UK Boy Names

Other kids might see a teasible connection to mortician or mortuary. Mortimer is an English family name used a few generations ago as an Anglicization of Moses; it was Walt Disney's original choice for the name of his mouse, until his wife talked him out of it.

Mortimer

An English family name used a few generations ago as an Anglicization of Moses, but hardly heard since th 1950s.

Morton

Just the kind of old-fashioned nickname coming back into style. 

Nayland

Unique name for the son of a woodworker. 

Naylor

A family name that wouldn't appeal to many parents. 

Nesbit

Surname choice that's neither new nor bold. Newbold was the middle name of Edith Wharton.

Newbold

Newbury

One of several surnames beginning with New that nevertheless sound anything but. 

Newell

Some will see this as spirited, others stuffy. The protagonist of the Edith Wharton novel The Age of Innocence was a popular and successful lawyer named Newbold Archer.

Newland

Family name best used in the middle, especially since it was seen as the portly postman in Seinfeld. 

Newman

For sailors or jazz lovers. Or smokers of menthol cigarettes. 

Newport

If you're looking for a Nicholas substitute or namesake, Nicholson would make a more distinctive path to the likable nickname Nick, fitting in with other newer patronymics like Anderson and Harrison. Unusual but not outlandish, it is associated with writer Nicholson Baker, library advocate and author of <em>Vox</em>.  And as a surname, of course, with Jack.

Nicholson

Nickleby

Would make a difficult choice even for those with ties to the Virginia city or British county. 

Norfolk

Northcliff

Northrop

Forever the upstairs neighbor on The Honeymooners. 

Norton

Norwood

As always, that oy sound is problematic. 

Noyce

UK names for baby boys originate from all the languages and cultures of the United Kingdom: England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, along with Cornwall and the Isle of Man. UK boy names range from the top names for boys throughout the English-speaking world, such as Edward, Jack, and James, to thousands of unique boy names like Kelso, Mungo, and Rowley.

Browse this list of UK boy names that originate in the Nameberry database that originate in the English, Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish, Cornish and Manx languages and cultures. 

UK names for baby boys originate from all the languages and cultures of the United Kingdom: England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, along with Cornwall and the Isle of Man. UK boy names range from the top names for boys throughout the English-speaking world, such as Edward, Jack, and James, to thousands of unique boy names like Kelso, Mungo, and Rowley.  (Page 61)