UK Boy Names

A name only a bully could love.

This surname name may offer a pronunciation challenge, to those unfamiliar with Michael Crichton novels, but its fresher than Hunter or Cooper.

Only if he actually is.

Best known from actor-comedian Cleavon Little, Cleavon feels less soap opera than Cliff and quite really on-trend right now.

Hippie name of the Jonathan Livingston Seagull era.

Not manly enough.

If blogger-in-chief Arianna's first name can rise through the name popularity charts, why not her surname? Uffa is an Old English personal name (we don't see that one coming back) and the suffix ton usually designates a town or village.

Could be a possible and more modern, namesake for Uncle Neal.

Related to the word bourgeois; actor Burgess Meredith put this surname in first place.

The Mc and Mac surnames are asserting themselves as first names and this is one of the most popular. Though outside the U.S. Top 1000, it's among the fastest rising names for boys.

For now at least, Parton conjures up the larger-than-life image of Dolly. For an American boy, Patton or Peyton would probably be a better bet.

Double whammy: the expression "Seward's folly" and inevitable sewer jokes.

Surname doomed to remain a surname.

Family name best used in the middle, especially since it was seen as the portly postman in Seinfeld.

Fresh way to pass down Roger.

A name you would probably want to use only if it's in your family history. The first syllable moves it miles away from the softer Whitney.

Pompous and pretentious.