930+ English Names for Boys

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

Pleasant surname connected to humorist James Thurber, with a sound as happy as a baby's gurgle.

Saint Swithin or Swithun is best known for his feast day, July 15, which according to legend will determine the weather for the next 40 days.

Climbing a mountain somewhere with Radcliff and Heathcliff.

Butler name, and also that of the rat in Charlotte's Web.

Slightly less stiff and small if spelled Lytton.

He'll have to prove his humility.

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

Nothing but a hound dog.

One of many stuffy British W surnames that would subject an American boy to years of teasing before growing into it at age fifty.

Literary, occupational, and very neglected.

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

A secret nature name for boys.

Inevitable circus association.

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.

Blakeley is one of the many -ley ending surnames that is being adopted as a first name, taking the 80s unisex darling Blake into the new millennium.

Intriguing meaning, but stuffy sound.

A surname associated these days with Breaking Bad actor Bryan Cranston.

Upper-crusty surname name.