Old-Fashioned Boy Names
- Abel
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"breath"
- Abner
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"father of light."
- Abraham
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"father of multitudes"
- Alfred
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"wise counselor; elf counsel"
- Alton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"dweller at the old town"
- Alvin
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"noble friend, friend of the elves"
- Ambrose
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"immortal"
- Amos
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"carried by God"
- Archibald
Origin:
Scottish from GermanMeaning:
"truly brave"
- Archie
Origin:
Diminutive of Archibald, TeutonicMeaning:
"truly brave"
- Armand
Origin:
French variation of Herman, GermanMeaning:
"soldier"
- Arnold
Origin:
English from GermanMeaning:
"ruler, strong as an eagle"
- Arthur
Origin:
CelticMeaning:
" bear"
- August
Origin:
German form of Latin AugustusMeaning:
"great, magnificent"
- Barnaby
Origin:
English variation of Barnabas, AramaicMeaning:
"son of consolation"
- Barney
Origin:
Variation of BarnabasMeaning:
"son of comfort"
- Barry
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"spear"
- Bartholomew
Origin:
AramaicMeaning:
"son of the furrow"
- Basil
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"royal"
- Benedict
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"blessed"
- Benny
- Bernard
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"strong, brave as a bear"
- Bobby
Origin:
Diminutive of RobertMeaning:
"bright fame"
- Bruce
Origin:
Scottish and English from FrenchMeaning:
"from the brushwood thicket"
- Buddy
Origin:
English, nickname name
- Burton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"fortified enclosure"
- Calvin
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"bald, hairless"
- Carroll
Origin:
Anglicized variation of Irish CearbhallMeaning:
"hacking with a weapon"
- Cary
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"pleasant stream"
- Casper
Origin:
Dutch form of Jasper, PersianMeaning:
"bringer of treasure"
- Cecil
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"blind"
- Charlie
Origin:
English, diminutive of Charles, French from GermanMeaning:
"free man"
- Chester
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"fortress, walled town,"
- Clarence
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"bright"
- Claude
Origin:
French from LatinMeaning:
"lame; enclosure"
- Clement
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"mild, merciful"
- Clifford
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"lives near the ford by the cliff"
- Clinton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"hilltop town"
- Clyde
Origin:
Scottish river name
- Conrad
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"brave counsel"
- Cornelius
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"horn"
- Cosmo
Origin:
Italian, English, GreekMeaning:
"order, beauty, universe"
- Cyril
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"lordly"
- Cyrus
Origin:
PersianMeaning:
"sun"
- Dennis
Origin:
French from Greek, vernacular form of DionysiusMeaning:
"god of Nysa"
- Desmond
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"one from south Munster"
- Dewey
Origin:
Anglicized variation of Welsh Dewi, nickname of DafyddMeaning:
"beloved"
- Dexter
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"dyer, right-handed"
- Doyle
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"black stranger"
- Dwight
Origin:
German and DutchMeaning:
"white or blond"
- Earl
Origin:
English aristocratic title
- Edgar
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"wealthy spearman"
- Edwin
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"wealthy friend"
- Elbert
Origin:
English variation of Albert
- Eldon
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"sacred hill"
- Ellis
Origin:
English surname derived from Elijah or Elias or WelshMeaning:
"benevolent"
- Elmer
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"noble and renowned"
- Elwood
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"elder tree forest"
- Emmett
Origin:
English masculine variation of Emma, GermanMeaning:
"universal"
- Enoch
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"dedicated"
- Ephraim
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"fruitful, fertile, productive"
- Ernest
Origin:
English from GermanMeaning:
"serious, resolute"
- Ernie
Origin:
Variation of Ernest, English from GermanMeaning:
"serious, resolute"
- Eugene
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"wellborn, noble"
- Everett
Origin:
English variation of the German EberhardMeaning:
"brave as a wild boar"
- Ezra
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"help"
- Felix
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"happy, fortunate"
- Floyd
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"gray-haired"
- Forrest
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"dweller near the woods"
- Frank
Origin:
