930+ English Names for Boys

Peabody is a quintessentially Waspy surname that your child won't thank you for -- either the pea part or the body part, or the meaning part.

Sounds as if it should have a Sir before it or a shire following it.

With its slightly cocky feel, this well-used surname is not often heard as a first.

For 007 fans, a great middle name choice -- or even a first.

Possible Hayden alternative.

This can be a cool and unusual way to honor your family Robert, conjuring up memories of Robinson Crusoe and Swiss Family Robinson, as well as narrative poet Robinson Jeffers, born John Robinson, who shared his mother's middle name.

Heard in a sixties spy movie, The Quiller Memorandum, this uncommon occupational name has an offbeat charm.

Huntley was best known as Brinkley's news partner several decades ago. With the new genre of girls' names that are unusual surnames ending with the lee sound -- think Mosley, Yardley -- Huntley or Huntlea or Huntleigh might rise for girls.

Underused literary name (as in the poet John) with a -den ending that's very much in style.

What child wouldn't like a name that was a synonym for cool?

If you find West not substantial enough, this would make a more solid path to it.

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.

The y helps a bit, but still a painful image.

Carleton has a great meaning behind it, and should really have more popularity than it has found to date. You can shorten it to Carl or keep it upscale and formal in the longer form. Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Carlton Fisk lends the name some sporty credentials, while American artist Carleton Wiggins confirms this name's Victorian earnestness.

Eastman is a solid, old-style Atlantic seaboard surname. But as a first name, we think Easton works better.

Let's hope he's "burly".

Pell makes an unusual middle name choice. And if grandpa Seymour was a fur trader, you might do better to honor him by naming the baby Pell.

This could be a new variation on the megapopular Braden-Caden-Haden bunch, or a nonmilitaristic form of Patton.

Better suited to a stuffy school than a little boy.

Again, North is so much crisper.