1450+ English Names

Over the top for even the most ardent Anglophile. Sacheverell Sitwell was a member of the prominentliterary Sitwell family.

Most color names, like Scarlet and Violet, are definitely female, but not this one. Brown is as rich and warm as the tone it denotes, though we must admit the Italian version Bruno has more spark and substance.

Too tightly associated with the real-life villainous Captain Bligh of The Mutiny on the Bounty.

Sims is a medieval English surname, also found in Ireland and Scotland, that has many variations all deriving from the Hebrew Biblical name Simon. Sims is a simple, straightforward, yet proper-sounding name that works well as a first, whether you find it in your family tree or pluck the idea from someone else's. It was used for only five boys in the US in 2013.

Téa Leoni and David Duchovny named their kid Kyd in 2002, but he usually goes by his middle name, Miller. Probably a wise choice, given the homonym.

Sounds like a displaced Dr. Seuss character.

Rocking out on the porch with buddies Hubert, Norbert, and Osbert.

Peabody is a quintessentially Waspy surname that your child won't thank you for -- either the pea part or the body part, or the meaning part.

A secret nature name for boys.

Has some creative credibility via abstract painter Barnett Newman, but we'd prefer his nickname, Barney.

Lace-hankie name with Shakespearean pedigree.

If you feel a burning need to gussy up Ray -- think again.

Surname name with feminine final ley. The Welsh name Bryn, though also unisex and veering toward the girl world, is far more attractive.

Wrecker is a new entry to the newly trendy group of badass baby names -- names mostly for boys that sound wild (or Wilder) and summon the kind of kid that races around (Racer), breaking things (Breaker), and yeah, why not, being a Wrecker while he's at it. Actor Cam Gigandet introduced this one, with a more phonetic spelling, when he named his son Rekker.

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.

One of many stuffy British W surnames that would subject an American boy to years of teasing before growing into it at age fifty.

Sadler is another new entrant in the trendy occupational surname category, one particularly prime for a horse lover.

More user-friendly than the original.

Cooper would be a more engaging C-starting occupational choice.

Cowboyish occupational name sure to attract notice.