1450+ English Names (with Meanings & Popularity)
- Georgeanna
Origin:
English, combination of Georgia and AnnaDescription:
With the first two syllables pronounced Georgie, it has a stylish Masterpiece Theatre air.
- Haylee
Origin:
Spelling variation of HaileyDescription:
Haylee dropped out of the Top 500 for the first time since 1992 recently, in step with a decline by Hailey (though the alternative Hadley is still near the Top 100). For some, Haylee is one E too many, but it reflects the broader popularity in -lee suffixes.
- Elberta
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"highborn, shining"Description:
The great-great-aunt in the purple hat, singing jazz.
- Blakesley
Origin:
English place-name and surnameMeaning:
"dark wolf's wood or clearing"Description:
Blakesley is the name of a village in England, also sometimes found as a surname along with Blakely and Blakeley, turned into a first name for their daughter by reality stars Trista and Ryan Sutter. Blakesley joins other -ley ending names -- Hadley, Finley -- as one of the most popular forms of unisex names with a girlish spin.
- Boo
Origin:
Word name or nicknameDescription:
Boo may have started out as a nickname for the male character Arthur "Boo" Radley in To Kill A Mockingbird and these days may be closely associated with another male Boo, the "world's cutest dog" or with the adorable little girl in Monsters, Inc.
- Pascoe
Origin:
English and Cornish variation of PascaleMeaning:
"Easter"Description:
Updates the old religious day name.
- Chesleigh
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"camp on the meadow"Description:
Chelsea with dyslexia.
- Blakeley
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"dark wood or clearing"Description:
Blakeley is one of the many -ley ending surnames that is being adopted as a first name, updating the 80s darlings Blake and Ashley.
- Emeny
Origin:
English, uncertain originDescription:
Emily substitute, though it sounds like a child's mispronunciation of "enemy".
- Breeze
Origin:
Word nameDescription:
Most will see this as a refreshing middle name possibility, but Bristol Palin baby daddy Levi Johnston used it as a first name for his new daughter, Breeze Beretta.
- Peg
Origin:
Diminutive of Margaret, GreekMeaning:
"pearl"Description:
Peg is a nostalgic turn-of-the-last-century nickname, sociable but slight. Like near-identical twin Peggy, Peg is in mothballs.
- Treena
Origin:
English, modern spelling variation of TrinaDescription:
See TRINA.
- Oberon
Origin:
English spelling variation of AuberonMeaning:
"noble, bearlike"Description:
The name of the king of the fairies in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream; could work just as well for your little sprite.
