1450+ English Names (with Meanings & Popularity)

Spring doesn't sound half as contemporary as Winter, which has become the cool season name.

Rekker comes to us thanks to actor Cam Gigandet, who gave his son this phonetic spelling of badass word name Wrecker. Use at your own peril.

Abbreviated form of Harley that might also be spelled, for girls, Arleigh or Arlee.

He'll have to prove his humility.

The mute, horn-honking Marx Brother's real name was Adolph -- so Harpo represented a huge step up. Also, it's Oprah's production company (her name spelled backward).

Like many passé boys' names, this one sounds fresh again for girls.

The y helps a bit, but still a painful image.

The Brits say BARK-lee, but we pronounce it the same as the name of the California college: either way it's quite pretentious and of another era.

This rarely heard name pares down all the ultrafeminine Dan names to one that's much more powerful, for both boys and girls.

Sprightly and engaging nickname for human, full name for pet. Author Jojo Moyes and dancer/singer Jojo Sliwa have propelled the name into the public eye.

Long before the current place-name craze, a pair of the more daring pop singers of the Age of Aquarius picked this name for their daughters. Jefferson Airplane's Grace Slick used the conventional spelling, the Mamas and the Papas's Michelle Phillips went further afield with Chynna (of the group Wilson Phillips).

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

Seems to stand at attention and salute.

A heroine in a Victorian novel written with a quill pen, has an unusual, offbeat charm.

A busby is the English name for the fur military headdress originally worn by the Hungarian hussars. As a first name, Busby is also the unique name of iconic movie choreographer Busby Berkeley.

If this name makes you think of Victorian novels, it's because Fairfax was part of Mr Rochester's name in Jane Eyre, and the surname of a minor character in Jane Austen's Emma. It has a distinctly aristocratic feel, despite its straightforward meaning. Fairfax is also a city in Virginia.

You can call your baby "babe," but don't name her that.

Averill is an ancient name, most properly spelled Averil, that has a Boston Brahmin air – probably due to the image of statesman Averill Harriman. It's of the rare English surname names that originally derived from a female given name: Eoforhild (Everild), meaning "boar battle".

Sounds a lot like the recently revived Adele.

The final s turns a nature name into a Waspy surname.