1450+ English Names (with Meanings & Popularity)

Updates the old religious day name.

Both Madisyn and Madison have lost ground in recent years.

Mythic lumberjack Paul may inspire some namesakes despite relation to similarly pronounced foot problem.

Only if he actually is.

A rather formal British surname that originated as a place name in the county of Lancashire.

Shaw is a streamlined and more modern-sounding Shawn, with many notable surname namesakes.

One of the rare cases where spelling a name with a y makes it less rather than more feminine. Birdie might be the freshest choice in this aviary.

Possibility for fish enthusiasts, but works better for a boy.

One of the more unusual word names used by Plymouth pilgrims for their children. Fear Brewster is an example of the usage of this name. Definitely one of the historic pilgrim names best left in the past.

A bit too close to "quandary" and "queen".

The German name for girls Wylda was introduced to the world by British filmmaker/artist, director of Fifty Shades of Gray Sam Taylor-Wood and her actor husband, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who named their daughter Wylda Rae. Is that Wylda, which rhymes with Hilda, and might be found inhabiting a sod hut on the Kansas prairie in 1901? Or Wylda, sister of Wilder, destined for a future as a hell-raising singer in a rock band?

The cake company pretty much knocked this otherwise-pretty compilation name out of consideration for most parents.

With the growing popularity for girls of such names as Aubrey and Audrey, Auberon feels like a fresh and viable option.