(I do not have room to list all the Biblical -iah names for boys, so just look here if those strike your fancy)
- Achille (ah-SHEEL, French; ah-KEEL-leh, Italian)--form of Achilles
 - Adlai (AD-lay, AD-lye, [Biblical] Hebrew)
 - Alexei (ah-leks-AY, al-leks-EE, Russian, Ukrainian)--form of Alexis. Other forms include Aleksi (AH-lek-see, Finnish) and Aleksy (AH-lek-see, Polish).
 - Alvah (AL-vah, [Biblical] Hebrew)--poss. "ascending". Also spelled Alva.
 - Alwi (AL-wee, Old English)--prob. "elf battle". Also spelled Alwy.
 - Amaury (ah-moh-REE, French)--form of Emmerich/Emery
 - Arkady (ar-KAH-dee, Russian)--also spelled Arkadi or Arkadiy
 - Arne (AHR-neh, Scandinavian, German)--from Germanic, "eagle"
 - Artemiy (ar-TEM-ee, Russian)--from ancient Greek, "of Artemis"
 - Asa (AY-sah, English; ah-sah, Hebrew)--from Biblical Hebrew, prob. "healer"
 - Aulay (AW-lee, Scottish)--form of Olaf
 - Augustine (AW-gus-teen, aw-GUS-tin, English)--from Latin, "great"
 - Braith (BRAYTH, English)--prob. from Old Norse, "broad"
 - Columba (koh-LUM-bah, Latin)--"dove"
 - Conleth (KAHN-leth, Irish)
 - Dara (DAH-rah, Irish)--"oak tree" or "fruitful". Also spelled Darragh. [feminine in other languages]
 - Davi (DAH-vee, Portuguese)--form of David. Another form is Daveth (DAV-eth, Cornish).
 - Éanna (AY-nah, Irish)--also spelled Énna. Anglicized form is Enda.
 - Elisha (ee-LYE-shah, [Biblical] Hebrew)--"God is my salvation"
 - Emrys (EM-ris, Welsh)--form of Ambrose
 - Fiachra (FEE-ahk-rah, Irish)--"raven". French form is Fiacre (fee-AH-creh).
 - Harith (HAH-rith, Arabic)--prob. "cultivator"
 - Heath (HEETH, English)
 - Hirah (HYE-rah, [Biblical] Hebrew)--"splendor"
 - Iorwerth (YOR-werth, Welsh)--"handsome lord". Anglicized as Yorath.
 - Kuisma (KOO-ees-mah, Finnish)--form of Cosmo. Other forms include Cosme (KAHZ-mee, Portuguese; COHM, French) and Kuzma (kooz-MAH, Russian).
 - Lorne (LORN, English)--from Scottish place name
 - Malachy (MAL-ah-kee, Irish)
 - Perry (PEHR-ree, English)--from English "pear tree" or Welsh "son of Harry". Also spelled Parry.
 - Pryderi (prid-EHR-ee, Welsh)--prob. "cared for"
 - Rishi (rish-EE, Hindi)--"poet"
 - Savely (sah-VEL-ee, Russian)--form of Sabine. Also spelled Saveliy or Saveli.
 - Selby (SEL-bee, English)--from Old Norse, "willow farm"
 - Sindre (SIN-dreh, Scandinavian)--another form is Sindri (SIN-dree)
 - Visti (VEES-tee, Danish)--from Old Norse, "west". Other forms include Vesti (VES-tee, Danish) and Vestri (VES-tree, Old Norse).
 
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