UK Boy Names
- Raibeart
- Durham
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"hill peninsula"Description:
Gentle and southern-inflected, redolent of the North Carolina landscape.
- Hodgson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Roger"Description:
A possible nod to grandpa Roger, though somewhat stuffy.
- Mata
- Hobson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Robert"Description:
An original way to honor an ancestral Robert. Hobson is outside the Top 1000 but is among the fastest-rising names for boys.
- Birley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"meadow with the cow shed"Description:
A surname with a decidedly burley image.
- Mcarthur
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"son of Arthur"Description:
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.
- Harailt
- Seward
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"sea defender"Description:
Double whammy: the expression "Seward's folly" and inevitable sewer jokes.
- Pollard
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"shorn head"Description:
Clumsy when used as a first name.
- Burney
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"island of the brook"Description:
Though they sound exactly alike, this spelling makes it much more elegant than Bernie.
- Pickford
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"from the ford at the peak"Description:
One surname name unlikely to cross over to first.
- Hillery
- Ailbert
- Virle
- Gilleabart
- Bunyan
Origin:
English from FrenchMeaning:
"swelling"Description:
Mythic lumberjack Paul may inspire some namesakes despite relation to similarly pronounced foot problem.
- Pilbin