Mineral & Metal Baby Names for Boys

This recently coined respelling of Cole darkens its image.

A more modern form of Argyros

The name of a type of nautical knot and the surname of an English soccer star feels very at home in a world of Kendricks and Merricks.

Rochester was Jack Benny's famous valet and sidekick, played by early African-American comic Eddie Anderson.

This ancient saint's name was borne by the infamous midcentury playboy, Porfirio Rubirosa.

One instance where a phonetic spelling might be better.

Nope, not a misspelling of Sexton or a number name. This Old Norse name is actually a name denoting victory and in the Swedish Top 100..

Merc has been introduced to the American public by the network executive character on Showtime's Episodes, and is a contemporary-sounding short form of the Roman god and planet name Mercury. Mercury, from the Latin for trade or wages, was the god of tradesmen and travelers and is the fast-moving first planet in our solar system.

A more distinctive alternative to Angelo.

Surname of a fifteenth-century saint and a twenty-first-century quarterback, Brett Favre.

The discoverer of this lovely bright blue gemstone named it after his daughter Larissa and the sea (mar), hence Larimar. Despite the feminine origins, the harder -mar ending makes this work for boys too, similar to Delmar and Elmer.

Traditional Jewish name and the implement said to have been used by Solomon to cut the huge stones for the building of the Temple.

Creative variation on Peter.

A unisex name from the snowy north.

A relatively rare English place and surname, Hallam could make a distinctive but usable boy's name. Hallam was the surname of the beloved Cambridge friend whose death Alfred, Lord Tennyson, mourns in his famous poem In Memoriam. A.H.H. Tennyson's eldest son, whom he named Hallam, became a Governor-General of Australia.

Diamond was a big hit for girls in the nineties, ultimately making it into the Top 150. It's a relative rarity today for baby girls and boys, for whom the name also peaked in the nineties.

Tungsten is the metal often associated with lightbulbs, making it a quirky choice for a bright young mind.

If you're looking for a really unusual international occupational name, this could be it!