English Baby Names for Boys
Are you looking for baby name ideas for a baby boy?
Here are some boys names of purely English origin. Well as pure as any nation that has been invaded as many times as we have!!
So if you would like a name for your child with a long English history, browse the names below for some ideas.
English Boys Names
- Abbott - Abbey father
- Ackerley - From the oak tree meadow
- Addison - Son of Adam
- Aldred - Old counsel
- Alfred - Elf counsellor or good councellor
- Arthur - Bear Man
- Ashley - Ash tree wood or clearing
- Aylmer - Noble and famous
- Beverley - From the beaver stream
- Blake - Pale or black
- Bradley - Broad clearing
- Brigham - House by the bridge
- Brook - Brook
- Byron - At the cowsheds
- Cary - Place in Somerset
- Chapman - Merchant
- Christmas - Christmas
- Cliff - Ford at a cliff
- Clifford - Ford at a cliff
- Clifton - Settlement on a cliff
- Clinton - From the headland farm
- Clive - At the cliff
- Colan - (Cornish) dove
- Cole - Swarthy
- Curtis - Courteous
- Cuthbert - Famous or bright
- Dale - From the valley
- Daryl - Little dear or darling
- Dean - From the Valley
- Dexter - Dyer
- Digby - Settlement by a ditch
- Dudley - Dudda's clearing
- Dunstan - Stone hill
- Earl - Nobleman or warrior
- Edgar - Rich spear
- Edmond - Rich protection
- Edmund - Rich guardian
- Edred - Rich counsel
- Edward - Rich guardian
- Edwin - Rich friend
- Egbert - Bright sword
- Elmer - Noble and famous
- Esmond - Grace protection
- Ethelbert - Noble bright
- Ethelred - Noble counsel
- Godwin - God friend
- Graham - From Grantham
- Grover - Dweller in the grove
- Haldane - Half Danish
- Hartley - Deer meadow
- Hereward - Army protection
- Hilton - The place on the hill
- Hunter - Huntsman
- Jackson - Son of Jack
- Jefferson - Son of Jeffery
- Kendal - At the head of the valley
- Kenelm - Brave helmet
- Kim - Royal
- Kingsley - From the king's wood
- Lee - Meadow
- Leigh - Meadow
- Lester - From Leicester
- Lindsay - Lincoln's island
- Lovelace - Love token
- Lyndon - From the lime tree hill
- Mervyn - Famous friend
- Norton - From the northern town
- Osbert - God famous
- Oswald - God power
- Pelham - Pella's homestead
- Randal - Sheild wolf
- Randy - Sheild wolf
- Ranulf - Sheild wolf
- Richard - Strong king
- Rodney - Of the reed island
- Saxon - Short sword
- Scott - Scottish
- Selwyn - Friend of the house
- Stanley - Stony meadow
- Stewart - Animal keeper or steward
- Stuart - Animal keeper or steward
- Truman - Faithful man
- Tyler - Tile maker
- Vance - Thresher
- Washington - Home of the Wassa folk
- Wayne - Wagon
- Wilfred - Determined for peace
- Winston - Friend's farm
- Woodrow - From the lane in the woods
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