By Pamela Redmond · Updated September 2026
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English
"dwelling place"
Most parents attracted to this name will be devotees of the author William and would be better off using it in the middle.
"bristle"
Ruggedly appealing word name in the Thorn/Rider/Storm school of boys' names.
"dweller by the hollow"
Perhaps if there's a Putnam in your background.
English, modern combination of Quan and Octavius
One of the more imposing and intriguing of the combo names.
"scribe"
Heard in a sixties spy movie, The Quiller Memorandum , this uncommon occupational name has an offbeat charm.
English from Quintus; diminutive of Quinton
Clint with a glint; used for flinty characters in old TV westerns and soap operas.
English from French
"brown"
We don't see this one making it unless you have a compelling family reason.
"clearing"
Only if you don't mind hearing yourself saying, "Come quickly, Quixley."
"reedy stream"
Upper-crusty surname name.
"red cliff"
Harvard's sibling.
"knotty wood; butler"
This name has a nicely fragrant woodsy feel, bringing it into the nature-tree name category. Its only well-known bearer, folk singer and Oscar-winning actor Burl Ives, had the full birth certificate…
"inhabitant of a fortified town"
Related to the word bourgeois; actor Burgess Meredith put this surname in first place.
"from Rayne or Rennes"
The final s turns a nature name into a Waspy surname.
