some parents prefer.
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: To dart, to run
- Pronunciation: EE-uh-kuhs
- Variations: Eacus, Aiakos
- Popularity: Too rare for the SSA’s published U.S. data, which lists only names given to at least five babies in a year.
Aeden
Aeden is an Anglicized form of Aodhan, an Old Irish name built on Aed, little fire. It sits in a crowded family of spellings, from Aidan and Aiden to Ayden and Adin, so expect to repeat yourself at the doctor’s office. The fire meaning gives a soft, modern name some heat, which suits a fairy boy with a temper and a laugh in the same minute.
- Origin: English, Irish
- Meaning: Little fire
- Pronunciation: AY-dahn
- Variations: Aidan, Aiden, Aydan, Ayden, Aden, Aidyn, Adan, Adin, Adyn, Aydenn
- Popularity: Aeden ranked #6,153 in the U.S. in 2025, down from a peak of #1,565 in 2008. Its use over the last 10 years of births fell about 63% against the 10 years before them.
Aengus
Aengus comes from the Old Irish Oengus, from oen (one) and guss (force, strength). In Irish mythology he is the god of youth, love, summer and poetry, which is a rare combination for a name this sturdy. Angus and Aonghus are the spellings most people will recognize. Aengus suits a boy whose imagination runs ahead of him.
- Origin: Irish
- Meaning: One strength
- Pronunciation: ANG-guhs
- Variations: Angus, Aonghus
- Namesakes: Aengus Ó Snodaigh, an Irish Sinn Féin politician, author and historian.
- Popularity: Aengus ranked #10,722 in the U.S. in 2025, well below its peak of #4,704 in 2014.
Aeon
Aeon carries the weight of a very long time. The Greek word behind it covers eternity, an age, and the force that keeps a thing alive, and it served as another name for Chronos, the god of time. Set against the softer picks on this list, Aeon reads cool and a little severe, one to consider if you want a fairy name with no whimsy at all in the sound.
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: Eternity
- Pronunciation: EE-ahn
- Popularity: Aeon ranked #8,264 in the U.S. in 2025. It has appeared in the federal data since 1995 and peaked at #5,556 in 2016.
Aether
Aether is the Latinized form of the Greek aither, ether or heaven, which grew out of aitho, to burn or to ignite. In Greek mythology Aether was the god of the bright upper air, the clear light the gods breathed. It is airy without being fragile, and the spelling gives it an antique polish. A good match for a boy who is happiest up a tree.
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: Ether, heaven
- Pronunciation: EE-thr
- Variations: Aither
- Popularity: Aether ranked #10,725 in the U.S. in 2025, well below its peak of #7,272 in 2024.
Alberich
Alberich pairs the Old German alb (elf) with rih (king). The meaning is elf king, about as on-theme as a fairy name gets. In the German epic the Nibelungenlied, Alberich is a dwarf with the strength of twelve men and a cloak that hides him from sight. The name works for any small magical creature you can think of, elf, dwarf or fairy. Alberic trims a syllable if the full version feels like a lot.
- Origin: Germanic
- Meaning: Elf king
- Pronunciation: AL-buh-rik
- Variations: Alberic
- Popularity: Alberich has no U.S. ranking on record, since the federal file leaves out any name given to fewer than five babies in a year.
Alfrigg
Alfrigg joins the Old Norse alfr (elf) with freginn (experienced), giving an elf who has seen a few things; Alfrikr is the older spelling of the same name. In Norse mythology, Alfrigg was one of the four dwarfs who forged Freya’s necklace, the Brisingamen. It is a maker’s name, well suited to a boy who takes his toys apart to see how they work.
- Origin: Norse
- Meaning: Experienced elf
- Pronunciation: AL-frig
- Variations: Alfríkr
- Popularity: Unrecorded in the SSA’s U.S. birth data, which publishes a name only once it reaches five births in a year.
Alvar
Alvar comes from the Old Norse Alfarr, from alfr (elf) and herr (army, warrior). In Norse myth the Alfar were a tribe of spirits ruled by the god Freyr, so the name arrives with an entire people behind it. The best known modern bearer is the Finnish architect and designer Alvar Aalto, and Alvar is one of the strongest male fae names here, plain-spoken and built to last.
- Origin: Norse
- Meaning: Elf warrior
- Pronunciation: AL-vaa, AL-var
- Variations: Alfher
- Namesakes: Alvar Aalto, a Finnish architect and designer whose career spanned from the 1920s to the 1970s.
- Popularity: Alvar last appeared in the U.S. data at #10,721 in 2015, after peaking at #1,870 in 1914.
Alwyn
Alwyn grew out of Alwen (still there if you want the original), a river in northern Wales, and the water still shows in the sound. The wyn ending is unmistakably Welsh, which gives an already gentle name a lilt. Sir Alwyn Williams, the Welsh geologist who led the University of Glasgow, is the notable bearer. It suits a pixie boy who would rather be outside than anywhere else.
- Origin: Welsh
- Meaning: Elf friend
- Pronunciation: AL-win
- Variations: Alwen
- Namesakes: Sir Alwyn Williams, a Welsh geologist who was Principal of the University of Glasgow from 1976 to 1988.
- Popularity: Alwyn ranked #6,467 in the U.S. in 2025, well below its peak of #1,652 in 1918.
Archer
Archer is the only name here still inside the U.S. top 100, ranked #98 in 2025. It comes straight from the English occupational surname for a bowman, and it has been climbing for years. The theatrical agent and producer Archer King carried it before the current wave. For a small fairy warrior with a stick and a good aim, nothing else on the list comes close.
- Origin: English
- Meaning: Bowman
- Pronunciation: AHR-chahr
- Namesakes: Archer King, an American theatrical agent, producer, and actor.
- Popularity: Archer ranked #98 in the U.S. in 2025, its highest placement on record and the only name on this list still inside the top 100 (2).
Arsenio
Arsenio is the Spanish and Italian form of Arsenius, a Greek name tied to a fifth-century saint who tutored the sons of the Roman emperor Theodosius. The meaning, virile, speaks to strength rather than size, which is a useful thing in a fairy. Comedian Arsenio Hall gave the name its late-night moment. Arsenios and Arsenius are the older forms. It rolls off the tongue in a way few of these names manage.
- Origin: Spanish, Italian, Greek
- Meaning: Virile
- Pronunciation: ar-SEH-nyo
- Variations: Arsenios, Arsenius
- Namesakes: Arsenio Hall, an American comedian and actor who hosted the late-night talk show, The Arsenio Hall Show from 1989 until 1994 and again from 2013 to 2014.
- Popularity: Arsenio ranked #5,633 in the U.S. in 2025, well below its peak of #479 in 1989.
Ash
Ash works for nature lovers twice over. One reading is the tree, the other what a fire leaves behind. That double meaning is the appeal, soft and green on one side, warm and gritty on the other. It also serves as a short form of Ashton or Ashley if you want a longer name on the birth certificate. Ash suits a small boy with a personality several sizes larger.
- Origin: English
- Meaning: Ash tree clearing
- Pronunciation: ASH
- Popularity: By 2025, Ash had slipped to #1,177 nationally, well off the #1,064 peak it hit in 2023.
