1450+ English Names (with Meanings & Popularity)

This name has two origins: the English word Dusk, meaning evening twilight and the Czech name for girls Duška meaning "soul or spirit". Either way, this is an interesting name with some potential.

An undiscovered option among occupational names, Banner has never been used for more than 100 baby boys in a single year. But Banner has undeniable charm, much due to its associations with fêtes and phrases like "a banner year".

Fenton is the kind of surname name that's starting to sound almost like a normal first name these days. While it made a brief appearance on the Top 1000 in the late 1800s, today it's distinctive but in step with the times. And Fen as a nickname is undeniably cute -- a Ben of the future.

Despite its poetic associations, almost as dated as Sheldon, and more feminine.

Brad in a Brooks Brothers suit.

Nature surname with an aristocratic edge. Spelling it DeForest distances it from deforestation.

Best left at the Jersey Shore.

Fading boys' name making fresh start for girls, aided by -ley ending.

See WYNTON.

Soft and mellifluous nature-surname name, situated miles away from the dated Marshall.

Patton is an attractive name in the fashionable Haden-Peyton mold, though there is that association with the severe wartime general.

High-collared and straightlaced, with the deadly "Ox" nickname.

An English family name used a few generations ago as an Anglicization of Moses, but hardly heard since th 1950s.

Clint with a glint; used for flinty characters in old TV westerns and soap operas.

An uncommon surname name with that energetic -er ending. Might appeal especially to baseball fans.

Strongly associated with the mega-popular single-named singer, who was actually the fourth Usher Raymond in his family. He could start a fad.

Boo may have started out as a nickname for the male character Arthur "Boo" Radley in To Kill A Mockingbird and these days may be closely associated with another male Boo, the "world's cutest dog" or with the adorable little girl in Monsters, Inc.

Walker is an outdoorsy, Old Western-style name that leapt into the US Top 100 for boys back in 2022. Now, like a number of occupational names before it (think Sawyer, Palmer, and Parker), Walker is being used for an increasing number of girls.

Brenner is an occupational surname for both a charcoal burner and a distiller of spirits. One of the least used of occupational surnames, it has that 'er' ending that definitely adds to its stylishness; a possible successor to Brendan. 

Blended name sometimes heard in the early decades of the twentieth century.