Hipster British Boy Names
Hipster British boy names feel fresher and funkier than the classic royal names most often associated with the British Isles.
These quirky British boy names are popular — though, naturally, not *too* popular! — with hipster parents from London to Liverpool.
Hipster British names for boys that rank in the US Top 1000 include Atticus, Bear, Caspian, Flynn, Hector, Magnus, Otis, and Rudy.
For those looking for a truly unique British boy name, Django, Finbar, Ptolemy, and Zebedee are among the rarest names on this list.
There are some clear trends to be seen here: lively -o and -ee ending sounds are big with the Brits, old man chic is most definitely in, and nicknames as given names are everywhere.
If you're looking for a hip British baby boy name beyond James or George, you'll find a wealth of wonderful options in this list, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.
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- Alban
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"white, or, man from Alba"
- Amos
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"carried by God"
- Angus
Origin:
Anglicized form of Aonghus, Aonghas, GaelicMeaning:
"one strength"
- Arnie
- Asa
Origin:
Hebrew; JapaneseMeaning:
"healer; born in the morning"
- Atticus
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"from Attica"
- Barnabas
Origin:
AramaicMeaning:
"son of consolation"
- Barnaby
Origin:
English variation of Barnabas, AramaicMeaning:
"son of consolation"
- Baxter
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"baker"
- Bear
Origin:
Animal nameMeaning:
"bear"
- Benedict
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"blessed"
- Bernie
Origin:
Diminutive of Bernard, EnglishMeaning:
"strong; brave as a bear"
- Bertie
Origin:
Diminutive of Albert, Bertram etc
- Bertram
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"bright raven"
- Boaz
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"swiftness"
- Bruce
Origin:
Scottish and English from FrenchMeaning:
"from the brushwood thicket"
- Bruno
Origin:
GermanicMeaning:
"brown"
- Buddy
Origin:
English, nickname name
- Caspar
Origin:
Persian, variation of GasparMeaning:
"keeper of the treasure"
- Caspian
Origin:
Place nameMeaning:
"white"
- Cassian
Origin:
Latin, variation of CassiusMeaning:
"hollow"
- Chester
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"fortress, walled town,"
- Cormac
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"charioteer"
- Cosmo
Origin:
Greek, Italian, EnglishMeaning:
"order, beauty, universe"
- Digby
Origin:
NorseMeaning:
"town by the ditch"
- Django
Origin:
RomaniMeaning:
"I awake"
- Edmund
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"fortunate protector"
- Elio
Origin:
Italian, SpanishMeaning:
"sun"
- Emrys
Origin:
Welsh, variation of AmbroseMeaning:
"immortal"
- Eric
Origin:
Old NorseMeaning:
"eternal ruler"
- Fergus
Origin:
Scottish and IrishMeaning:
"man of force"
- Finbar
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"fair-haired"
- Flynn
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"descendant of the red-haired one"
- Gene
Origin:
Diminutive of Eugene, GreekMeaning:
"wellborn, noble"
- Gideon
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"hewer; or, having a stump for a hand"
- Gilbert
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"shining pledge"
- Griffin
Origin:
Welsh, variation of GriffithMeaning:
"strong lord"
- Gus
Origin:
Diminutive of Augustus, Angus, Gustave, Augustin, Augusten, Augustine, August
- Hamish
Origin:
Scottish variation of JamesMeaning:
"supplanter"
- Harlow
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"rock hill or army hill"
- Hector
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"holding fast"
- Herbert
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"bright army"
- Huxley
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"inhospitable place"
- Idris
Origin:
Welsh; ArabicMeaning:
"lord; studious"
- Inigo
Origin:
Basque, medieval Spanish variation of IgnatiusMeaning:
"fiery"
- Ivo
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"yew wood, archer"
- Jago
Origin:
Spanish and Cornish variation of JacobMeaning:
"supplanter"
- Jethro
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"excellence"
- Kester
Origin:
Scottish form of ChristopherMeaning:
"one who carries Christ"
- Kit
Origin:
English, diminutive of ChristopherMeaning:
"bearer of Christ"
- Laszlo
Origin:
HungarianMeaning:
"glorious ruler"
- Laurie
Origin:
English diminutive of LaurenceMeaning:
"from Laurentum or bay laurel"
- Leopold
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"brave people"
- Lloyd
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"gray"
- Lorcan
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"little, fierce"
- Lowen
Origin:
CornishMeaning:
"joy"
- Ludo
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"famous"
- Magnus
Origin:
Scandinavian from LatinMeaning:
"greatest"
- Marmaduke
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"devotee of Maedoc"
- Maxim
Origin:
French variation of MaximusMeaning:
"greatest"
- Milo
Origin:
Latin and Old GermanMeaning:
"soldier or merciful"
- Montague
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"pointy hill"
- Monty
Origin:
Diminutive of Montague, Montgomery
- Ned
Origin:
English, diminutive of EdwardMeaning:
"wealthy guardian"
- Obie
- Otis
Origin:
Variation of Otto, GermanMeaning:
"wealthy"
- Otto
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"wealthy"
- Ozzy
Origin:
Pet form of Oswald, Osborn and Osmond.
- Percy
Origin:
French surname from place name Perci-en-Auge
- Peregrine
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"traveler, pilgrim"
- Ptolemy
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"aggressive, warlike"
- Rafe
Origin:
Variation of RalphMeaning:
"wolf-counsel"
- Rafferty
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"floodtide, abundance, prosperity"
- Remy
Origin:
French from LatinMeaning:
"oarsman"
- Renzo
Origin:
Diminutive of Lorenzo
- Rex
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"king"
- Rocco
Origin:
Italian from GermanMeaning:
"rest"
- Roscoe
Origin:
NorseMeaning:
"deer forest"
- Rudy
Origin:
German, diminutive of RudolphMeaning:
"famous wolf"
- Rufus
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"red-head"
- Sacha
Origin:
French variation of SashaMeaning:
"defending warrior"
- Samson
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"sun"
- Sholto
Origin:
Scottish from the GaelicMeaning:
"sower"
- Sid
Origin:
Short form of Sidney, FrenchMeaning:
"Saint-Denis"
- Sol
Origin:
SpanishMeaning:
"sun"
- Sonny
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son"
- Stanislaw
Origin:
SlavicMeaning:
"glory, fame, praise"
- Tudor
Origin:
Welsh variation of Theodore
- Valentine
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"strength, health"
- Walter
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"army ruler"
- Wilbur
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"resolute, brilliant"
- Wilf
Origin:
Diminutive of Wilfred
- Willoughby
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"farm near the willows"
- Winston
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"wine's town"
- Woodrow
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"row of houses by a wood"
- Woody
Origin:
Diminutive of Woodrow
- Xander
Origin:
Diminutive of Alexander, GreekMeaning:
"defending men"
- Zebedee
Origin:
English variation of Hebrew ZebediahMeaning:
"gift of God"
- Zephyr
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"west wind"
- Ziggy
Origin:
German, diminutive of Siegfried and Sigmund