1450+ English Names

Big Band-ish name could easily be confused with Darcy.

Brittle.

A bit too close to "quandary" and "queen".

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

Keats is both poetic and easier to pronounce (it's keets) than Yeats (which is yates).

Could be a possible and more modern, namesake for Uncle Neal.

Only if you don't mind hearing yourself saying, "Come quickly, Quixley."

A city name that sounds more legit than most because of its similarity to Peyton and other such names in circulation.

Echoes of two dated names: Lori and Linda.

Double whammy: the expression "Seward's folly" and inevitable sewer jokes.

Clumsy when used as a first name.

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

Not manly enough.

The name of the king of the fairies in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream; could work just as well for your little sprite.

Hopelessly nerdy.

Pompous and pretentious.

Today's Veronicas would be called Veronica.

Dancer feels like a name ready to leap into the charts with its sense of life and joy; and if names like Hunter and Archer can be used, why not Dancer. There will be some danger of other kids relating this one to Santa's reindeer and it might make a good name for a Christmas baby, but that might be a positive connotation for a child.