British Names

37 British names that mean british for boys, listing British baby names 1-20. Basil, Benjamin, Brant, Eric, Harold, Horace, James and Merlin are popular names. Aden, Alban, Balfour, Bevan, Bonar, Busby, Cadman, Cairn, Caradoc, Dover, Gage and Gladstone are uncommon names. View British baby names for name meanings, search British names for girls, or search other baby names.

Aden ... formerly a British colony ... [3]

Alban ... or it may represent a Latin form of a British name derived from the Celtic word "alp" for "rock, crag" ... The first Christian martyr on British soil was Saint Alban (third century) ... [18]

Balfour ... The Balfour Declaration of 1917 was a declaration of British support for its limited Jewish settlement in Palestine ... British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour ... [4]

Basil ... British actor Basil Rathbone played Sherlock Holmes in 14 films in the 1940s ... [23]

Benjamin ... British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli ... [29]

Bevan ... British politician Aneurin Bevan. [10]

Bonar ... British politician Bonar Law. [2]

Brant ... a Mohawk and renowned strategist who fought on the British side during the American Revolution ... [4]

Busby ... such as those worn by the British soldiers who guard Buckingham Palace ... [4]

Cadman ... From British "cad" ...

Cairn ... and many of these ancient cairns can be seen in the British Isles. [5]

Caradoc ... The British chieftain Caractacus ... [1]

Dover ... Name of the British seaport on the English Channel.

Eric ... The name was not widely used among English-speaking people until 19th-century British fiction writers Frederic Farrar (in "Eric", or "Little by Little") and H ... [19]

Gage ... The British General Thomas Gage was Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. [1]

Gladstone ... Place name. Used in the 19th century as homage to the great British Prime Minister Ewart Gladstone.

Harold ... British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan ... [19]

Horace ... British Admiral Horatio Nelson ... [6]

James ... A famous fictional character with this name is the British spy James Bond ... [28]

Merlin ... the wizard who tutored King Arthur in British legend was known as Myrddin Emrys ... [7]

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