930+ English Names for Boys

A familiar and usable last name turned first. Or you could look at it as a homophone of the verb howl, which gives it a wilder feel.

Way out.

Wheeler is one of the most energetic of the newly stylish occupational names, all those 'e's giving it a friendly, freewheeling sound.

Chaplin carries two very distinctive images: the beloved Little Tramp and a minister, often to the military. It was the baby-name choice of Ever Carridine in 2010.

Besides having an unappealing sound, has long been identified with a much-mocked Ford car model; use of this name is now restricted to the Ford family.

Seems to stand at attention and salute.

Despite its poetic associations, almost as dated as Sheldon, and more feminine.

British place-name unlikely to evoke much passion in any baby namer.

A possible Christmas name for a baby boy, if you find Noel too mundane. But we fear it doesn't sound very festive.

It's a hat, it's a race, and it's even been known to be a name. In Britain, it would be pronounced darby.

Possible Hayden alternative.

Kenyon is a very engaging British surname name, the middle y giving it a kind of southwestern canyonesque undertone.

Webster is one of several W-starting surname names back on the drawing board, now that it has recovered from its childlike eighties sitcom identity.

Try Abraham or Lincoln instead.

If it's not too phlegmatic for you, this surname and name of a Scottish clan could honor a number of people, especially Alexander Fleming, the father of antibiotics, and Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond.

A dated fifties surname name that led to the nickname SAndy.

One instance where a phonetic spelling might be better.

This pleasant single-syllable surname might be especially appealing to someone involved with the internet (and who isn't?)--even if some others might see it as a drawback.

This name's buttoned-up British vibe is what makes it cool - that, and the fact that it was chosen by Anne Bronte as her pseudonym - Acton Bell. That's quite the literary - and may we add feminist - credential for a name. For those with an adventurous edge, Acton is one of the highest peaks in Antarctica.

Rocking out on the porch with buddies Hubert, Norbert, and Osbert.