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Boy Names of Old English Origin
Old english baby names and what they mean, with 1241 results. Adoption of these boy names reached its most widespread during the years 1900-1909 (USAGE OF 32.2%) and is somewhat less today (USAGE 16.7%, ▼48.2%), with names such as Peyton becoming less stylish. The trendier names for newborns here are Everett (#95), Grayson (#32), Hudson (#54), Jameson (#91) and Lincoln (#40), while Bakker (TOP 6%) and Baden (10%) are popular surnames.
Abbott - Algernon
Abbott
"Father, priest." Abbott, Abott (compare Arrott, Amott) are common -ott suffix last names. An abbot is the head of ..
Ackerley
"Oak meadow." Not in Top 2000. Place name ..
Acton
"Oak tree settlement." Seldom used as a birth name, Acton occurs more frequently as a surname. See also Afton. Place name ..
Adamson
"Son of Adam." Adamson, Adamsson and Addamson are not in the Top 2000.
Addison▼
"Son of Adam." Usage of Addison and variants as children's names in 2018 was down 48.9% compared to 10 years ago. .. The English poet and essayist Joseph ..
Adney
"The noble's island." Compare surnames Adner (UPPER 100%), Adley (22%). See also Adnah. Place name.
Afton
Place name and surname used as .. Somewhat uncommon as a boys' name, Afton exists more commonly as a surname.
Aiken
"Made of oak." Aiven is a marginally prominent boys' name. English writer Conrad Aiken.
Ainsley
"Only hermitage wood or clearing." Scarce as a baby name, Ainsley occurs more frequently as a surname. Originally a place name ..
Ainsworth
"Ann's estate." Not in Top 2000. Place name.
Albert▼
"Noble, bright." Albert, Bert, Delbert and Elbert have fallen off in popularity as baby names since 1880-1889. From an Old French name, Albert ..
Alcott
"The old cottage." Rarely used as a birth name, Alcott occurs more commonly as a surname. Place name.
Alden▲, var. Aldwin1
"Old friend." Al (UPPER 28%), Alden (4%), Alwine (15%), Elden (28%) and Eldin (86%) are found regularly as surnames. Surname used as a given name.
Aldred
"Old counsel." Eldred (UPPER 5%) and Aldred (14%) appear regularly as surnames.
Aldrich
"Old." Less widespread today. Richie was the variation last found (2014) in the Top 2000. Saint Aldric (ninth century) was a ..
Aldwin2
"Old friend." Rarely used as a children's name. Variant of Alden.
Alford▼
"The old river-ford." Usage of Alford as a boys' name has fallen off since the 1880s.
Alfred▼
"Elf or magical counsel." Avery is more widely used than the rest, while forms like Al are now somewhat dated. A rather common name before the ..
Alger1
"Elf spear." Used somewhat frequently as baby names, Elgar, Alger, etc. are comparable to the popular Edgar. .. names meaning "noble, old, temple" and ..
Algernon, var. Alger2
"Wearing a mustache." Less used today. Al was the variant last listed (2000) in the Top 2000. .. English poet Algernon Swinburne.
Quick Reference
Summary Index of names [and variants] for Old English names for boys.
1. Abbott - AlgernonAbbott, Ackerley, Acton, Adamson, Addison▼, Adney, Afton, Aiken, Ainsley [Ansley], Ainsworth, Albert▼ [Elbert▼, ..], Alcott, Alden▲ [Elden▼, ..], Aldred [Eldred▼], Aldrich [Eldridge▼], Aldwin [Elden▼], Alford▼, Alfred▼ [Avery▲], Alger [Elger], Algernon [Alger]
Alison, Allard, Allen▼, Almanzo, Alston, Alton▼ [Elton▼, ..], Alvar, Alvin▼ [Elwin▼, ..], Amerigo, Anscom, Ansley [Ainsley], Anthony▼, Archibald▼ [Archie▼], Archie▼, Ardley, Arledge, Arley, Arnett, Arnold▼, Arundel
