930+ English Names for Boys

For now at least, Parton conjures up the larger-than-life image of Dolly. For an American boy, Patton or Peyton would probably be a better bet.

Possible middle name to honor an ancestral Philip.

Upper-crusty surname name.

With Devon so overused, consider a move to the undiscovered neighboring county -- though it's nowhere near as euphonious, rhyming with corset.

An original way to honor an ancestral Robert. Hobson is outside the Top 1000 but is among the fastest-rising names for boys.

Paterson is a surname-name to continue a line of Peters and also the name of a city in New Jersey, hometown of poets William Carlos Williams and Allen Ginsberg.

One surname name unlikely to cross over to first.

Fresh way to pass down Roger.

If blogger-in-chief Arianna's first name can rise through the name popularity charts, why not her surname? Uffa is an Old English personal name (we don't see that one coming back) and the suffix ton usually designates a town or village.

A name only a bully could love.

Stick with North.

See ST.

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

To honor an ancestral Peter.

Though they sound exactly alike, this spelling makes it much more elegant than Bernie.

Best known from actor-comedian Cleavon Little, Cleavon feels less soap opera than Cliff and quite really on-trend right now.

Darnel, the plant from which this name derives, is an intoxicating plant, which used to be grown to make medicines and poisons.

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

A more modern- sounding alternative to Harman.

Mythic lumberjack Paul may inspire some namesakes despite relation to similarly pronounced foot problem.