Asterius
Asterius comes from the Greek asterios, starry, and it sounds it. In Greek mythology, Asterius was a commander of the Cretans who fought alongside the god Dionysus in the Indian War. Saint Asterius of Amasea, a bishop in what is now Turkey, carried it into the Christian era. It is a lot of name for a small person, which is rather the point. Asterios is the Greek spelling.
- Origin: Latin, Greek
- Meaning: Starry
- Pronunciation: as-TEAR-ee-us
- Variations: Asterios
- Namesakes: Saint Asterius of Amasea, a Bishop of Amasea, Turkey between 380 and 390 CE.
- Popularity: Too rare for the SSA’s published U.S. data, which lists only names given to at least five babies in a year.
Auberon
In the thirteenth-century French epic Huon of Bordeaux, Auberon is a dwarf king who hands his mortal friend Huon a set of magical gifts and sends him off into trouble. The origin of the name is uncertain, which somehow suits a character who appears out of the woods and vanishes again. Auberon is unusual without being strange. Give it to a boy who is always halfway out the door on his next adventure.
- Origin: French
- Meaning: Unknown
- Pronunciation: AW-bahr-ahn
- Popularity: Auberon last appeared in the U.S. data at #12,534 in 2022, after peaking at #9,814 in 2021.
Azurill
Azurill belongs to a small blue mouse-like Pokemon introduced in Generation III. It is an easy win with fans. The name draws on the Japanese ruri, which points to lapis lazuli, the deep blue stone. As an invented name it carries no history, so your son gets to set the tone himself. Cute, short and blue-eyed by association.
- Origin: Invented
- Meaning: Lapis lazuli
- Pronunciation: uh-ZUR-uhl
- Popularity: Unrecorded in the SSA’s U.S. birth data, which publishes a name only once it reaches five births in a year.
Balthazar
Balthazar is strange and grand at once, best known as one of the wise men who visited the newborn Jesus. It has a magical second life too, as the sorcerer in Disney’s 2010 film The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Actor Balthazar Getty made his debut as Ralph in Lord of the Flies. Baltazar and Balthasar are the trimmer spellings, and Belshazzar is the biblical original. Perhaps your Balthazar will turn out to have a little magic of his own.
- Origin: Hebrew, Akkadian
- Meaning: Bel protects the king
- Pronunciation: BAL-thah-zahr
- Variations: Belshazzar, Baltazar, Balthasar
- Namesakes: Balthazar Getty, an American actor and musician who made his acting debut as Ralph in Lord of the Flies (1990).
- Popularity: Balthazar ranked #9,824 in the U.S. in 2025. It has appeared in the federal data since 2001 and peaked at #5,764 in 2014.
Basil
Basil comes from the Greek basileios, from basileus, king, though most English speakers meet it first in the herb drawer. Disney used it for a green earth sprite in the children’s show Johnny and the Sprites, which is about as fairy as a name can get without trying. Saint Basil the Great, a fourth-century bishop, anchors the serious side. It is earthy, green and quietly regal.
- Origin: Greek, English, Arabic
- Meaning: King, brave
- Pronunciation: BAZ-ahl, BA-seel
- Namesakes: Saint Basil the Great, a 4th-century bishop and early proponent of the Christian church.
- Popularity: Basil ranked #2,022 in the U.S. in 2025, well below its peak of #339 in 1915.
Blaze
Blaze is a modern respelling of Blaise, the older, quieter form, which came from the Latin blaesus, lisping. Almost nobody chooses it for that reason. The draw is the English word, a fire burning hard and fast, and the name delivers exactly that. It is the pick for a boy with a short fuse and a big heart.
- Origin: English, Roman, Latin
- Meaning: Blaze, lisping
- Pronunciation: BLEHZ
- Variations: Blaise
- Popularity: Blaze ranked #781 in the U.S. in 2025, close to its peak of #707 in 2015.
Bolt
Bolt turns up in Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure as a minor pixie character, which is where most parents will have met it. The word itself covers a bar, an arrow and a flash of lightning, and the last one is doing the work here. It is short, loud, impossible to misspell, and about as good a fit as a fast little fairy could ask for.
- Origin: English
- Meaning: Bar, arrow
- Pronunciation: BOHLT
- Popularity: Bolt charted once, at #11,013 in 2023.
Brightkin
In William Allingham’s Songs, Ballads, and Stories, Prince Brightkin is a fairy knight who falls in love with the Lady of Elfen-Mere. The name reads exactly as it is built, bright kin, and it belongs entirely to the page rather than to any birth records. Nobody will have heard it before, which is either the appeal or the problem. For a bookish boy with a stubborn streak, it fits.
- Origin: Literature
- Meaning: Bright kin
- Pronunciation: BRIGHT-kin
- Popularity: Brightkin stays below the SSA’s publication line of five births a year, so there is no U.S. rank to report.
Brokk
Brokk means badger in Old Norse, and the dwarf who carried it in Norse mythology was every bit as dogged. With his brother Sindri he forged some of the most powerful objects the gods owned, from ships to spears. It is a blunt, two-consonant name with nothing decorative about it. Brokkr is the fuller Norse form. Give it to a boy whose magic turns out to be patience.
- Origin: Norse
- Meaning: Badger
- Pronunciation: BROCK-er
- Variations: Brokkr
- Popularity: Too rare for the SSA’s published U.S. data, which lists only names given to at least five babies in a year.
Clank
Clank is a friendly sparrow man, which is to say a male fairy. He is the resident tinker in the 2008 film Tinker Bell. The word is pure sound, the noise metal makes when it hits the floor. As a name it is silly in the best way and impossible to say quietly. It suits a boy who is loud, cheerful and permanently covered in something.
- Origin: English
- Meaning: Sharp sound
- Pronunciation: KLANGK
- Popularity: Clank has no U.S. ranking on record, since the federal file leaves out any name given to fewer than five babies in a year.
Claude
Claude is an elegant unisex name that has been in steady use in France since the Middle Ages. It belongs to Saint Claude of Besancon and to the painter Claude Monet, who founded impressionism, so the name arrives with both a church and a gallery attached. Claude Crane is a male fairy in The Southern Vampire Mysteries. Claud and Claudie are the shorter spellings. It sounds like a boy who is wise beyond his years, whether or not he is.
- Origin: French, English, Roman
- Meaning: Lame
- Pronunciation: KLOD, KLAWD
- Variations: Claudie, Claud
- Namesakes: Claude Monet, a French painter and founder of impressionist painting.
- Popularity: Claude ranked #3,044 in the U.S. in 2025, well below its peak of #88 in 1913.
Clover
Clover is a wildflower name and a plain-spoken one, the sort you find underfoot rather than in a florist’s window. It reads unisex, young and cheerful, and it needs no explanation at all. Every child eventually goes looking for the four-leafed kind. For a fairy living at the edge of a meadow, the name is already home.
- Origin: English
- Meaning: Clover
- Pronunciation: KLO-vahr
- Popularity: Clover ranked #517 in the U.S. in 2025, its highest placement on record.
Collin
Devon and the New Forest have a long tradition of pixie stories, small men with pale skin and round ears who can change their height at will. Gran Collin is their king, a giant fairy far larger than any human. That folklore gives an ordinary-sounding name an unexpected second life. Collin Peterson, the Minnesota congressman, is the modern bearer, and Colin is the tidier spelling. Your Collin can rule whatever he likes.
