Damon

Damon comes from the Greek daman, meaning to tame or subdue, and carries one of classical antiquity's great friendship stories, Damon and Pythias, whose loyalty so moved the tyrant Dionysius that he spared them both. Matt Damon anchors the modern association. At rank 454, Damon has become a reliable mid-chart favorite, strong, compact, and faintly literary. Two clean syllables, a soft opening and a firm close, the kind of name that suits a thoughtful boy and an adult you'd trust with your keys. Classical without effort, contemporary without strain, and humming with that subtle Mediterranean strength the Greeks built into their names.