UK Baby Names

Cooper would be a more engaging C-starting occupational choice.

Cowboyish occupational name sure to attract notice.

There are two lovely Portlands, in Maine and Oregon, but not many babies with their name.

Efficient feel.

One of several surnames beginning with New that nevertheless sound anything but.

Rarely heard surname name that lacks the lightness of other o-ending names.

Best known as a hotel company, but shares some of the cool sounds of Wyatt.

fuhgeddaboutit.

Set apart from other once-male-only surnames because of its peaceful element. This is one of the newest and trendiest names that mean peace.

Fortitude is the kind of virtue name the Puritans favored, but would not be easy for a modern boy to carry. Stick with something a little simpler than Fortitude, like Justice or True.

This old-time name for a sofa would not be comfortable as a baby name.

The connection to a knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend gives this name a hint of nobility. Geraint Thomas was a Welsh cyclist who competed in the 2008 Olympics.

This could be a new variation on the megapopular Braden-Caden-Haden bunch, or a nonmilitaristic form of Patton.

This name may be related to the Latin Maximus, which means "the greatest," or to a British landowner's name, but for most modern parents, it's one of several ways to get to short form Max.

Possible Hayden alternative.

Might be an honorific for novelist Saul Bellow, although bellowing is not the gentlest of sounds. Consider Saul instead.

Cute nickname name used by Woody Harrelson for his daughter, but does have possible association with Denny's.

Appealingly boyish a decade ago, less so now.