English Names

Piper's rising popularity for girls makes it an unlikely masculine choice.

Piper

An established male name that might cross over to the girls' side -- though if it's a water name you're after, there are so many prettier choices.

Wade

Place name and surname that sounds a tad snooty.

Fairfax

One surname name unlikely to cross over to first. 

Pickford

Possible middle name to honor an ancestral Philip. 

Phipps

One art name that sounds distinctly more masculine.  Unless you're a big mobile fan, keep thinking.

Calder

One of the bird names that's more appropriate for a boy, though it works for a girl too.  

Falcon

Bird name possibility, rarer than Lark and Wren but with the same short, punchy feel.
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Only five baby girls were named Finch in the most recent year, and four times as many baby boys.

Finch

'Q' names are hot, and this is an intriguing fruit name that could be used for a girl or boy.  The quince often appears in Greek myth, in tales of Aphrodite, Paris and Atalanta.  Can also be a nickname for Quincy.

Quince

Yule is one <a href="https://nameberry.com/list/412/christmas-baby-names">Christmas baby name</a> that doesn't sound very festive.  We prefer Winter or even Christmas itself.

Yule

Phelps

Palin, as in, yes, one-time VP candidate Sarah, has emerged as a hot new first name, usually for girls.

Palin

If you prefer the woods to the ocean, you'll want to name your son (or daughter) Beech instead of Beach.

Beech

Perkin sounds a bit Hobbit-ish as a full name, but it might make a good honor name or nickname for a boy called Peter.

Perkin

The name of the teenaged son on the dear departed television show "Huff."

Byrd

All the Fitz names are hard to carry, but this one has a wonderful meaning and might be a good middle name choice to honor a brilliant lineage.

Fitzhugh

And if it's triplets: Pembroke, Pendleton, and Penley. 

Penley

Cheever has a nice, cheery sound, literary ties to novelist and short writer John Cheever and also, sideways, to the Edward Arlington Robinson narrative poem "Miniver Cheevy," as well as a subliminal association with the desirable word achiever: all strong pluses.

Cheever

Pendleton

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.



Browse Nameberry's complete range of English names for girls and boys, continued, below, or consult our individual lists of 

. The English origin names below are ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.

English names including girl names and boy names of English origin from the English language and culture (Page 122)

1450+ English Names (with Meanings & Popularity)