1450+ English Names

Wharton is a rather stiff banker name that becomes creative as a middle name choice for lovers of the novels of writer Edith.

Quirky and cute.

This could be a possible replacement for the overused Tyson, though it has something of a commercial feel related to the brand of vacuum cleaners.

Associated all through the swing years with bandleader brothers Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey.

Powerful surname choice with many distinguished bearers, fresher sounding than Parker.

Peg is a nostalgic turn-of-the-last-century nickname, sociable but slight. Like near-identical twin Peggy, Peg is in mothballs.

Surname of Declaration signer sure to present playground complications.

Gently pleasant English family name long associated with 60-Minuteman Morley Safer.

One of several surnames beginning with New that nevertheless sound anything but.

Possible alternative to Anderson.

Another servile surname, this one connected to the go-between character in "Charlie's Angels."

Kimberley is a town in South Africa associated with diamonds and with wealth and luxury in general. It was name for Lord Kimberley, whose surname derived from an English place name. Used for boys in the early twentieth century, it re-emerged as a girls' name in the 1940s, usually spelled Kimberly.

One way to refer to an ancestral Roy, if not the most mellifluous.

Patsy has been rarely heard for half a century, for either gender, and we're not expecting that to change in the near future..

An English combination of George and Anne or a feminization of George, more familiar in the elegant Georgiana form.

A masculine way to honor a feminine Page -- although that ett ending is typically found in girls' names.

Stiff and sedate surname name, despite its salty start.

Pretty and distinctive choice for poetry lovers.

If there's an ancestral Earl you want to honor, consider Early instead.

A rare surname name that could follow in the footsteps of Harlow, Marlow, Winslow et al.