- Origin: English
- Meaning: Victory of the people
- Pronunciation: KOL-in, KAHL-in
- Variations: Colin
- Namesakes: Collin Peterson, an American politician who served as Minnesota’s 7th congressional representative from 1991 to 2021.
- Popularity: Collin ranked #493 in the U.S. in 2025. It has appeared in the federal data since 1895 and peaked at #115 in 1996.
Colman
Colman is a diminutive of Colm and belongs to a long line of Irish saints, which gives it a settled, well-worn feel. In The Southern Vampire Mysteries, Colman is a fairy and the lover of the fairy godmother Claudine Crane. Coleman is the spelling most Americans will reach for first, and the name is wholesome without being soft, sounding like something about to be rediscovered.
- Origin: Irish, English
- Meaning: Dove
- Pronunciation: KOWL-man
- Variations: Coleman
- Popularity: Colman’s U.S. rank fell to #9,076 in 2025, a long way from its #1,553 high in 1918.
Corbin
Corbin comes from the French corbeau, raven, and started life as a nickname for someone with raven-black hair; Korbin is the alternate spelling parents sometimes choose. Ravens are complicated birds in folklore, tied to loss, ill omens and second sight all at once. That mix gives a friendly-sounding name a shadow, which is exactly what a fairy name wants. Actor Corbin Bleu carried it through the High School Musical years.
- Origin: French, English
- Meaning: Raven
- Pronunciation: KAWR-bin
- Variations: Korbin
- Namesakes: Corbin Bleu, an American actor and singer known for his role as Chad Danforth in the High School Musical trilogy.
- Popularity: Corbin ranked #512 in the U.S. in 2025, well below its peak of #203 in 2014.
Cornelius
Cornelius comes from the Latin cornu, horn, and it has the length and formality to match. Harry Potter readers will place it instantly as Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic who never quite tells the truth. The first-century Roman soldier Cornelius holds the other half of the name’s history. Cory, Lee and Neil all wait inside it for the days when four syllables feel like too many.
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: Horn
- Pronunciation: cor-NEE-lee-uhs
- Namesakes: Cornelius, a Roman warrior considered by Christians to be the first gentile (AKA non-Jew) to convert to the faith.
- Popularity: Cornelius ranked #1,908 in the U.S. in 2025. It has appeared in the federal data since 1880 and peaked at #226 in 1913.
Cosmo
Cosmo means order, and behind it sits the Greek word for the world and everything in it. Fans of The Fairly OddParents know Cosmo as Timmy Turner’s fairy godfather, which makes this one of the few genuinely famous male fairy names. Cosimo and Cosma are the Italian forms, and the name is celestial without being fussy, well suited to an ambitious boy who aims high.
- Origin: Italian, English, Greek
- Meaning: Order
- Pronunciation: KAHZ-mo
- Variations: Cosimo, Cosma
- Popularity: By 2025, Cosmo had slipped to #1,934 nationally, well off the #933 peak it hit in 1913.
Crow
Crow comes from the Old English crawa and began as a nickname for someone with dark features or a birdlike look. Crows carry a heavy symbolic load, standing for transformation and change in one culture after another. The name is short, blunt and slightly gothic, and it pairs well with softer middle names. Your son may well change a few things himself.
- Origin: English
- Meaning: Crow
- Pronunciation: KROH
- Popularity: Crow ranked #9,911 in the U.S. in 2025, its highest placement on record.
Cymbeline
Cymbeline is Shakespeare’s name for the king of Britain in his 1609 play. It is drawn from the historical Cunobelinus. The meaning, strong hound, is far more rugged than the elegant sound suggests. Cunobelinos and Cunobelinus are the older forms if you want the Roman-era version. It is a majestic, unhurried name for a boy who will not be rushed.
- Origin: Literature
- Meaning: Strong hound
- Pronunciation: SIM-bah-leen
- Variations: Cunobelinos, Cunobelinus
- Popularity: Unrecorded in the SSA’s U.S. birth data, which publishes a name only once it reaches five births in a year.
Cyprian
Cyprian comes from the Roman family name Cyprianus, meaning from Cyprus, with Cyprien and Cipriano as the French and Italian forms. It belongs to the early Christian writer and martyr Saint Cyprian, bishop of Carthage. The name balances strength and whimsy better than most on this list, formal enough for a signature and odd enough for a fairy.
- Origin: Roman
- Meaning: From Cyprus
- Pronunciation: SIP-ree-ahn, TSI-pryan
- Variations: Cyprien, Cipriano
- Namesakes: Cyprian, an early Christian writer and bishop of Carthage.
- Popularity: In 2025 Cyprian sat at #4,425 in the rankings, little changed from #3,921 in 1953.
Damien
Damien is powerful and a little dangerous-sounding, tied to the fourth-century patron saint of physicians. It may descend from Damia, another name for Demeter, the Greek goddess of the harvest. English artist Damien Hirst gave it a modern edge through the 1990s. Damion and Damiaan are the alternate spellings. If your son’s magic turns out to be a green thumb, the name saw it coming.
- Origin: French, Greek
- Meaning: To tame
- Pronunciation: DAY-mee-uhn, DA-MAYEN
- Variations: Damion, Damiaan
- Namesakes: Damien Hirst, an English artist, entrepreneur, and art collector who dominated the art scene in the UK during the 1990s.
- Popularity: Damien ranked #352 in the U.S. in 2025, well below its peak of #161 in 1978.
Daphnis
Daphnis comes from the Greek dafnis, laurel tree. In Greek mythology he is the son of Hermes and a nymph, left beneath a laurel tree by his mother and found there by shepherds, who named him for the tree. Few names come with their own origin story built in, and this soft, unusual pick works well for a boy who disappears into the woods for hours.
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: Laurel tree
- Pronunciation: DAF-niss
- Popularity: Daphnis has no U.S. ranking on record, since the federal file leaves out any name given to fewer than five babies in a year.
Derek
Derek is a modern form of Theodoric, a Gothic name from thiuda (people) and reiks (ruler, king). Its fairy connection is unexpected: in the 2010 film Tooth Fairy, Derek is a minor league hockey player sentenced to a stint as a tooth fairy. Derrick, Derick and Deryck are the other spellings, and Derek Jeter is the bearer most people picture. This is the plainest name on the list, and for some parents that is the whole appeal.
- Origin: English, Gothic
- Meaning: Ruler of the people
- Pronunciation: DEHR-ik
- Variations: Dederick, Derick, Derrick, Deryck
- Namesakes: Derek Sanderson Jeter, an American former professional baseball shortstop, businessman, and baseball executive.
- Popularity: By 2025, Derek had slipped to #284 nationally, well off the #50 peak it hit in 1980.
Dewey
Dewey is a vintage pick with an obvious charm. It sounds exactly like the dew sitting on morning grass. That makes it a natural for a water fairy or a boy born in spring. Dewi is the Welsh spelling behind it. The name has been quiet for decades, which leaves it wide open for anyone who wants something old that nobody else is using.
- Origin: English
- Meaning: Beloved
- Pronunciation: DOO-ee
- Variations: Dewi
- Popularity: Dewey’s U.S. rank fell to #3,870 in 2025, a long way from its #181 high in 1925.
