Male Names I Like From My Genealogy J-Z

Livingston

English and Scottish surname

"dear friend's place"

When Matthew McConaughey and wife Camila Alves chose the old English surname and place name Livingston for their third child, they elevated it from half of a Stanley & Livingston joke to a modern…

Piers

Greek

"rock"

Piers was the first version of Peter to reach the English-speaking world, via the Normans, but it's never made it in the US, despite its large measure of understated panache. This might change due to…

Randle

Randle is a masculine name with Germanic origins, derived from the elements 'rand' meaning 'rim of a shield' and 'wolf' meaning 'wolf.' It's a variant of Randall or Randolph, with a slightly softer…

Ranulph

Scottish variation of Randolph

"shield-wolf"

An old name still occasionally heard in the U.K., but still and perhaps forever a foreigner in the U.S. Can be spelled Ranulf.

Rice

English nature name

Rice is really stretching the nature name boundary to its outer edges. But you may want to take it that far.