1450+ English Names (with Meanings & Popularity)

In British slang, a "prat" is an idiot -- enough said.

Unique name for the son of a woodworker.

Birch or even Burke is better.

Sounds too much like buxom.

Latter-day Ashley that comes in a range of spelling variations. Ansley and Ainsley have both hit the Top 1000 in recent years.

nature namesare in, and even fish names like Pike and Salmon are open for consideration.

Sweet and southern-feeling, maybe thanks to Horton Foote, author of Tender Mercies and The Trip to Bountiful, not to mention the Dr. Seuss connection.

Here too lies the danger of entitlement.

Would make a difficult choice even for those with ties to the Virginia city or British county.

If you prefer the woods to the ocean, you'll want to name your son (or daughter) Beech instead of Beach.

This is an occupational surname for one who made nails and has been used by one Berry to honor a Canadian World War I hero, Col. George Nasmith. Other related names with the same meaning nclude Nayler, Naismith, Naysmith and Neasmith. Trivia note: Dr. James Naismith is considered the inventor of basketball.

Palin has suddenly become a hot new surname-name given usually to girls. The inspiration can only be former Alaska governor Sarah, though the name Palin is her husband's -- her original surname is Heath. Palin herself is no stranger to the adventurous baby name, as the mother of daughters Bristol, Piper, and Willow, and sons Track and Trig.

Distinguished though it is, it will never shake its portly cigar-smoking image.

As always, that oy sound is problematic.

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

Both Madisyn and Madison have lost ground in recent years.

Sisley may look like a modern coinage, building on the fashionable -ley ending, but it's actually a medieval English variant of Cicely or Cecily, which in turn is a variation of Cecilia. Also found as an English surname, from the same root.

And if it's triplets: Pembroke, Pendleton, and Penley.

Brock plus.

Charming Dickensian route to Nick.