It’s such an exciting time to start looking for the right name for your baby boy. If you are looking for exotic boy names, read on to find what names might interest you and your partner! These unique boy names with meaning might give you a spark of idea!

What is an exotic boy name?

When I had my baby boy, I searched for cool names for boys and remember thinking there are a lot of names out there I really haven’t considered. Exotic boy names usually have foreign origin. They are oftentimes foreign boy names that may be common in a different country, but not so common in US. As the name is rare in US, it sounds exotic or fancy to some people. If you are looking for rare boy names, look through these foreign names for boy might help you find a name that is perfect for your baby boy. I’ve listed the names alphabetically along with their meanings so hope this list helps you!

Exotic Boy Names

Aadi - This baby boy name has Sanskrit origin, and has meaning “beginning” or “first”. In Indian cultures, Aadi is the fourth month of the Tamil calendar which is based on a solar cycle.
Aiden - This name means 'Little fire' and has roots in Irish mythology.
Akio - Akio is a popular name in Japan and means “bright man”.
Alessandro - Alessandro is another cool names for boys. Having Italian origin, this name means "defender of the people".
Amir -Amir is of Arabic origin and means “prince.” It originally meant "commander" of army. Later, the name was given to a ruler's sone, and therefore started to mean "prince."
Arlo - Arlo is another unique names for boys and has English origin, meaning "rock hill" or "fortified hill."
Asher - Asher is one of the foreign boy names that has Hebrew origin, and has meaning "happy" and "blessed."
Atlas - Having Greek origin, the name means "bearer of the heavens." Atlas was a Titan in Greek mythology, who was punished by Zeus to hold the sky away from the earth. He was the god of astronomy and travel.
Avel - Having Hebrew origin, the name means "breath". Avel is the Russian version of the Hebrew name Abel.
Axel - Axel is an Icelandic name and means “Father of Peace,”
Bacchus - Bacchus is another exotic names for boys which has Latin origin. The name means "God of wine."