Dillon
Dillon is the less common cousin of Dylan, and its meaning, toward the tide, keeps it near the water. The sound is masculine and a little scuffed, with a hint of rock and roll about it. Dylan and Dillan are the spellings you will spend a lifetime correcting people between. MMA fighter Dillon Danis is the current bearer. It suits a mischievous fairy who bends the rules and grins about it.
- Origin: English
- Meaning: Toward the tide
- Pronunciation: DIL-ahn
- Variations: Dylan, Dillan
- Namesakes: Dillon Danis, an American mixed martial artist competing in the Welterweight division of Bellator MMA.
- Popularity: Dillon ranked #930 in the U.S. in 2025. It has appeared in the federal data since 1892 and peaked at #73 in 1992.
Draco
Draco comes from the Greek drakon, dragon or serpent, and there is no escaping Draco Malfoy for at least another generation. That is not entirely a bad thing, since the name is sharp, aristocratic and just the right amount of trouble. Drakon is the original Greek form. There is no telling what your little Draco will get into, but you will hear about it.
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: Dragon
- Pronunciation: DRAY-ko
- Variations: Drakon
- Popularity: Draco now ranks #1,733 in the U.S. as of 2025, against a #1,208 peak back in 2021.
Drake
Drake is fierce and short, from the Old Norse Draki and Old English Draca, both meaning “dragon.” Despite roots that old, it sounds thoroughly modern, which is a rare trick for a name to pull off. The Canadian rapper Drake has kept it in the air for years. For a fairy with scales rather than wings, it is the obvious choice.
- Origin: English
- Meaning: Dragon
- Pronunciation: DRAYK
- Namesakes: Drake Graham, a Canadian rapper credited for popularizing singing in hip hop.
- Popularity: Drake’s U.S. rank fell to #827 in 2025, a long way from its #196 high in 2010.
Durin
Durin belongs to a long line of dwarf kings in Tolkien’s legendarium, carried through The Rings of Power. Its meaning is unknown, which is fitting for a dynasty that lived under a mountain. Durinn and Dulinn are the Norse spellings behind it, and the name itself is short, warm and easy for a small child to say, more than can be said for most fantasy picks.
- Origin: Germanic, Norse
- Meaning: Unknown
- Pronunciation: DOO-rin
- Variations: Durinn, Dulinn
- Popularity: Durin ranked #12,544 in the U.S. in 2025. It has appeared in the federal data since 2024 and peaked at #11,298 in 2024.
Elm
Elm is a short form of Elmer and a tree name in its own right. In Celtic mythology the elm grew near the passageways to the land of the dead, which gives a plain three-letter name an unexpected depth. Elmo is the fuller spelling if you want more to hold onto. Your son’s spirit will stand tall in this world, and by the old stories, in the next one too.
- Origin: Catalan, English
- Meaning: Elm, helmet, noble and famous
- Pronunciation: ELM
- Variations: Elmo
- Popularity: Elm is too rare to appear in the SSA’s published U.S. data, which only lists names with five or more births in a year.
Elouan
Elouan comes from a Breton word meaning “light.” Breton is a Celtic language, so the name shares an ancestry with Welsh and Cornish rather than with French. It is original without being difficult, and it is a natural pick for a fairy character in Dungeons and Dragons. Your son can carry this magical name out of the game and into the real world.
- Origin: Breton, French
- Meaning: Light
- Pronunciation: EH-luw-en
- Popularity: Elouan’s only appearance in the U.S. data was #12,900 in 2022.
Elrond
Tolkien readers will place Elrond immediately as the elven lord of Rivendell in The Lord of the Rings. In the invented language of Sindarin the name is said to mean star dome, which tilts it toward the sky. As a unique name it comes with a built-in library of stories to grow into, and your fairy boy will shine as brightly as the stars it points at.
- Origin: Literature
- Meaning: Star dome
- Pronunciation: EL-rond
- Popularity: Elrond is unrecorded in the SSA’s U.S. birth data, since the agency only publishes a name once it reaches five births in a year.
Elros
Elros was the brother of Elrond in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, and the two names share their first syllable for a reason. In Sindarin, Elros joins el (star) with ros (polished metal, glitter, foam), giving the foam of stars. It is lighter on the tongue than Elrond and just as strong on the page. A fine name for a fairy king or a fairy warrior.
- Origin: Literature
- Meaning: Foam of stars
- Pronunciation: EL-ros
- Popularity: Elros stays below the SSA’s publication line of five births a year, so there is no U.S. rank to report.
Emrys
Emrys is a Welsh form of Ambrose, and its meaning, immortal, is about as ambitious as a fairy name gets. It belongs to Emrys Wledig, the legendary Romano-British leader who fought the Anglo-Saxon invaders, and to the Welsh critic Emrys ap Iwan. The sound is soft where the history is hard, which is a good balance. With a name like this, your son could lead the pack.
- Origin: Welsh, Latin
- Meaning: Immortal
- Pronunciation: EHM-ris
- Namesakes: Emrys ap Iwan, a Welsh literary critic, and writer considered one of the most important forerunners of modern Welsh nationalism.
- Popularity: The current U.S. rank for Emrys is #1,260 in 2025, well short of the #1,141 it reached in 2024.
Erlking
In European folklore the Erlking is the king of the fairies. He is not the friendly kind. Children who stayed in the woods too long were said to be found by him and harmed with a single touch. The name means alder king, which places him among the trees at dusk. It is a bold, unsettling choice, and your son would get to rewrite what it means.
- Origin: German
- Meaning: Alder king
- Pronunciation: EARL-king
- Popularity: Erlking carries no U.S. rank, since the SSA only publishes names given to five or more babies a year.
Eros
In Greek mythology, Eros is the young god of love who could make anyone fall for anyone else with a single arrow. The name means exactly that, love, with no metaphor in the way. It has never caught on in the United States, ranked #1,324 in 2025, so an American boy would likely be the only one in his class. A fairy named Eros will leave people happier than he found them.
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: Love
- Pronunciation: EHR-aws
- Popularity: By 2025, Eros had slipped to #1,324 nationally, well off the #1,310 peak it hit in 2022.
Evenus
Evenus is tied to an ancient river that ran through Aetolia in Greece, which makes it a natural for a water fairy. In myth, Evenus was a prince who drowned himself in that river and became its god. Euenos is the Greek spelling. The meaning has been lost, but the story more than fills the gap. Some boys are drawn to water from the start, and this name is ready for one of them.
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: Unknown
- Pronunciation: EH-ven-us
- Variations: Euenos
- Popularity: Evenus stays below the SSA’s publication line of five births a year, so there is no U.S. rank to report.
Fenix
Fenix is a rare phonetic spelling of Phoenix, the mythical bird that burned and rose from its own ashes every five hundred years. The Greek word behind it means dark red, the color of the fire. Phoenix and Fennix are the alternatives, though the F spelling looks like it belongs in a fantasy novel, and your Fenix will keep getting back up, whatever knocks him down.
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: Dark red
- Pronunciation: FEE-niks
- Variations: Phoenix, Fennix
- Popularity: Fenix ranked #2,013 in 2025; SSA records for the name go back to 2000, with a peak of #1,988 in 2021.
