930+ English Names for Boys

An English family name used a few generations ago as an Anglicization of Moses, but hardly heard since th 1950s.

Clint with a glint; used for flinty characters in old TV westerns and soap operas.

He can get it for you wholesale.

Loyal is one of the few virtue names suitable for boys, an honorable and principled Boy Scout-esque appellation with a surprisingly long and distinguished history.

This British last-name-first-name could make a more masculine alternative to Shelby.

An upper-crusty-sounding name with humble origins.

Sure, and we hope he has a good time playing with Buster and Buddy.

Name hovering near the bottom of the Top 1000 that may move higher with the fashion for two-syllable surnames. You could do worse...but you probably could also do better.

If you use this for a boy, it had better be a family name, hidden away in the middle.

A fresh Dale relative that finds place amongst similar names like Cullin and Hamelin as well as the more common Allen and Dylan.

Seems like a redundant name for a lad.

Upscale and upstanding.

Fielding isn't an occupational name, exactly, though it does relate to someone who works in or lives in a Field. Although there have been a handful of people, real and fictional, with the first name Fielding, the most famous Fielding is eighteenth century writer Henry Fielding, author of Tom Jones.

The new Randy -- though a bit commercial, as in Rand Corporation, Rand McNally, et al.

Rugged and straightforward brand-new name, though you might not like the idea of branding your son.

This scary word name was given to five baby boys in the US in 2013, entering the lexicon for the first time. Are the boys named Vice destined for a life of crime, or the creation of a media empire?

If Dayton, like Trenton and Camden, is finding favor with parents, it's more because of its popular two-syllable surname feel and -on ending than the industrial city in Ohio.

Perfect choice if your baby has grandpas named Barry and Eric, but also a bit military.

A surname style name that could make an alternative to Wayne or Wyatt.

The Brits say BARK-lee, but we pronounce it the same as the name of the California college: either way it's quite pretentious and of another era.