<a href="https://nameberry.com/baby-names/164/English-Names">English names</a> might be easiest to define when they're actual word names drawn from the English languages and transformed into baby names. This genre has grown tremendously in the past decade, to the point that now parents are creating names from words they love or that have a symbolic meaning in English along with other languages such as Spanish, French, or Italian. 

Of course, there is also a long tradition of English names that were originally flower or place or inspirational or other word names, most notably practiced by the Puritans. At this point, words like Iris or Mercy or Christian have been used so long as names that they are solid entries in the name lexicon apart from their original connection to the words that inspired them. 

Today, celebrities are often coining names from English words — think North, Saint, Bear — and so helping to popularize not just the specific names but the whole concept. And stars from Drake to Rebel Wilson have driven the word name idea home. Now, almost any English word is fair game for transformation to a baby name. And if you're not adventurous enough to use these new word names as first names, you might want to consider them as middle names to add uniqueness and meaning. Newer English word names finding wide favor include the following.

English Word Names

No one will ever forget it. But Remember as a name came over on the Mayflower, so it has deep history as well as modern potential.

Remember

A rarely used and distinctive word name with artistic flair, Mosaic has joins other creative choices, like Painter, Poem, Poet, Boheme, Story, Carver, and Monet. Appearing for the first time in the US stats in 2022 when it was given to 5 boys, it remains almost unused as a name. Nicknames could be Mo, Mick, Micky, Zay, or Mac. 

Mosaic

One celebrity baby Pilot put this occupational choice into the pool -- together with the middle name Inspektor, something we wouldn't advise following. 

Pilot

A wild word name with a poetic and fantastical feel, Stargazer fits in with celeb-style choices such as Whimsy, Poetry, Romance, and Locket. While it might not be practical as a first name, it could work as a bold honor middle name for a someone who is into astronomy or astrology.
 
There is also a flower called a Stargazer lily and a fish called a stargazer, giving it multiple nature associations.

Stargazer

Romance may initially strike you as too ardent and whimsical of a name for a baby, but given that the likes of Love and Dream have been a fast-rising name in recent years — not to mention soundalike Romy — Romance is well-suited to our current naming climate. 
 Romance could also be considered a literary name, through its definition of "a love story", along with its associations with medieval tales of chivalry and with the Romantic writers and poets of the 18th and 19th century. It might then appeal to those who also like Poem and Story. 
 
Currently, it has only ranked as a boys name in the US with 10 receiving the name in 2023. This could change in the future, however, especially if parents take inspiration from influencers Francesca Farago and Jesse Sullivan who used Romance as a middle name for their son in 2024, while their daughter received the first name Poetry.

Romance

Baby names based on English words, including English word names for boys and girl names from English words, with meanings, origins, and popularity. (Page 6)

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