English Names for Boys
- Bickford
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"axman's ford"Description:
Surname doomed to remain a surname.
- New
Origin:
Word nameDescription:
New is a middle name name with meaning: Your baby, after all, is new to the world and you may hope will continue to approach life and experience as if everything is new and exciting.
- Peel
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"tower, stockade"Description:
Peel may seem at first like a cool name, until you consider the inevitable teasing. A peel was a tower that sheltered humans and animals against attack, though these days it's better known as the skin of a banana.
- Phipps
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Philip"Description:
Possible middle name to honor an ancestral Philip.
- Virle
- Birkett
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"birch coastland"Description:
Birch or even Burke is better.
- Cleavon
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"of the cliff"Description:
Best known from actor-comedian Cleavon Little, Cleavon feels less soap opera than Cliff and quite really on-trend right now.
- Huffington
Origin:
Old EnglishMeaning:
"Uffa's town"Description:
If blogger-in-chief Arianna's first name can rise through the name popularity charts, why not her surname? Uffa is an Old English personal name (we don't see that one coming back) and the suffix ton usually designates a town or village.
- Palin
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"wine bearer"Description:
Palin, as in, yes, one-time VP candidate Sarah, has emerged as a hot new first name, usually for girls.
- Hodgson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Roger"Description:
A possible nod to grandpa Roger, though somewhat stuffy.
- Parr
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"enclosure"Description:
Above par middle name possibility.
- Jarman
Origin:
English from French GermainDescription:
A more modern- sounding alternative to Harman.