1450+ English Names (with Meanings & Popularity)

Sounds too much like buxom.

Like its cousin Braden, Braydon has been falling in popularity in recent years, perhaps signaling a weakening of the 'aden'-name epidemic. There are thousands of young Bradens and Braydons out there, including the son of Melissa Joan Hart.

Possible alternative to Anderson.

Blakeley is one of the many -ley ending surnames that is being adopted as a first name, taking the 80s unisex darling Blake into the new millennium.

Waspy-sounding choice, well known in literature for Boswell's Life of Johnson.

Pelham, a place-name surname, could work well as a first, despite its slightly arrogant air. It's what the P in P.G. Wodehouse stands for.

Alaska's second most populous city makes a baby name with a preppy, even aristocratic, flavor.

Severe surname choice.

A jolly, bawdy image that recalls the hero of the eighteenth-century novel Tristram Shandy; also a drink in British pubs.

Shaw is a streamlined and more modern-sounding Shawn, with many notable surname namesakes.

Today's Veronicas would be called Veronica.

Yeardley (born Martha) Smith is the unusual name of the voice of Lisa Simpson; not advised unless your surname is Smith or Jones.

Hopelessly nerdy.

Comes with a monocle.

So identified with the hero of the Sir Walter Scott novel, it would be almost impossible for any boy to carry.

Down-to-earth surname name with a drawl, also associated with cereal and dog food.

This occupational choice is less appealing than such brethren as Baker and Baxter.

Stick with the original.

A dignified yet gentle surname name occasionally heard in England and the West Indies.

A family name, a bit haughty.