UK Baby Names

Big Band-ish name could easily be confused with Darcy.

The Dutch meaning (Buell is the Dutch occupational name for a hangman) is enough to keep most people away.

Brittle.

A bit too close to "quandary" and "queen".

Somewhat flat-footed spelling variation.

The Mc and Mac surnames are asserting themselves as first names and this is one of the most popular. Though outside the U.S. Top 1000, it's among the fastest rising names for boys.

Might make a good middle name for the child of a musician, though people could think you were honoring your BMW.

Keats is both poetic and easier to pronounce (it's keets) than Yeats (which is yates).

While this has a distinguished male namesake -- astronomer Edmund Halley and his comet -- it still strays too close to the superpopular feminine Hailey family to work for some parents for a boy. Fewer than five baby boys were given the name last year, but that could change as formerly-female names become more acceptable for boys.

Could be a possible and more modern, namesake for Uncle Neal.

Only if you don't mind hearing yourself saying, "Come quickly, Quixley."

A city name that sounds more legit than most because of its similarity to Peyton and other such names in circulation.

Echoes of two dated names: Lori and Linda.

Double whammy: the expression "Seward's folly" and inevitable sewer jokes.