930+ English Names for Boys

Nothing but a hound dog.

Intriguing meaning, but stuffy sound.

A possibility for fans of the mystery writer, but most parents would prefer Dashiell.

For fans of the (female) author A. S. ; makes an interesting alternative to Wyatt or the hotelish Hyatt.

There are two lovely Portlands, in Maine and Oregon, but not many babies with their name.

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

Inevitable circus association.

A secret nature name for boys.

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

The -el ending feels inevitably feminine; also a form of French poetry.

Climbing a mountain somewhere with Radcliff and Heathcliff.

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

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.

Dickinson is a possibility for Richard's boy, though that Dick nickname is problematic no matter how you get to it.

Legitimizes the newly coined Denim, as does the Scottish place-name Denholm (both pronounced DEN-um).

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

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

Literary, occupational, and very neglected.

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.

Stick with North.