English Names

Some definite downsides: Massive, Messy. 

Massey

Too tightly associated with the real-life villainous Captain Bligh of The Mutiny on the Bounty. 

Bligh

Undiscovered single-syllable surname option, a friendly alternative to Reed. 

Mead

Blanford

Sounds like a displaced Dr. Seuss character. 

Merton

Blakeley is one of the many -ley ending surnames that is being adopted as a first name, taking the 80s unisex darling Blake into the new millennium.

Blakeley

Blackwell

Somewhat dashing surname, but with serious teasing potential. 

Blackburn

Birtle

Moore is recommended as a rich and satisfying middle name choice, whether it relates to your own family history or not. Of the numerous outstanding Moore-surnamed namesakes, count sculptor Henry, writers Clement, Marianne and Brian, entertainers Demi, Dudley, Garry, Roger, Julianne, Melba and Mary Tyler, and provocateur Michael.

Moore

Gently pleasant English family name long associated with 60-Minuteman Morley Safer. 

Morley

Other kids might see a teasible connection to mortician or mortuary. Mortimer is an English family name used a few generations ago as an Anglicization of Moses; it was Walt Disney's original choice for the name of his mouse, until his wife talked him out of it.

Mortimer

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

Morton

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

Burney

Just the kind of old-fashioned nickname coming back into style. 

Birney

Nayland

Unique name for the son of a woodworker. 

Naylor

Burleigh

A family name that wouldn't appeal to many parents. 

Nesbit

English names -- names originating in the English language -- rank among the top names in the US, the UK, and other English-speaking countries, along with such European countries as Sweden, Germany, and France.

 in the US Top 300 include Georgia, Juliet, Lily and Olive for girls, and Emmett, Miles, Oscar, and William for boy.

 include Alfie, Lily, Edward, and Ella. In Sweden, the English girls' name Alice ranks near the top of the list, while the English boys' nickname Tom is fashionable in France.



Less conventional English names that rank highly in the US include, for girls, Kendall, Kinsley, Madison, Marley, Peyton, Presley, Sutton, Willow, Winter and Wren, For boys, this group includes Archer, Brooks, Carter, Fletcher, Graham, Huxley, Mason, Reed, Sawyer, and Wilder.

 that carry a lot of style value include, for girls, Araminta, Arden, Azalea, Birdie, Blythe, Clover, Lilac, Lavender, Posey, and Waverly. For boys, unique English names to consider include Birch, Booker, Dane, Garrison, Hale, Kit, Oberon, Shaw, Tobin, and Winston.



Our collection of English baby names also includes surname names such as Lancaster and Huffington, nature names such as River and Marigold, English word names such as Love and Journey, along with place names like Devon and occupational names such as Driver.



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English names including girl names and boy names of English origin from the English language and culture (Page 101)

English Names (with Meanings & Popularity)