930+ English Names for Boys

  1. Parkin
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "little Peter"
    • Description:

      To honor an ancestral Peter.
  2. Hodgson
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "son of Roger"
    • Description:

      A possible nod to grandpa Roger, though somewhat stuffy.
  3. Parton
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "pear orchard"
    • Description:

      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.
  4. Burne
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "the brook"
    • Description:

      Has a certain fiery charm.
  5. Burr
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "bristle"
    • Description:

      Ruggedly appealing word name in the Thorn/Rider/Storm school of boys' names.
  6. Newland
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "new land"
    • Description:

      Some will see this as spirited, others stuffy. The protagonist of the Edith Wharton novel The Age of Innocence was a popular and successful lawyer named Newbold Archer.
  7. Birley
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "meadow with the cow shed"
    • Description:

      A surname with a decidedly burley image.
  8. Westbrook
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "from the western brook"
    • Description:

      Pompous and pretentious.
  9. Hobson
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "son of Robert"
    • Description:

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

      English
    • Meaning:

      "island of the brook"
    • Description:

      Though they sound exactly alike, this spelling makes it much more elegant than Bernie.
  11. Pickford
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "from the ford at the peak"
    • Description:

      One surname name unlikely to cross over to first.
  12. Bunyan
    • Origin:

      English from French
    • Meaning:

      "swelling"
    • Description:

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