930+ English Names for Boys

  1. Burr
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "bristle"
    • Description:

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

      English occupational name
    • Description:

      One occupational name unlikely to find a single taker.
  3. Hodgson
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "son of Roger"
    • Description:

      A possible nod to grandpa Roger, though somewhat stuffy.
  4. Babson
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "son of Barbara"
    • Description:

      Only if he actually is.
  5. Parkin
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "little Peter"
    • Description:

      To honor an ancestral Peter.
  6. Birley
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "meadow with the cow shed"
    • Description:

      A surname with a decidedly burley image.
  7. Bickford
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "axman's ford"
    • Description:

      Surname doomed to remain a surname.
  8. Birkett
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "birch coastland"
    • Description:

      Birch or even Burke is better.
  9. Newbold
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "new building"
    • Description:

      Surname choice that's neither new nor bold. Newbold was the middle name of Edith Wharton.
  10. Packard
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "pack, bundle,"
    • Description:

      Packard feels as hefty and weighty as the old car.
  11. Burford
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "ford near the castle"
    • Description:

      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.
  12. Parr
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "enclosure"
    • Description:

      Above par middle name possibility.
  13. Virle