Finbar
Finbar is an Anglicized form of Fionnbharr, an Old Irish name from finn (white, fair) and barr (top, head); Finbarr, Finnbar and Fionnbharra are the other spellings you will see. The meaning is literally fair head, an easy fit for a blond little fairy. Saint Finbar of Cork, said to have performed extraordinary miracles in the sixth century, is the famous bearer, and folk musician Finbar Furey is the modern one.
- Origin: Irish
- Meaning: Fair head
- Pronunciation: FIN-bahr
- Variations: Finbarr, Finnbar, Fionnbarra, Fionnbharr
- Namesakes: Finbar Furey, an Irish folk musician known for his band, The Fureys.
- Popularity: The most recent U.S. appearance for Finbar was #9,262 in 2022; the name peaked at #5,641 in 2009.
Finch
Finch is a gender-neutral bird name with a cheerful streak built in. In Middle English it was a nickname for a lively or good-humored person, which lines up neatly with the bird itself. Finches are clever, sociable little things, and folklore reads them as a sign of joy, so your Finch could be just as bright.
- Origin: English
- Meaning: Cheerful, bird
- Pronunciation: FINCH
- Popularity: Finch’s U.S. rank fell to #5,945 in 2025, a long way from its #4,905 high in 2022.
Foxglove
Foxglove arrives by way of The Worst Witch, where Felicity Foxglove is a Green Witch with a deep connection to plants. Her surname is simply the English words fox and glove stitched together, after the tall spotted flower. Used as a first name it lands surprisingly masculine, and it shortens to Fox for daily use. This is a pick for parents who want something nobody else will bring to the playground.
- Origin: Literature
- Meaning: Foxglove
- Pronunciation: FOKS-gluhv
- Popularity: Foxglove falls short of the SSA’s five-births publication line, so there’s no U.S. rank to share.
Frost
Frost began as a nickname for someone with white hair or a chilly manner. It still carries a little of both. Most people will think of Jack Frost, the personification of ice and cold weather who paints the windows overnight. The sound is clean and cold with no softness in it at all. For a boy born in the dark half of the year, the name almost picks itself.
- Origin: English, German
- Meaning: Frost
- Pronunciation: FRAWST
- Popularity: In 2025 Frost sat at #6,580 in the rankings, down sharply from #4,138 in 1916.
Gardevoir
Gardevoir’s origins are uncertain, though the French garder (to guard) and devoir (duty) are the likely parts. In Pokemon, Gardevoir is a psychic fairy known for its fierce loyalty and its care for its young, which is a rare combination in a battling creature. The name sounds far more formal than the rest of the invented picks here. Expect to spell it out for teachers and grandparents alike, since nothing else here sounds quite like it.
- Origin: French
- Meaning: Guard of duty
- Pronunciation: GAAR-duh-vor
- Popularity: There is no SSA rank on file for Gardevoir, which hasn’t cleared the five-births-a-year reporting line.
Goldemar
Goldemar comes out of Germanic mythology as a king of the dwarfs, and the stories are careful to say he could bring good fortune or bad depending on how he was treated. The meaning has been lost, but the gold at the front of it does plenty of work. It is an obvious match for a golden-haired boy, heavy and old, and it does not sound like anything else on this list.
- Origin: Germanic
- Meaning: Unknown
- Pronunciation: GOLD-ey-mar
- Popularity: The SSA has no U.S. record for Goldemar; the file only starts once a name reaches five births a year.
Gray
Gray is a variation of the English surname Grey (the other spelling), which started as a nickname for someone with grey hair or grey clothing. In the anime series Fairy Tail, Gray Fullbuster is an ice mage who can shape ice into weapons and objects on the spot. That gives a quiet color name a hard edge, a badass fairy name for a future warrior.
- Origin: English
- Meaning: Grey
- Pronunciation: GRAY
- Variations: Grey
- Popularity: Gray now ranks #1,418 in the U.S. as of 2025, against a #1,097 peak back in 1962.
Grove
Grove is the short form of Grover. In plain English a grove is a small wood or a stand of trees planted close together. The name is quiet, green and a little formal, closer to a piece of land than to a person. That understatement is what makes it work. For a nature fairy who spends his time under the branches, it is already the right address.
- Origin: English
- Meaning: Grove
- Pronunciation: GROHV
- Popularity: Grove last showed up in SSA data at #4,223 in 1959, down from a #2,626 high in 1917.
Harlequin
Harlequin was the comic servant of the French and Italian stages in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and the character changed a great deal over that time; Harlequinn is the alternate spelling you will also see. He began as a cowardly, superstitious figure and grew into a patient, overly trusting one who talked his way out of trouble on wit and good spirits alike. The name means devil, which the costume and the pranks make more sense of. Harley waits inside it for a more ordinary day.
- Origin: French, English
- Meaning: Devil
- Pronunciation: HAHR-lah-kwin
- Variations: Harlequinn
- Popularity: No U.S. data for Harlequin since 2016, when it ranked #15,010, well below its #13,689 peak in 2013.
Hawk
Hawk is an English name taken straight from the bird, and it is as unusual now as it sounds. Hawks read as intelligent and adaptable in folklore, which is a better set of qualities than the sharp talons suggest. The name is one syllable of pure nerve, and if you are after unique fairy boy names inspired by nature, this one belongs on the shortlist.
- Origin: English
- Meaning: Hawk
- Pronunciation: HAWK
- Popularity: The current U.S. rank for Hawk is #5,099 in 2025, well short of the #1,772 it reached in 2017.
Hypnos
Hypnos is the Greek personification of sleep, and by the standards of that pantheon he is remarkably kind, helping humans who needed rest. The name means sleep and has given English a whole family of words for it. It sounds mysterious rather than sleepy, which is a neat trick. Perfect for a fairy who takes his naps seriously.
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: Sleep
- Pronunciation: HIP-nos
- Popularity: No U.S. rank exists for Hypnos; it stays under the SSA’s five-birth reporting threshold.
Ikelos
Ikelos comes from the Greek for resembling. He was a dream spirit who appeared in people’s sleep wearing whatever shape the dream required. In some tellings his dreams were prophetic. Icelus and Icelos are the Latinized spellings. Naming your pixie Ikelos hands him a small talent for seeing what is coming.
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: Resembling
- Pronunciation: ICK-ah-los
- Variations: Icelus, Icelos
- Popularity: Ikelos falls under the SSA’s reporting threshold; the agency only publishes names given to at least five babies a year.
Jynx
Jynx is the English word for a charm or a spell, ultimately from the Greek iynx, wryneck, a bird long associated with witchcraft and divination. In Greek mythology, Jynx is a nymph who tricked Zeus into falling in love with her using a spell of her own. Jinx and Jinks are the plainer spellings. Any boy given this name is bound to be clever and a bit of a troublemaker.
- Origin: Latin, English
- Meaning: Wryneck bird, charm
- Pronunciation: JINGKS
- Variations: Jinx, Jinks
- Popularity: Jynx ranked #12,502 in the U.S. in 2025, its highest placement on record.
Keijo
Keijo comes from the Finnish keiju, elf or fairy, making it one of the few names here that means fairy outright rather than by association. The best-known bearer is Keijo Rosberg, the Finnish driver who won the 1982 Formula One World Championship and went by Keke. That pairing of woodland meaning and racing pedigree is hard to beat, and it’s a strong fit for a boy with an adventurous streak and no fear of speed.
