930+ English Names for Boys
- Parkin
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"little Peter"Description:
To honor an ancestral Peter.
- Hodgson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Roger"Description:
A possible nod to grandpa Roger, though somewhat stuffy.
- Parton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"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.
- Burne
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"the brook"Description:
Has a certain fiery charm.
- Burr
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"bristle"Description:
Ruggedly appealing word name in the Thorn/Rider/Storm school of boys' names.
- Newland
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"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.
- Birley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"meadow with the cow shed"Description:
A surname with a decidedly burley image.
- Westbrook
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"from the western brook"Description:
Pompous and pretentious.
- Hobson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"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.
- Burney
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"island of the brook"Description:
Though they sound exactly alike, this spelling makes it much more elegant than Bernie.
- Pickford
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"from the ford at the peak"Description:
One surname name unlikely to cross over to first.
- Bunyan
Origin:
English from FrenchMeaning:
"swelling"Description:
Mythic lumberjack Paul may inspire some namesakes despite relation to similarly pronounced foot problem.
- Virle