Attenborough

Associated best perhaps with the British broadcaster, natural historian, writer, and conservationist, Sir David Attenborough, this would certainly make a bold choice and big namesake for any baby.

Derived from an English place name, meaning "fortified place belonging to Eadda (or Adda)" — Eadda being Old English given names meaning "wealth, fortune, riches" — it was chosen as a middle name by a Welsh couple, in honor of the 100th birthday of the respected environmentalist and documentary maker.

In the case of Sir David Attenborough, the name would be pronounced AT-uhn-buhr-uh, though AT-uhn-bruh is also heard in the UK and AT-uh-buh-ro may be used in the US.

Pronounced AT-en-bur-oh.