UK Boy Names

Possibility for fans of science fiction writer Ray.

Barker may be appealing to parents looking for a name with many layers - not only does it share a meaning with the more common Shepherd and Tanner, it also brings to mind the bark of a tree, making this a surreptitious choice for nature enthusiasts.

You won't win with Sherwin.

Unusual and unappealing.

This dignified Old English surname was brought into the modern consciousness by author Armistead Maupin, who wrote the San Francisco stories Tales of the City. There was also a Civil War general named Lewis Armistead.

Streamline it to Marsh, Mason, or Carson.

A rare place name and surname, with possible potential as an alternative to Jaxon. Famous wearers of the surname include biologist brothers Charles Edward and Walter Faxon, and composer Nancy Plummer Faxon.

Gently pleasant English family name long associated with 60-Minuteman Morley Safer.

For towheads with ties to Scotland -- in theory, anyway.

Cowboyish occupational name that's one of the hottest choices below the Top 1000, increasing in rank more than 5000 places since the year 2000. Roper may not be a unique choice much longer.

There's a Perth in Scotland and a bigger one in Australia; this name could make a statement similar to Heath.

Forster, a variation of Foster or potentially even Forester, is associated with British novelist E.M. Forster, author of A Passage to India, Howard's End, and A Room with a View. But if you choose Forster, you'd always have to force that 'r'.

Sounds too much like buxom.

An obscure possibility...for a girl.

In British slang, a "prat" is an idiot -- enough said.

Earvin gained NBA fame as the birth name of Magic Johnson. If your name was Earvin, you'd probably change it to Magic too.

Unique name for the son of a woodworker.

Birch or even Burke is better.