UK Boy Names
- Newbury
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"new borough, new settlement"Description:
A name only a bully could love.
- Northcliff
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"northern cliff"Description:
Stick with North.
- Meurig
- Sinjon
Origin:
English, phonetic spelling of StDescription:
See ST.
- Dickinson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Dick"Description:
Dickinson is a possibility for Richard's boy, though that Dick nickname is problematic no matter how you get to it.
- Raghnall
- Peterson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Peter"Description:
To honor an ancestral Peter.
- Burney
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"island of the brook"Description:
Though they sound exactly alike, this spelling makes it much more elegant than Bernie.
- Cleavon
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"of the cliff"Description:
Best known from actor-comedian Cleavon Little, Cleavon feels less soap opera than Cliff and quite really on-trend right now.
- Durnell
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"grower of darnel"Description:
Darnel, the plant from which this name derives, is an intoxicating plant, which used to be grown to make medicines and poisons.
- Burroughs
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"dwelling place"Description:
Most parents attracted to this name will be devotees of the author William and would be better off using it in the middle.
- Ranald
- Dùghall
- Jarman
Origin:
English from French GermainDescription:
A more modern- sounding alternative to Harman.
- Bunyan
Origin:
English from FrenchMeaning:
"swelling"Description:
Mythic lumberjack Paul may inspire some namesakes despite relation to similarly pronounced foot problem.
- Burr
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"bristle"Description:
Ruggedly appealing word name in the Thorn/Rider/Storm school of boys' names.
- Butcher
Origin:
English occupational nameDescription:
One occupational name unlikely to find a single taker.
- Dàibhidh
- Hodgson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Roger"Description:
A possible nod to grandpa Roger, though somewhat stuffy.
- Hillery