1450+ English Names

More modern nickname for Victoria than Vicky. Better known as Tori spelling.

Long one of the most popular girls' names starting with P, Patti replaced Patsy as the midcentury's popular, peppy babysitter but has now joined her in the retirement home.

A casual take on Corbin.

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.

Drover, an ancient occupational surname, is right in step with today's styles and would make a distinctive choice. Drover and brothers are fresh updates of such now-widely-used names as Carter and Cooper.

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

A Robert nickname out of use for hundreds of years, but now sounds cooler than Bob or Rob for a modern boy.

Forever the hapless cartoon husband of Blondie.

Unique name for the son of a woodworker.

Birch or even Burke is better.

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

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.

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

Sounds like a Hobbit.

One occupational name unlikely to find a single taker.

Another stiff northerly choice.

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

With Devon so overused, consider a move to the undiscovered neighboring county -- though it's nowhere near as euphonious, rhyming with corset.