1450+ English Names (with Meanings & Popularity)

A family name that wouldn't appeal to many parents.

In 2014, six little girls in the US were given the name Starlit. Starlit has a sweeter meaning than the similar Starlet, and a better ring than Starlight.

Named for Millard. Or the late great rock palace.

Stick with North.

Most parents attracted to this name will be devotees of the author William and would be better off using it in the middle.

Hitting bottom.

Might make a good middle name for the child of a musician, though people could think you were honoring your BMW.

Possibility for fish enthusiasts, but works better for a boy.

The stuffy-sounding name of a posh medieval village in the Cotswolds, in England, that some consider one of the most beautiful small towns in Europe.

A child named Peale may have to endure more than a few banana jokes, but the Peales were a distinguished family of artists.

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

Upper-crusty surname name.

Beautiful downtown Burbank -- about as glamorous a place-name as Akron...or Detroit.

If this name makes you think of Victorian novels, it's because Fairfax was part of Mr Rochester's name in Jane Eyre, and the surname of a minor character in Jane Austen's Emma. It has a distinctly aristocratic feel, despite its straightforward meaning. Fairfax is also a city in Virginia.

Could catch on in tandem with the newfound popularity of Griffin and Griffith.

Family name best used in the middle, especially since it was seen as the portly postman in Seinfeld.

Above par middle name possibility.

A rather formal British surname that originated as a place name in the county of Lancashire.

Surname choice that's neither new nor bold. Newbold was the middle name of Edith Wharton.