UK Boy Names

  1. Bassett
    • Origin:

      English, originally a nickname for a short person
    • Description:

      Nothing but a hound dog.
  2. Glasgow
    • Origin:

      Scottish place-name
    • Description:

      An undiscovered place-name with an appealing o-sound ending.
  3. Wolcott
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "cottage near a stream"
    • Description:

      One of many stuffy British W surnames that would subject an American boy to years of teasing before growing into it at age fifty.
  4. Durward
    • Origin:

      English occupational name
    • Meaning:

      "doorkeeper"
    • Description:

      Literary, occupational, and very neglected.
  5. 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.
  6. Udell
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "yew-tree valley"
    • Description:

      A secret nature name for boys.
  7. Kenn
    • Origin:

      Welsh
    • Meaning:

      "bright water"
    • Description:

      Occult name for babies born under water signs -- Pisces, Cancer, and Scorpio.
  8. Barnum
    • Origin:

      English contraction of "baron's home"
    • Meaning:

      "baron's home"
    • Description:

      Inevitable circus association.
  9. Deiniol
    • Burford
      • Origin:

        English
      • Meaning:

        "ford near the castle"
      • Description:

        The stuffy-sounding name of a posh medieval village in the Cotswolds, in England, that some consider one of the most beautiful small towns in Europe.
    • Blakeley
      • Origin:

        English surname
      • Meaning:

        "dark wood or clearing"
      • Description:

        Blakeley is one of the many -ley ending surnames that is being adopted as a first name, taking the 80s unisex darling Blake into the new millennium.
    • Nayland
      • Origin:

        English
      • Meaning:

        "island-dweller"
      • Description:

        Intriguing meaning, but stuffy sound.
    • Cranston
      • Origin:

        English
      • Meaning:

        "the crane town"
      • Description:

        A surname associated these days with Breaking Bad actor Bryan Cranston.
    • Radburn
      • Origin:

        English
      • Meaning:

        "reedy stream"
      • Description:

        Upper-crusty surname name.
    • Inek
      • Aland
        • Tòmag
          • Berton
            • Origin:

              English
            • Meaning:

              "fortified town"
          • Filmore
            • Origin:

              English
            • Meaning:

              "very famous"
            • Description:

              Named for Millard. Or the late great rock palace.
          • Northcliff
            • Origin:

              English
            • Meaning:

              "northern cliff"
            • Description:

              Stick with North.