(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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