English Names

Associated best perhaps with the British broadcaster, natural historian, writer, and conservationist, Sir David Attenborough, this would certainly make a bold choice and big namesake for any baby. 
 
Derived from an English place name, meaning "fortified place belonging to Eadda (or Adda)" — Eadda being Old English given names meaning "wealth, fortune, riches" — it was <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9q3yv2vyypo">chosen as a middle name </a> by a Welsh couple, in honor of the 100th birthday of the respected environmentalist and documentary maker. 
 
In the case of Sir David Attenborough, the name would be pronounced AT-uhn-buhr-uh, though AT-uhn-bruh is also heard in the UK and AT-uh-buh-ro may be used in the US.

Attenborough

For sailors or jazz lovers. Or smokers of menthol cigarettes. 

Newport

A compound name, blending classic, international Ana, and the modern Aubrey. It could be pronounced in two different ways. 

Aubreyana

A smoosh name, blending modern Aubrey with classic Anna.

Aubreyanna

A compound name, blending modern feeling Aubrey with the classic Anne. 

Aubreyanne

Aubrey, combined with the suffix -ena. Aubriena or Aubrienna could be other spellings.

Aubreyena

Aubria

Family name best used in the middle, especially since it was seen as the portly postman in Seinfeld. 

Newman

Some will see this as spirited, others stuffy. The protagonist of the Edith Wharton novel The Age of Innocence was a popular and successful lawyer named Newbold Archer.

Newland

A little like Adrianne, this compound name blends classic Anne with modern Aubrey. 

Aubrianne

One of several surnames beginning with New that nevertheless sound anything but. 

Newell

Newbury

Surname choice that's neither new nor bold. Newbold was the middle name of Edith Wharton.

Newbold

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

Nesbit

Unique name for the son of a woodworker. 

Naylor

Nayland

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

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

Morton

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

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

Morley

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 

English names including girl names and boy names of English origin from the English language and culture (Page 137)

English Names (with Meanings & Popularity)