UK Boy Names

The stuffy-sounding name of a posh medieval village in the Cotswolds, in England, that some consider one of the most beautiful small towns in Europe.

With Devon so overused, consider a move to the undiscovered neighboring county -- though it's nowhere near as euphonious, rhyming with corset.

One occupational name unlikely to find a single taker.

Above par middle name possibility.

A child named Peale may have to endure more than a few banana jokes, but the Peales were a distinguished family of artists.

Though they sound exactly alike, this spelling makes it much more elegant than Bernie.

Dancer feels like a name ready to leap into the charts with its sense of life and joy; and if names like Hunter and Archer can be used, why not Dancer. There will be some danger of other kids relating this one to Santa's reindeer and it might make a good name for a Christmas baby, but that might be a positive connotation for a child.

Has a fresh occupational name feel, combined with old-fashioned Currier & Ives charm.

Unusual, but clear and strong.

Rough and sporty, but too specific.

An original way to honor an ancestral Robert. Hobson is outside the Top 1000 but is among the fastest-rising names for boys.

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.

Slightly less stiff and small if spelled Lytton.

Darnel, the plant from which this name derives, is an intoxicating plant, which used to be grown to make medicines and poisons.