However, while vowel-y names for girls are in abundance, there aren't a lot for boys....
- Abijah (ah-BYE-jah, [Biblical] Hebrew)
- Adamo (ah-DAH-moh, Italian)--form of Adam. Other forms include Adão (ah-DOW, Portuguese) and Akamu (ah-kah-moo, Hawaiian)
- Adino (ah-dee-noh, [Biblical] Hebrew)
- Adlai (AD-lay, AD-lye, [Biblical] Hebrew)
- Aimo (EYE-moh, Finnish)--"good, real"
- Aldo (AHL-doh, English, Italian, Swedish)
- Alejo (ah-LEH-hoh, Spanish)--form of Alexis. Other forms include Aleksey (Russian), Aleksi (Finnish), & Alessio (Italian)
- Arlo (AR-loh, English)
- Asa (AY-sah, [Biblical] Hebrew)
- Elio (EL-yoh, Italian)--from Greek, "sun"
- Eliseo (eh-lee-ZEH-oh, Italian; eh-lee-SEH-oh, Spanish)
- Eloy (eh-LOY, Spanish)--from Latin, "chosen". French form is Éloi (AYL-wah).
- Ezio (ETS-yoh, Italian)--from Latin, "eagle"
- Iago (ee-AH-goh, English, Portuguese; YAH-goh, Welsh)--form of Jacob. Spanish form is Yago.
- Ibai (ee-bye, Basque)--"river"
- Ingo (EEN-goh, German)
- Ithai (ith-EYE, [Biblical] Hebrew)--"with me". Also transliterated as Ittai or Itai.
- Ivailo (ee-VYE-loh, Bulgarian)--prob. "wolf". Also transliterated as Ivaylo.
- Obadiah (oh-bah-DYE-ah, [Biblical] Hebrew)
- Obi (OH-bee, Igbo)--"heart"
- Omri (AHM-ree, [Biblical] Hebrew)
- Orsino (or-SEE-noh, Italian)--from Latin "bear". Another form is Orso.
- Otto (AH-toh, English, Danish, German, OH-toh, Swedish)--from Germanic, "wealth". Other forms include Ottone (Italian) & Udo (German).
- Yermolai (YEHR-moh-lye, Russian)--also transliterated as Ermolai.
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