UK Boy Names
- Trefor
- Birney
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"island with the brook"Description:
Bernie, with airs.
- Bellow
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"bellows maker"Description:
Might be an honorific for novelist Saul Bellow, although bellowing is not the gentlest of sounds. Consider Saul instead.
- Meurig
Origin:
Welsh, from LatinMeaning:
"dark-skinned"Description:
The Welsh form of Maurice.
- Burns
Origin:
Scottish and EnglishMeaning:
"from the burnt house"Description:
The final s turns this name into a manservant.
- Phipps
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Philip"Description:
Possible middle name to honor an ancestral Philip.
- Mcewan
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"son of Ewan"Description:
Shows some promise via its connection to the growing interest in Ewan.
- Rhydderch
- Burnet
Origin:
English from FrenchMeaning:
"brown"Description:
We don't see this one making it unless you have a compelling family reason.
- Swithin
Origin:
Spelling variation of SwithunDescription:
Saint Swithin or Swithun is best known for his feast day, July 15, which according to legend will determine the weather for the next 40 days.
- Jarman
Origin:
English from French GermainDescription:
A more modern- sounding alternative to Harman.
- Keverne
Origin:
Cornish saint and place nameDescription:
St. Keverne is a town on Cornwall's Lizard Peninsula and also the name of an ancient saint. While the name is virtually unused for children in the modern world, it could be a Kevin update and has contemporary possibilities.
- Adelbert
- Litton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"settlement on the hill"Description:
Slightly less stiff and small if spelled Lytton.
- Dyfan
- Birtle
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"hill of birds"Description:
Brittle.
- Calbert
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"calf-herder"Description:
Putting a C before Albert doesn't make this old occupational name any more contempo.
- Davidson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"David's son"Description:
Can be used as a middle name to honor Dad or Grandpa David.
- Hill
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"someone who lives by a hill"Description:
Simple and down-to-earth, but would probably work best as a middle name.
- Newport
Origin:
English place-nameMeaning:
"new port"Description:
For sailors or jazz lovers. Or smokers of menthol cigarettes.