930+ English Names for Boys

Named for Millard. Or the late great rock palace.

Surname choice that's neither new nor bold. Newbold was the middle name of Edith Wharton.

Family name best used in the middle, especially since it was seen as the portly postman in Seinfeld.

Most parents attracted to this name will be devotees of the author William and would be better off using it in the middle.

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

Clumsy when used as a first name.

Upper-crusty surname name.

Double whammy: the expression "Seward's folly" and inevitable sewer jokes.

Hitting bottom.

Not manly enough.

A name you would probably want to use only if it's in your family history. The first syllable moves it miles away from the softer Whitney.

This occupational choice is less appealing than such brethren as Baker and Baxter.

A child named Peale may have to endure more than a few banana jokes, but the Peales were a distinguished family of artists.

Only if you don't mind hearing yourself saying, "Come quickly, Quixley."

Above par middle name possibility.

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

Might make a good middle name for the child of a musician, though people could think you were honoring your BMW.

Dancer feels like a name ready to leap into the charts with its sense of life and joy; and if names like Hunter and Archer can be used, why not Dancer. There will be some danger of other kids relating this one to Santa's reindeer and it might make a good name for a Christmas baby, but that might be a positive connotation for a child.

Gentle and southern-inflected, redolent of the North Carolina landscape.