- Origin: Finnish
- Meaning: Fairy, elf
- Pronunciation: KAY-yo
- Namesakes: Keijo Rosberg, a Finnish former racing driver and winner of the 1982 Formula One World Championship.
- Popularity: Keijo doesn’t appear in SSA birth data at all, which only tracks names with five or more U.S. births in a year.
Laxus
Laxus comes from the Latin lux, light. In the anime series Fairy Tail, Laxus Dreyer is a mage who commands lightning and electricity, which is about as literal a reading of the meaning as you could ask for. The name is short, modern and slightly electric on the tongue. Your little Laxus will not go unnoticed.
- Origin: Latin
- Meaning: Light
- Pronunciation: LAKS-us
- Popularity: Laxus hasn’t charted since 2021, when it stood at #11,572, well off its #11,423 peak in 2020.
Lochlan
Lochlan is the Old Irish name for Scandinavia, built from loch (lake) and lan (land). The meaning is land of the lakes. In the novel Dead and Gone, Lochlan and Neave are water fairies feared for how violent they are, which is a dark association for such a warm-sounding name. Lochlann, Lochlainn and Lachlan are the other spellings. Your son can give it a friendlier reputation.
- Origin: Irish, English
- Meaning: Land of the lakes
- Pronunciation: LOCK-lun
- Variations: Lochlann, Lochlainn, Lachlan
- Popularity: Lochlan ranked #644 in the U.S. in 2025, its highest placement on record.
Malekin
English legend tells of Malekin, a ghost child who haunted the manor at Dagworth in Suffolk. She was said to have been a human child stolen away by the fairies from a field, and she stayed a benevolent spirit who pulled harmless pranks on the household. The meaning of the name is unknown. Malekin is an odd, memorable choice for parents who like their folklore with a shiver in it.
- Origin: English
- Meaning: Unknown
- Pronunciation: MAL-kin
- Popularity: Malekin has yet to reach the SSA’s five-birth threshold, so no U.S. rank exists for it.
Milori
Lord Milori ruled the Winter Woods in Pixie Hollow in the Tinker Bell film Secret of the Wings, complete with an ice castle and striking white hair. The name is invented, so it carries no etymology and no expectations. It sounds elegant in a way most made-up names do not, and for a winter fairy, Milori is the cool option in both senses.
- Origin: Invented
- Meaning: Unknown
- Pronunciation: MIL-OR-ee
- Popularity: Milori is unrecorded in the SSA’s U.S. birth data, since the agency only publishes a name once it reaches five births in a year.
Moth
Moth is a fairy attendant of Titania, Queen of the Fairies, in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which makes it one of the oldest fairy names in English literature. The word itself belongs to the mostly nocturnal insect that keeps finding its way to the porch light. It is plain, strange and quietly poetic. A boy named Moth will never meet another one.
- Origin: English
- Meaning: Moth
- Pronunciation: MAWTH
- Popularity: Moth hasn’t reached the five births a year the SSA requires to publish a rank.
Murray
Murray is a Scottish and Irish surname with meanings that all point to the water. Readings include a settlement by the sea, the seashore, and in some cases a lord. That makes it a natural for a water fairy. It has an old-fashioned, cardigan-wearing charm that is starting to sound fresh again. Parents who like vintage male fairy names should give it a look.
- Origin: Scottish, Irish
- Meaning: Settlement by the sea, seashore, lord
- Pronunciation: MUR-ee
- Popularity: In 2025 Murray sat at #2,633 in the rankings, down sharply from #206 in 1922.
Natsu
In the anime series Fairy Tail, Natsu Dragneel is a fire mage who spends the whole story fighting his way through problems bigger than he is to protect his guild. The name itself is the Japanese word for summer, which suits the warmth of the character. It is short, unisex and easy to say in any language. Your Natsu could be a hero too.
- Origin: Japanese
- Meaning: Summer
- Pronunciation: NA-TSOO
- Popularity: In 2025, Natsu held #13,316 nationally. It has been on the SSA rolls since 2016, peaking at #8,715 in 2023.
Niall
Niall comes either from the Old Celtic nitu (fury, passion) or the Old Irish nia (hero), and both readings put some fight in it. In The Southern Vampire Mysteries, Niall is a fairy prince and the great-grandfather of Sookie and Jason Stackhouse. Singer Niall Horan has done more than anyone to teach Americans how to say it, and Neil is the Anglicized form if you would rather not spell it out every time.
- Origin: Irish
- Meaning: Fury, hero
- Pronunciation: NYEE-ahl
- Variations: Neil
- Namesakes: Niall James Horan, an Irish singer-songwriter and former member of the boy band One Direction.
- Popularity: By 2025, Niall had slipped to #1,706 nationally, well off the #1,578 peak it hit in 2024.
Oberon
Oberon is Shakespeare’s version of Auberon (the older form), used for the king of the fairies in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In the play he is a benevolent ruler, meddling mostly to help the other characters find their way to each other. The Germanic root means elf ruler, so the fairy connection runs deeper than the play. Perhaps your Oberon will rule as kindly as his namesake.
- Origin: Germanic
- Meaning: Elf ruler
- Pronunciation: O-bahr-ahn
- Variations: Auberon
- Popularity: Oberon’s U.S. rank fell to #5,544 in 2025, a long way from its #3,226 high in 2021.
Onyx
Onyx is the banded black gemstone, and the old lore around it was almost entirely unflattering, blamed for bad dreams and bad luck. The same stone was also used to hold negative feelings at bay and to trap evil spirits, so it cuts both ways. The name means claw or nail, after the shape of the bands. Dark, unisex and about as badass as a gemstone name gets, Onyx has gained more U.S. ground over the past decade than anything else on this list.
- Origin: English
- Meaning: Claw, nail
- Pronunciation: AHN-iks
- Popularity: Onyx ranked #365 in the U.S. in 2025. Its use across the last 10 years of births ran about 926% above the 10 years before them, the sharpest rise of any name here.
Orestes
Orestes comes from the Greek oros (mountain) and histemi (to stand), so the meaning is of the mountains. In Greek mythology he is the son of King Agamemnon, who is murdered by Orestes’ mother Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. Orestes avenges him, and the fallout runs through three of the great Greek tragedies. Oreste is the softer Italian form. This powerful name belongs to a fairy warrior with something to prove.
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: Of the mountains
- Pronunciation: O-REHS-TEHS, aw-REHS-teez
- Variations: Oreste
- Popularity: The most recent U.S. appearance for Orestes was #13,607 in 2019; the name peaked at #3,189 in 1975.
Oriel
Oriel is a variation of Auriel or Oriole, likely from the Old German personal name Orieldis or Aurildis, meaning fire-strife. In Thomas Hull’s play The Fairy Favour, Oriel is a fairy prince and the heir of King Oberon and Queen Titania, which is about the best fairy pedigree on offer. Auriel and Oriole are the alternate spellings. It reads elegant and masculine at once, which suits modern-day royalty.
- Origin: English, German
- Meaning: Fire-strife
- Pronunciation: o-ree-EL
- Variations: Auriel, Oriole
- Popularity: In 2025 Oriel sat at #4,349 in the rankings, down from #3,535 in 2023.
