1450+ English Names (with Meanings & Popularity)

  1. Georgeanna
    • Origin:

      English, combination of Georgia and Anna
    • Description:

      With the first two syllables pronounced Georgie, it has a stylish Masterpiece Theatre air.
  2. Haylee
    • Origin:

      Spelling variation of Hailey
    • Description:

      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.
  3. Elberta
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "highborn, shining"
    • Description:

      The great-great-aunt in the purple hat, singing jazz.
  4. Blakesley
    • Origin:

      English place-name and surname
    • Meaning:

      "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.
  5. Boo
    • Origin:

      Word name or nickname
    • Description:

      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.
  6. Pascoe
    • Origin:

      English and Cornish variation of Pascale
    • Meaning:

      "Easter"
    • Description:

      Updates the old religious day name.
  7. Chesleigh
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "camp on the meadow"
    • Description:

      Chelsea with dyslexia.
  8. Blakeley
    • Origin:

      English surname
    • Meaning:

      "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.
  9. Emeny
    • Origin:

      English, uncertain origin
    • Description:

      Emily substitute, though it sounds like a child's mispronunciation of "enemy".
  10. Breeze
    • Origin:

      Word name
    • Description:

      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.
  11. Peg
    • Origin:

      Diminutive of Margaret, Greek
    • Meaning:

      "pearl"
    • Description:

      Peg is a nostalgic turn-of-the-last-century nickname, sociable but slight. Like near-identical twin Peggy, Peg is in mothballs.
  12. Treena
    • Origin:

      English, modern spelling variation of Trina
    • Description:

      See TRINA.
  13. Oberon
    • Origin:

      English spelling variation of Auberon
    • Meaning:

      "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.