UK Boy Names

  1. Trefor
    • Birney
      • Origin:

        English surname
      • Meaning:

        "island with the brook"
      • Description:

        Bernie, with airs.
    • Bellow
      • Origin:

        English occupational name
      • Meaning:

        "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 Latin
      • Meaning:

        "dark-skinned"
      • Description:

        The Welsh form of Maurice.
    • Burns
      • Origin:

        Scottish and English
      • Meaning:

        "from the burnt house"
      • Description:

        The final s turns this name into a manservant.
    • Phipps
      • Origin:

        English
      • Meaning:

        "son of Philip"
      • Description:

        Possible middle name to honor an ancestral Philip.
    • Mcewan
      • Origin:

        Scottish
      • Meaning:

        "son of Ewan"
      • Description:

        Shows some promise via its connection to the growing interest in Ewan.
    • Rhydderch
      • Burnet
        • Origin:

          English from French
        • Meaning:

          "brown"
        • Description:

          We don't see this one making it unless you have a compelling family reason.
      • Swithin
        • Origin:

          Spelling variation of Swithun
        • Description:

          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 Germain
        • Description:

          A more modern- sounding alternative to Harman.
      • Keverne
        • Origin:

          Cornish saint and place name
        • Description:

          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:

            English
          • Meaning:

            "settlement on the hill"
          • Description:

            Slightly less stiff and small if spelled Lytton.
        • Dyfan
          • Birtle
            • Origin:

              English
            • Meaning:

              "hill of birds"
            • Description:

              Brittle.
          • Calbert
            • Origin:

              English
            • Meaning:

              "calf-herder"
            • Description:

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

              English
            • Meaning:

              "David's son"
            • Description:

              Can be used as a middle name to honor Dad or Grandpa David.
          • Hill
            • Origin:

              English
            • Meaning:

              "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-name
            • Meaning:

              "new port"
            • Description:

              For sailors or jazz lovers. Or smokers of menthol cigarettes.