Diminutive of Francis or FranklinMeaning:
"Frenchman or free man"
- Franklin
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"free landholder"
- Garland
Origin:
English word name
- Gene
Origin:
Diminutive of Eugene, GreekMeaning:
"wellborn, noble"
- George
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"farmer"
- Gerald
Origin:
English and Irish from GermanMeaning:
"ruler with the spear"
- Gerard
Origin:
English and Irish from GermanMeaning:
"spear strength"
- Gideon
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"hewer; or, having a stump for a hand"
- Gilbert
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"shining pledge"
- Glenn
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"valley"
- Godfrey
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"God's peace"
- Gordon
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"great hill"
- Grover
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"lives near a grove of trees"
- Gus
Origin:
Diminutive of Augustus, Angus, Gustave, Augustin, Augusten, Augustine, August
- Guy
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"wood"
- Harlan
Origin:
German and EnglishMeaning:
"rocky land"
- Harvey
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"battle worthy"
- Hector
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"holding fast"
- Herbert
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"bright army"
- Herman
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"soldier, warrior"
- Hershel
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"deer"
- Hiram
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"brother of the exalted one"
- Hollis
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"near the holly bushes"
- Homer
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"security, pledge"
- Horace
Origin:
Latin clan nameMeaning:
"timekeeper"
- Howard
Origin:
German, EnglishMeaning:
"high guardian; brave heart"
- Hugo
Origin:
Latinized form of HughMeaning:
"mind, intellect"
- Humphrey
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"peaceful warrior"
- Iggy
Origin:
Latin, diminutive of IgnatiusMeaning:
"fiery"
- Ignatius
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"fiery"
- Ike
Origin:
Diminutive of Isaac
- Ira
Origin:
Hebrew, SanskritMeaning:
"watchful one; wind"
- Irving
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"green river, sea friend"
- Irwin
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"boar friend"
- Isidore
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"gift of Isis"
- Jasper
Origin:
PersianMeaning:
"bringer of treasure"
- Jay
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"jaybird"
- Jerome
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"sacred name"
- Jethro
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"excellence"
- Julian
Origin:
English from Latin, variation of JuliusMeaning:
"youthful, downy-bearded, or sky father"
- Julius
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"youthful, downy-bearded"
- Kermit
Origin:
Irish, variant of Diarmaid/DermotMeaning:
"without injunction, without envy"
- Lazarus
Origin:
Latinized Greek variation of Hebrew EleazarMeaning:
"God is my helper"
- Leon
Origin:
Greek variation of LeoMeaning:
"lion"
- Leonard
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"brave lion"
- Leopold
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"brave people"
- Leroy
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"the king"
- Leslie
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"garden of holly"
- Lester
Origin:
English place-name; phonetic form of Leicester
- Lewis
Origin:
English variation of LouisMeaning:
"renowned warrior"
- Linus
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"flax"
- Lionel
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"young lion"
- Lloyd
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"gray"
- Lonnie
Origin:
Short form of Alonso or Alonzo, variations of AlphonsoMeaning:
"noble, ready"
- Louis
Origin:
German and FrenchMeaning:
"renowned warrior"
- Lowell
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"young wolf"
- Luther
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"army people"
- Lyle
Origin:
Scottish and English from FrenchMeaning:
"someone who lives on an island"
- Marion
Origin:
French derivative of MaryMeaning:
"drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved"
- Marshall
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"one who looks after horses"
- Martin
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"warlike"
- Marvin
Origin:
Welsh, variant of MervynMeaning:
"sea hill"
- Maurice
Origin:
English and French from LatinMeaning:
"dark-skinned"
- Maxwell
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"great stream"
- Melvin
Origin:
English and ScottishMeaning:
"council protector"
- Merle
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"blackbird"
- Milo
Origin:
Latin and Old GermanMeaning:
"soldier or merciful"
- Milton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"settlement with a mill"
- Monroe
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"mouth of the Roe river"
