The Best Rare Names of WWII - Boys
- Benton
Origin:
English surname and place nameMeaning:
"bent grass enclosure"Description:
Benton is an old English surname of a type usually given to local landowners. It is also recorded in early records as Beneton and Bentune. Benton newly returned to the Social Security list in 2011 after a forty-plus year absence, perhaps as a fresh route to Ben.
- Bertil
- Bertram
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"bright raven"Description:
Old Norman name last current in the 1930s, and firmly in our 'so far out it will always be out' category – despite its appearance as a Hogwarts student in Harry Potter. This is the full first name of P.G. Wodehouse's inimitable Bertie Wooster.
- Bertrand
Origin:
French from GermanMeaning:
"magnificent crow"Description:
This name of famed philosopher, mathematician and Nobel laureate Bertrand Russell becomes slightly more plausible with the French pronunciation, bare-TRAHN. Another noted bearer is French director and screenwriter Bertrand Tavernier.
- Berwyn
- Bjarne
- Booker
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"scribe"Description:
Booker would make for a very cool name, for writers, reformers, R & B fans and those wanting to pay tribute to Booker T. Washington.
- Boyce
Origin:
Scottish, from FrenchMeaning:
"lives by the woods"Description:
CEO name.
- Bradford
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"wide river crossing"Description:
Brad in a Brooks Brothers suit.
- Brazil
Origin:
Place-nameDescription:
A geographical name that does the samba...and was also borne by a Celtic saint: a winning combination. Well used in the Creole community.
- Brewster
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"female brewer"Description:
With its slightly cocky feel, this well-used surname is not often heard as a first.
- Bright
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"bright"Description:
Rare word name that works for either gender.
- Bruno
Origin:
GermanicMeaning:
"brown"Description:
It’s ok, we can talk about Bruno now!
- Bunyan
Origin:
English from FrenchMeaning:
"swelling"Description:
Mythic lumberjack Paul may inspire some namesakes despite relation to similarly pronounced foot problem.
- Burton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"fortified enclosure"Description:
Prissy, no matter how you spell it.
- Balo
- Bartolo
- Beaver
- Ben-Hur
- Bernabe