Orrin
Orrin comes from the Old Irish Odran, from odar (greyish brown, tan) with a diminutive ending, so the sense is something like little brown one. The River Orrin runs through northern Scotland, which gives the name a second, watery association. Senator Orrin Hatch carried it through four decades of American politics. Odhran, Odran and Oran are the Irish spellings. Of every name here, this is the one that has climbed furthest back from its own low point.
- Origin: Irish
- Meaning: Greyish brown
- Pronunciation: O-rawn
- Variations: Odhrán, Odran, Oran
- Namesakes: Orrin Grant Hatch, an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from 1977 to 2019.
- Popularity: Orrin ranked #2,278 in the U.S. in 2025. Its use has recovered to roughly four and a half times its 1971 low, the biggest revival on this list, though it remains far below the #575 it reached in 1915.
Patch
A patch is a piece of cloth used to mend a tear or shore up a weak spot. The name keeps all of that gentleness. It suits a small person who is still learning how the world works and getting a few things wrong. Patch Adams, the physician and clown who founded the Gesundheit Institute, is the bearer everyone knows. Your Patch’s sweet streak may end up mending something that matters.
- Origin: English
- Meaning: Material for mending
- Pronunciation: PACH
- Namesakes: Patch Adams, an American physician, comedian, and clown who founded the Gesundheit! Institute in 1971.
- Popularity: Patch last showed up in SSA data at #13,575 in 2021, little changed from #13,560 in 2013.
Perez
Perez is an Old Testament name, borne by the son of Tamar and Judah and the twin of Zerah in the Book of Genesis. It means breach or burst forth, which is a lot of energy for two syllables. In Hispanic cultures, El Ratoncito Perez is a small mouse who swaps children’s teeth for gifts, filling the same role as the tooth fairy. That gives the name a place in this list that no amount of etymology could.
- Origin: Hebrew
- Meaning: Breach, burst forth
- Pronunciation: pur-EZ
- Namesakes: Pérez Prado, a Cuban bandleader and composer who popularized the mambo in the 1950s.
- Popularity: Perez now ranks #10,419 in the U.S. as of 2025, against a #2,789 peak back in 1984.
Peter
Peter comes from the Greek petros, stone (Pieter and Peder are its Dutch and Scandinavian spellings), and it has been in steady use in English for centuries. Its fairy credentials come from Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up and kept Tinker Bell as his fairy companion. Director Peter Jackson is the modern bearer, by way of Middle-earth. Peter is not an original choice, and it is not trying to be.
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: Stone
- Pronunciation: PEE-tahr
- Variations: Pieter, Peder
- Namesakes: Peter Jackson, a New Zealand film director known for directing the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the Hobbit trilogy.
- Popularity: Peter ranked #187 in the U.S. in 2025. It has appeared in the federal data since 1880 and peaked at #35 in 1955.
Pigwiggen
In Michael Drayton’s poem Nymphidia, Pigwiggen is a fairy knight who courts Queen Mab by sending her bracelets and arranging to meet her inside a cowslip flower. It is hard to think of a more thoroughly fairy origin story than that. The meaning is unknown and the sound is comic, which will either delight you or settle the matter, and nobody who hears it will forget it.
- Origin: Literature
- Meaning: Unknown
- Pronunciation: PIG-wig-ahn
- Popularity: Pigwiggen falls short of the SSA’s five-births publication line, so there’s no U.S. rank to share.
Preston
Preston comes from the Old English preost (priest) and tun (town), so it began as a place before it was ever a person. The religious root gives it a formal edge, though the sound is light enough to stay whimsical. Screenwriter Preston Sturges wrote The Great McGinty and The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek. Of the fairy names on this list, it is one of the few that will not raise an eyebrow at roll call.
- Origin: English
- Meaning: Priest town
- Pronunciation: PREHS-tahn
- Namesakes: Preston Sturges, an American playwright and screenwriter known for his screenplays for The Great McGinty (1940) and The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944).
- Popularity: In 2025 Preston sat at #299 in the rankings, down sharply from #114 in 2006.
Puck
In English folklore, Puck is a mischievous household spirit also known as Robin Goodfellow. He was placated with cream long before Shakespeare got hold of him. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream he sets most of the plot in motion, half through pranks and half through honest mistakes. The meaning has been lost somewhere in the Old English. Fun-loving and quick-witted, Puck is the best kind of troublemaker.
- Origin: English, Germanic
- Meaning: Unknown
- Pronunciation: PUK
- Popularity: Puck carries no U.S. rank, since the SSA only publishes names given to five or more babies a year.
Ren
Ren is simple and open, with several possible meanings in Japanese including lotus, love and continuous. The lotus reading carries the most weight, since the flower rises out of muddy water without a mark on it and stands for purity and resilience across Japanese culture. Actor Ren Osugi gave the name its screen presence in Cure and Hana-bi. Three letters, no nickname needed, and a whole philosophy behind it.
- Origin: Japanese
- Meaning: Love
- Pronunciation: REHN
- Namesakes: Ren Osugi, a Japanese actor known for his work in the films Cure and Hana-bi.
- Popularity: Ren ranked #1,041 in the U.S. in 2025, its highest placement on record.
Robin
Robin started as a pet form of Robert and long ago went its own way. The famous bearer is Robin Hood, the outlaw archer who robbed the rich to pay the poor, though Robin Williams has a fair claim too. Robyn and Robynne are the other spellings, and the bird association keeps it firmly in nature-name territory, so your Robin could be a protector of the innocent, or at least of the smaller kids on the playground.
- Origin: Germanic
- Meaning: Bright fame
- Pronunciation: RAHB-in
- Variations: Robyn, Robynne
- Namesakes: Robin Williams, an American actor, and comedian regarded as one of the greatest comedians of all time.
- Popularity: Robin now ranks #704 in the U.S. as of 2025, against a #25 peak back in 1962.
Rogan
Rogan comes from the Gaelic surname O Ruadhagain, which traces back to ruadh, red. That makes it a fine pick for a fiery pixie with the hair to match. Rogen is the alternate spelling. It is short, Irish and far less used than the Ronans and Rowans it sits beside.
- Origin: English
- Meaning: Son of the red one
- Pronunciation: ROW-gan
- Variations: Rogen
- Popularity: Rogan’s 2025 rank was #2,019; the name first appeared in 1970 federal data and topped out at #1,221 in 2020.
Sage
Sage is the herb burned to clear a space, and it is the word for someone whose advice is worth taking. The name works either way. In the children’s show Johnny and the Sprites, Sage is the oldest and wisest sprite, the one the younger ones go to with their problems. Rapper Sage Francis holds down the modern end. The single easy syllable pairs cleanly with a longer middle name, and it works as well for a girl as it does for a boy.
- Origin: English
- Meaning: Wise one, herb
- Pronunciation: SAYG
- Namesakes: Sage Francis, an American independent underground rapper from Providence, Rhode Island.
- Popularity: The current U.S. rank for Sage is #160 in 2025, well short of the #142 it reached in 2023.
Satyr
Satyrs come from Greek mythology, male nature spirits who are part human and part horse and rarely behaving themselves. The word means woodland deity, and the creatures spent their time in the hills with wine and music. As a first name it is genuinely strange, which is the appeal. Parents who want the mythical and the slightly wild will find nothing else quite like it.
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: Woodland deity
- Pronunciation: SAY-ter
- Popularity: The SSA has no U.S. record for Satyr; the file only starts once a name reaches five births a year.