- Monty
Origin:
Diminutive of Montague, Montgomery
- Mordechai
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"follower of Marduk"
- Morris
Origin:
English variation of MauriceMeaning:
"dark-skinned"
- Mortimer
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"dead sea"
- Morton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"town near the moor"
- Moses
Origin:
EgyptianMeaning:
"delivered from the water"
- Murray
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"settlement by the sea"
- Myron
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"fragrant, an aromatic shrub, myrrh"
- Ned
Origin:
English, diminutive of EdwardMeaning:
"wealthy guardian"
- Nelson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Neil"
- Norman
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"northerner, Norseman"
- Norris
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"northerner"
- Oliver
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"olive tree or elf army"
- Orson
Origin:
Latin and EnglishMeaning:
"bear cub"
- Orville
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"gold town"
- Oscar
Origin:
English or IrishMeaning:
"God spear, or deer-lover or champion warrior"
- Oswald
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"divine power"
- Otis
Origin:
Variation of Otto, GermanMeaning:
"wealthy"
- Otto
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"wealthy"
- Percy
Origin:
French surname from place name Perci-en-Auge
- Phineas
Origin:
English, EgyptianMeaning:
"the Nubian"
- Ralph
Origin:
English from GermanMeaning:
"wolf-counsel"
- Randall
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"shield-wolf"
- Raymond
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"wise protector"
- Rex
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"king"
- Roger
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"famous warrior"
- Roland
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"famous throughout the land"
- Roscoe
Origin:
NorseMeaning:
"deer forest"
- Roy
Origin:
French or CelticMeaning:
"king or red-haired"
- Rudolph
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"famous wolf"
- Rufus
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"red-head"
- Russell
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"redhead, fox-colored"
- Seymour
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"marshy land near the sea"
- Sheldon
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"steep-sided valley"
- Sherman
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"shearer of woolen cloth"
- Sidney
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"Saint Denis"
- Silas
Origin:
Aramaic, Latin, GreekMeaning:
"of the forest; or prayed for"
- Simon
Origin:
Hebrew, GreekMeaning:
"he has heard; flat-nosed"
- Solomon
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"peace"
- Sonny
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son"
- Stanley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"near the stony clearing"
- Stuart
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"steward"
- Sylvester
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"wood, forest"
- Teddy
Origin:
Diminutive of Theodore or EdwardMeaning:
"gift of God or wealthy guardian"
- Theodore
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"gift of God"
- Thurman
Origin:
NorseMeaning:
"defended by Thor"
- Truman
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"loyal one"
- Ulysses
Origin:
Latin variation of Odysseus, GreekMeaning:
"wrathful"
- Van
Origin:
DutchMeaning:
"of"
- Vernon
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"place of alders"
- Victor
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"conqueror"
- Wallace
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"foreigner, stranger"
- Walter
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"army ruler"
- Ward
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"guard, watchman"
- Warren
Origin:
English from FrenchMeaning:
"park-keeper"
- Wayne
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"maker of wagons"
- Wendell
Origin:
German, EnglishMeaning:
"wanderer; to travel, to proceed"
- Wesley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"western meadow"
- Wilbert
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"bright will"
- Wilbur
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"resolute, brilliant"
- Wiley
Origin:
Scottish diminutive of William, German, EnglishMeaning:
"resolute protection; from Wylye"
- Wilfred
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"desires peace"
- Willard
Origin:
English from GermanMeaning:
"resolutely brave"
- Willie
Origin:
Diminutive of William
- Wilson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of Will"
- Winslow
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"friend's hill or burial mound"
- Winston
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"wine's town"
- Woodrow
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"row of houses by a wood"
- Woody
Origin:
Word name or diminutive of Woodrow, EnglishMeaning:
"row of houses by a wood"