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Bodhi - Bodhi is Sanskrit for "awakening, enlightenment."
Bran - Bran is fancy sounding name that has Irish origin, meaning “raven."
Brees - Having Celtic origin, Brees is a relatively rare baby boy name that means "farmer".
Brooks - Brooks is a german and English origin name meaning "water" or :small stream"
Brayden - Brayden is a modern version of Braden, which comes from the Irish word for salmon, "bradan". Borrowing the character of salmon, it means "wise" and "brave"
Colt - Colt is a trendy name that means "young horse".
Daan - Another exotic boy name, Daan has Scandinavian origin meaning "God is my judge"
Damien - Damien is one of the foreign boy names that has Greek origin. The name means "to tame" or "subdue".
Dante - A great unique boy name with meaning! Dante has Latin origin and means "everlasting"
Danial - A variation of Daniel, which we are all familiar with, this is a Hebrew name that means, “God is my judge,”
Darby - Having Irish origin, the name means "free from envy".
Dev - Dev has Sanskrit origin and means "divine" and "god." One of the exotic short boy names.
Devin - Devin is one of the fancy names for boys as this was the name that was used in medieval France as a name given to the highest of kings. The name means "divine" or "godlike" and also has meanings like “helper” or "poet.
Diego - Having Spanish origin, the name means "supplanter."
Dmitri - Dmitri is boy's name of Russian origin meaning "follower of Demeter" Demeter is one of the twelve Olympians, and is the goddess of agriculture with the power to control harvest and fertility.
Dustin - A cool boy's name that has British origin. This name means "brave warrior" or "Thor's stone."
Elijah - This boy's name Elijah come from the Bible and means "Jehovah is my God".
Emil - Emil is a name that has German origin and means "to strive" or "excel" or "rival"
Eugene - An exotic sounding name Eugene has Greek roots and means "well born" or "noble". As one of the exotic baby boy names, it also is a similar name as Yoo Jin, with Korean origin.
Farrell - Farrell is an Irish name that means "courageous"
Felix - Felix is another unique boy name which has Latin origin, meaning "happy" or "fortunate"
Finn - Finn has Irish origin and means "fair. A gender neutral name which can be used both as a boy's name and a girl's name.
Florian - Florian is a popular name in Germany and Austria, This name was derived from Florus in Latin which originally meant "flowering"
Francesco - A popular baby boy's name, thanks to Sir Francis. This name means "frenchman" or "free man"
Giovanni - An exotic baby boy's name Giovanni has Italian origin and means "God is gracious"
Hans - Having Scandinavian origin, this name means "god is gracious" Another exotic short boy name
Harper - Harper is a gender neutral name that has British-origin and means "harp player"
Hugo - Hugo is another popular name of German origin that means "mind" or "intellect". An english version of this name is Hugh
Humphrey - Humphrey is a royal and exotic name that has Germanic origins and means “peaceful warrior.”
Ivan - Ivan has Russian origin that means "God is gracious"
Jaden - Jaden is exotic baby boy's name that has Hebrew origin. The name means "God has heard"
Javier - A variation of Xavier, Javier has Spanish roots. This baby boy's name means "new house"
Jax / Jaxon - Jax sound exotic but it has familiar origin. This baby name is a shortened form of Jackson and an English name meaning son of Jack.
Jean - Having French origin, this name means "God is gracious"
Jett - Jett is another unique name for boys that sounds exotic. This means "black" and has an English origin which also can mean "airplane"
Jules - A gender neutral name that can be used for both baby boy and baby girl. Having French origin, this cool sounding name means "youthful" or "downy"
Julien - Julien is a name derived from Julianus and means "young at heart". One of exotic names for boys that has French origin.
Kai - Kai seams to have multiple origin. Kai means "sea" in Hawaiian and "forgiveness" in Japanese. Also having Welsh origin, it means "keeper of the keys and earth"
Kane - Similar to Kai, Kane has multiple origins. In Japanese and Hawaiian, In Japanese it means "golden," in Hawaiian it means "man of the Eastern sky." In Irish, it means "little battler".
Killian - In Irish, the name means "church" In Celtic origin, the name means "bright-headed" and "little warrior"
Lars - Lars is a popular name in Scandinavian countries like Sweden. Lars comes from the Roman name, “Laurentius” which means “crowned with laurels”.
Lazar - This has Hebrew origin and means "God has helped".
Leon - Very popular name in Germany and certainly sounds exotic in US. This name has Greek origin and means "lion"
Leonardo - Probably familiar because of the actor Leonardo Dicaprio. This foreign sounding boy name has German origin meaning "lion-hearted" or "brave as a lion"
Linus - Linus in Greek mythology is the son of Apollo .It means "flax" or "flax colored"
Lucca / Luca - One of boy's name with great maening, Lucca has Italian origin and means "bringer of light" It's become one of the popular exotic names in North America lately
Marco - Marco is another exotic name that means "warlike". It has Spanish and Italian origin.
Mathis - This is an uncommon variation of Mathew and sounds more foreign and less traditional. This name has German origin meaning "gift of God"
Mazin - Maxin has Arabic origin and means "rain clouds"
Micah - Micah is another baby boy's name based in Bible. Having Hebrew origin, the name means "who is like God?"
Miller - An English origin name, Miller means "grinder of grain"
Milan - Milan means "kind", "loving", and "gracious" and has Slavic origin.
Mateo - Having Spanish origin, the name means "gift of God". The English version of this name is Matthew which many find it traditional.
Nico/Nicolai - Having Italian origin, this name means "victory of people"
Noel - Noel in French means "Christmas" It is a gender neutral name given to both boys or girls, usually given to kids born around Christmas
Olivier - Having French origin, this name means "olive tree"
Onyx - Onyx is a beautiful boy's name meaning "black gemstone"
Orion - Very cool sounding name, which we are all familiar with from the constellation in the sky. This name has Greek origin, and means "Dweller of the Mountain", "Dawn", "Son of fire", "Son of light" Orion was a mighty hunger and a son of Poseidon.
Ozias- Ozias is an ancient Biblical name and means "my power is Yahweh"
Phoenix - Phoenix is a name derived from a mythological bird from Greek myth that rose from the ashes and one that never dies.
Rasmus - Having Scandinavian origin, the name is a shortened version of “Erasmus." It means "beloved".
Razi - Definitely an exotic baby boy's name, Razi has Arabic origin and means "the Lord's secret"
Reid - Having Enlgish origin, the name means "red-haired"
Remy - Having French origin, Remy means "oarsman"
Ren - You may have heard of Kylo-Ren from Star Wars. This name is a unisex name from Japan. It means water lily.
Rhys - Having Welsh origin, the name is hirotically used as a last name. It means "enthusiasm"
Riann - Having Irish origin, the name means "king"
Rocco - An exotic sunding name Rocco comes from Italy. It means "rest"
Romello - Having Italian origin, the name means "citizen of Rome" The name comes from the ancient name Romulus. According to legend, Romulus and Remus were two brothers who founded the city of Rome.
Ronan - A cute baby boy's name Ronan has Irish origin and means "little seal"
Ryland - Having English origin, this name means "land where rye is grown"
Santi - Santi is a variation of Saint in Spanish origin. In Hindi, it means "peace"
Sasha - Having Russian origin, the name means "man's defender" or "warrior"
Santiago - Santiago is a foreign sounding name that comes from Spanish origin. It means "Saint James"
Shiloh - Having Hebrew origin, the name means "Tranquil"
Stéphan / Steffan - More common variation would be Steve or Stevie. Having Greek origin, the name means "crown"
Sylvester - Sylvester means “wild” or “wooded” and is another exotic name for your boy. If you remember Sylvester the Cat from the cartoon or Sylvester Stallone, the actor, you may be familiar with this name already.
Tai - An Asian boy name that sounds exotic, Tai has Chinese origin. It means "great" or "vast"
Teo / Theo - Teo is a variation of Theo, which is a short version of Theodor. Teo means "gift of God"
Umberto - Definitely foreign sounding and exotic. Umberto is a relatively rare name in US. This name means "renowned warrior" and has Italian origin. Definitely one of unique exotic boy names you can have in US.
Vito - This is definitely a unique baby boy's name with great meaning. It means "life" and has Latin origin.
Von - Having Scandinavian origin, this name means "hope"
Waldo - Most are familiar with 'Where's Waldo' book series. This name has German origin and means "to rule". Definitely a cute baby boy's name with cool meaning!
Wilde - Has German origin and means "hunter". It also means "wild" or "untamed"
Xander - Pretty unique sounding name, Xander, is an abbreviation of Alexander. It means "defender of humankind".
Zane - Zane is a name has Hebrew origin and means "Gift of God".
Zenon - Zenon is a variation of the name Zeno, which means "Gift of Zeus". Zeus was the the Greek god of the sky. A great exotic boy name.
Zinedine - Having Arabic origin, this names means "beauty of the faith". If you are a soccer fan, this name might be familiar with Zinedine Zidane, who is one of the top soccer players of all time!

Do you have any other exotic boy names that didn't make it to my list? Do share in the comment below!

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