Silver
Silver is the metal, the color, and in a lot of cultures a shorthand for wealth and success. As a name it is cool and unisex with an antique shine, closer to a Western than to a fantasy novel. It pairs well with almost any middle name because it barely takes up room, and your son could do great things under it.
- Origin: English
- Meaning: Silver
- Pronunciation: SIHL-ver
- Popularity: Silver ranked #3,380 in 2025; SSA records for the name go back to 1915, with a peak of #2,351 in 1983.
Sindri
Sindri means sparkle in Old Norse, which is not what you expect from a dwarf. In Norse mythology he forged magical objects for the gods alongside his brother Brokk, and their work included some of the gods’ most famous possessions. Sindre is the Scandinavian spelling. It is cute and approachable in a way most Norse names are not, and it fits a boy whose creativity has no off switch.
- Origin: Old Norse
- Meaning: Sparkle
- Pronunciation: SIN-dree
- Variations: Sindre
- Popularity: There’s no published U.S. rank for Sindri, since the SSA excludes any name below five births a year.
Sítheach
Sítheach comes from the Old Irish sid, peaceful or fairy-like. That puts it about as close to the source of this list as a name can get. An alternative reading traces it to sidach, wolf, so the name holds gentleness and teeth at the same time. The spelling will need explaining outside Ireland. Whichever half of the meaning your son grows into, the name has him covered.
- Origin: Irish
- Meaning: Fairy-like
- Pronunciation: SHE-huh, SHE-ha
- Popularity: There is no SSA rank on file for Sítheach, which hasn’t cleared the five-births-a-year reporting line.
Sled
Sled comes from the Middle Dutch slede, meaning slider, and in English it is the thing that carries you over snow. In Disney’s Secret of the Wings and The Pirate Fairy, Sled is a sparrow man who helps Tinker Bell save the Pixie Dust Tree with frost magic. That makes it a rare fairy name that is also a piece of playground equipment. For a boy born into a snowy winter, it is hard to beat.
- Origin: English, Dutch
- Meaning: Slider
- Pronunciation: SLED
- Popularity: Sled doesn’t appear in SSA birth data at all, which only tracks names with five or more U.S. births in a year.
Sting
Sting is a grunge fairy name with two clear associations, the English musician behind Fragile and Shape of My Heart, and the business end of a bee. The word means a sting or a stab, so there is no hiding what it is going for. It is short, sharp and slightly ridiculous, in the way the best one-word names are, and your Sting would be a force to be reckoned with.
- Origin: English
- Meaning: Sting, stab
- Pronunciation: STING
- Popularity: No U.S. rank exists for Sting; it stays under the SSA’s five-birth reporting threshold.
Terence
Terence belongs to Publius Terentius Afer, the Roman African playwright of the Roman Republic whose comedies were still being copied a thousand years later. The meaning has been lost. The name did not catch on in English-speaking countries until the late nineteenth century, and it has an authoritative, well-tailored sound. Terrance, Terrence and Terance are the common respellings. Your son could go far with such a strong name.
- Origin: Roman
- Meaning: Unknown
- Pronunciation: TEHR-ahns
- Variations: Terance, Terrance, Terrence
- Namesakes: Publius Terentius Afer, otherwise known as Terence, a Roman African playwright during the Roman Republic.
- Popularity: Terence now ranks #2,753 in the U.S. as of 2025, against a #241 peak back in 1964.
Thistle
Thistle comes from the Middle English thistel and began as a nickname for someone living where the plants grew thick. Thistles are flowering plants armed with prickles along the whole stem, which is a fair warning to anyone thinking of picking one. It is the rarest name on this list by some distance, given to roughly one in every 333,333 U.S. babies born in 2025. Nobody will want to bother a fairy named Thistle.
- Origin: English
- Meaning: Thistle
- Pronunciation: THI-sl
- Popularity: Thistle ranked #17,050 in the U.S. in 2025, the rarest ranked name here at about one in every 333,333 babies born.
Tom
Tom is the short form of Thomas, and it has been doing that job for so long that it feels like its own name. In English folklore, Tom Thumb is a boy no bigger than his father’s thumb who talks his way through one adventure after another, which is the most fairy-sized story on this list. Mark Twain gave it to Tom Sawyer, and Tom Hanks has carried it since Big. Three letters, no fuss, and instantly friendly.
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: Twin
- Pronunciation: TAHM
- Namesakes: Tom Hanks, an American actor and filmmaker known for his roles in Big (1988), Forrest Gump (1994), and Catch Me If You Can (2002).
- Popularity: The current U.S. rank for Tom is #2,206 in 2025, well short of the #82 it reached in 1959.
Tomalin
Tomalin is a fairy knight in several traditional Scottish ballads, where he takes a human lover named Janet. Michael Drayton also used the name for King Oberon’s fairy servant in his 1627 poem Nymphidia. It sounds like a longer, more musical Tom, and it comes with Mal and Lin waiting inside it as well. Whimsical and youthful, it is a fairy name with real literary history behind it.
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: Twin
- Pronunciation: tom-AH-lin
- Popularity: Tomalin hasn’t reached the five births a year the SSA requires to publish a rank.
Toof
In The Legend of Toof by P.S. Featherston, Toof is a tiny woodland sprite and the original tooth fairy, and the adventures he goes on are more dangerous than the job description suggests. The name is simply the word tooth, worn down the way a child would say it. It is silly, and it knows it. Tooth fairy lore does not get a better namesake.
- Origin: Literature
- Meaning: Tooth
- Pronunciation: TOOF
- Popularity: Toof is too rare to appear in the SSA’s published U.S. data, which only lists names with five or more births in a year.
Xerneas
Xerneas is the legendary fairy-type Pokemon with the power to share eternal life, which is a considerable thing to name a child after. The word may draw on the Latin cervus, deer, or on Cernunnos, the antlered Celtic god who ruled over wild things. Either way the antlers are the point. The spelling alone will make sure your little fairy stands out.
- Origin: Fiction
- Meaning: Deer, earth
- Pronunciation: ZURR-nee-us
- Popularity: Xerneas has yet to reach the SSA’s five-birth threshold, so no U.S. rank exists for it.
Watt
The New Forest pixies of southern England could change their height at will, and Watt was one of them, a pixie said to grant witches their power. There was also a real Watt, a king in what is now Sussex in the early eighth century. The name means power of the army, which suits both of them. It is a spooky, compact choice for a boy with a little magic in him.
- Origin: Germanic, English
- Meaning: Power of the army
- Pronunciation: WAAT
- Namesakes: Watt, a king of what is now Sussex in southern England from 692 to 725 CE.
- Popularity: No U.S. data for Watt since 1971, when it ranked #5,637, well below its #2,175 peak in 1915.
Zephyr
Zephyr comes from the Greek zephyros, the west wind. In mythology, Zephyros was the god of that wind and the husband of Iris, goddess of the rainbow, which is a fitting marriage for a name this light. Zephyros and Zephyrus are the classical spellings. It is one of the few names here that sounds ancient and current at the same time.
- Origin: Greek
- Meaning: West wind
- Pronunciation: ZEHF-ahr
- Variations: Zephyros, Zephyrus
- Popularity: In 2025, Zephyr held #1,203 nationally. It has been on the SSA rolls since 1975, peaking at #1,097 in 2021.
