Updated October 2026
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English occupational name
"doorkeeper"
Literary, occupational, and very neglected.
English
"he who lives in a broad valley"
Hitting bottom.
"well near the woods"
Waspy-sounding choice, well known in literature for Boswell's Life of Johnson .
"meadow near the woods"
Another servile surname, this one connected to the go-between character in "Charlie's Angels."
"grace protector"
Eastman is a solid, old-style Atlantic seaboard surname. But as a first name, we think Easton works better.
English and Scottish
"small dwelling place, shed"
Short but not particularly sweet surname.
"riverside"
Eaton's similarity to Eton gives it an upscale Old School feel, though in the U.S. a name that sound like eatin' could have teasin' potential. Eaton could also sound like the much-more-familiar Ethan…
English spelling variation of Eberhard
"hardy"
An older form of Everett that stays closer to its Germanic roots. Distinguished Everard is the name of several historical figures and literary characters, including a minor hobbit in The Lord of the…
English variation of Blythe
Too tightly associated with the real-life villainous Captain Bligh of The Mutiny on the Bounty.
"gray man's ford"
Comes with a monocle.
English surname
"dark wood or clearing"
Blakeley is one of the many -ley ending surnames that is being adopted as a first name, taking the 80s unisex darling Blake into the new millennium.
"old counsel"
This marvelously medieval name had a moment in the 1910s and 1920s but has dropped completely off the radar now.
"black well or stream"
Dark.
"black brook"
Somewhat dashing surname, but with serious teasing potential.
"hill of birds"
Brittle.
"nobleman's estate"
One of the many El- names for boys that boomed in the 1910s and 1920s, but has long been out of fashion. This surname/place name has an aristocratic flavor, and a creative namesake in the artist…
"island of the brook"
Though they sound exactly alike, this spelling makes it much more elegant than Bernie.
"moor with elm trees"
Boys' names beginning with "El" were all the rage in the 1910s, but today Elmore - along with Elwin, Ellsworth and others - has barely been used for decades. It has literary connections through…
"island with the brook"
Bernie, with airs.
"meadow belonging to a manor"
Let's hope he's "burly".