930+ English Names for Boys

Forever still feels more like a sentiment than a name, and rather feminine at that.

Simple and down-to-earth, but would probably work best as a middle name.

Forster, a variation of Foster or potentially even Forester, is associated with British novelist E.M. Forster, author of A Passage to India, Howard's End, and A Room with a View. But if you choose Forster, you'd always have to force that 'r'.

Surname of Declaration signer sure to present playground complications.

Another stiff northerly choice.

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

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

 As a surname, it's most familiar as Hearst -- publishing magnate William Randolph and kidnapped granddaughter Patty. Few would use it if it wasn't their own family name.

Putting a C before Albert doesn't make this old occupational name any more contempo.

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

A fresher alternative to Dalton.

Possible middle name to honor an ancestral Philip.

Brusque and charmless, two things you don't want your son to be.

Palin, as in, yes, one-time VP candidate Sarah, has emerged as a hot new first name, usually for girls.

Uppity name associated with muckraking novelist Upton Sinclair.

To honor an ancestral Peter.

Inevitable circus association.

Wharton is a rather stiff banker name that becomes creative as a middle name choice for lovers of the novels of writer Edith.

A popular first name in the eleventh and twelfth centuries, giving rise to surnames Gifford et al. Could enjoy a comeback thanks to trendy Griffin.

We don't see that bright a future for this one either.