UK Boy Names

One way to refer to an ancestral Roy, if not the most mellifluous.

Ambitious geographical name.

Most people's sole association with this name is Oprah companion Stedman Graham -- cool and sophisticated.

Stronger and fresher than the original, though it may provoke the question, "Got a light?"

We don't think a boy would want to be called a sham.

A surname associated these days with Breaking Bad actor Bryan Cranston.

Putting a C before Albert doesn't make this old occupational name any more contempo.

This could be a possible replacement for the overused Tyson, though it has something of a commercial feel related to the brand of vacuum cleaners.

Palin, as in, yes, one-time VP candidate Sarah, has emerged as a hot new first name, usually for girls.

A better modern solution than Robert Jr. ; known to fiction readers via Canadian novelist Robertson Davies.

Although this was the surname of a rugged World War II admiral, these days it has a feminine feel.

Variant of Kendall

Writer Anne Tyler gave this apt name to the hippie child in her novel Amateur Marriage, but she wasn't the first -- it was also used by the Puritans. Today it would be quite a loaded choice.

Macho-er than thou.

Try Simon. Or Homer.

A nice beachy name, but one that would require constant explanation.

Pell makes an unusual middle name choice. And if grandpa Seymour was a fur trader, you might do better to honor him by naming the baby Pell.

We can hear the kids teasing him from here.