Arvin, Ascot [Escott], Ashby [Ashton], Ashford, Ashley▼ [Lee▼], Ashton [Aston, ..], Aston, Aswin, Atherton, Athelstan, Atley, Atwater, Atwell, Atwood, Atworth, Auberon, Auden, Audey, Audley, Autry
Averett, Averill, Avery▲, Aylmer [Elmer▼], Aylward, Babson, Bailey▼, Baker▲, Balder, Bancroft, Barclay [Berkeley], Barden [Borden], Bardolf, Barker, Barksdale, Barlow, Barnes, Barnett, Barnum, Baron
Barrett▲, Barton, Bascom, Bassett, Baxter, Baylor▲, Beacher, Beacon, Beaman, Beamer, Beasley, Beaumont, Beck, Beckett▲, Beckham▲, Bede, Bedford, Beebe, Belden, Bellamy▲
Bentley [Lee▼], Benton, Beresford, Berkeley, Bernal, Bernard▼, Berry▼, Bert▼, Berthold [Berton, ..], Berton [Burton▼, ..], Berwyn, Beverly, Bickford, Birch, Birchall, Birley, Birney [Burney], Birtle, Bishop▲, Black
Blackburn, Blackstone, Blackwell, Blade, Blagden, Blake [Blakely], Blakely, Blakeney, Blanford, Bligh, Bliss, Blythe [Bligh], Bob▼, Boden▲, Bonar, Bond, Booker▼, Borden, Botolf, Bourne
Brad▼, Bradburn, Braddock, Bradford▼ [Brad▼], Bradley▼ [Lee▼, ..], Brainard, Bramwell, Brand [Brant▼], Brandon▼ [Branton, ..], Branley, Brant▼, Branton, Brawley, Braxton▲, Bray, Breck, Breckinridge, Brent▼ [Brenton], Brenton, Bridgely
Bridger▲, Briggs▲, Brigham [Briggs▲], Brighton, Brinley, Bristol, Britton, Brock, Brockhoist, Brockley, Brockton, Bromley, Bromwell, Brooks▲, Broughton, Bruno, Buck▼ [Buckley], Buckley, Buckminister, Bud▼
Buford▼ [Ford▲], Burbank, Burchard, Burford [Buford▼], Burl▼, Burleigh, Burnet, Burney, Burr, Burroughs, Burton▼ [Bert▼], Butcher, Butler, Buxton, Byford, Byram, Byrd, Byron▼ [Byram], Cable, Cadby
Caddis, Cade [Kaden], Caine, Calder, Caldwell, Calvert, Carden, Carlton▼ [Charlton], Carlyle, Carson▲, Carswell, Carter▲, Carver, Caxton, Cedric▼, Chad▼ [Chadwick▼], Chadwick▼, Chalkley, Chandler▼, Channing
Chapman, Chappel, Charles▼ [Chuck▼, ..], Charlton [Carlton▼], Chase, Chesley, Chesney, Chester▼, Chetwin, Chilton, Chuck▼, Churchill, Claiborne [Clayborne], Claxton, Clay, Clayborne [Clay, ..], Clayland, Clayton [Clayborne, ..], Cleavant, Cleveland▼
Cliff▼, Clifford▼ [Cliff▼], Clifton▼ [Cliff▼], Clinton▼, Clive, Coakley, Cobb, Cobden, Cobham, Colburn, Colden, Cole, Coleridge, Colgate, Colley, Collier, Colt▲ [Colter], Colter, Colton▲, Comstock
Conrad [Cort], Cooper▲, Cordell▼, Corey▼, Corliss, Cornwallis, Cort [Courtland], Corwin, Coster, Courtland, Covell, Covington, Crandall, Crane, Cranford, Cranley, Cranston, Craven, Crawford▼, Creighton
Cresswell [Carswell], Crofton, Cromwell, Crook, Crosley, Crowell, Crowther, Culver, Curley, Curtis▼, Cuthbert, Cutler, Cyd, Cydney, Dagwood, Dainard, Dalbert [Delbert▼], Dale▼ [Dallin▼], Dallin▼, Dalton▼ [Delton]
Darby [Derby], Darin▼, Darnell▼, Darrel▼ [Darryl▼], Darrow, Darryl▼ [Darrel▼], Dart, Darton, Darwin [Derwin], Davis▲ [Dayton], Dawson▲, Day, Dayton, Dean, Dearborn, Deems, Delbert▼ [Dalbert, ..], Dell▼, Delton [Dalton▼], Delvin
Dempster, Denham, Denley, Denman, Dennison, Denver▲, Derby, Derek▼, Derland, Derwin [Durwin, ..], Deverell, Devereux, Dexter▲, Diamond, Dick▼ [Dixon], Dickinson, Dixon, Doane, Dobbs, Dodge
Draper, Dryden, Duarte, Dudley▼, Dunley, Dunstan, Dunton, Durward▼, Durwin [Derwin], Dustin▼, Dyer, Dyson, Earl▼ [Early▼], Earland [Erland], Earlham, Earlston, Early▼, Eastman, Easton▲, Eaton
Eberhard [Everard], Edbert, Eden▲, Edgar▼ [Ted▼, ..], Edison▲, Edmar, Edmund▼ [Ted▼, ..], Edred, Edric, Edward▼ [Ted▼, ..], Edwin▼ [Ted▼, ..], Egbert, Egerton, Elbert▼, Elbridge, Elden▼ [Elton▼, ..], Elder, Eldon▼ [Elden▼], Eldred▼ [Aldred], Eldridge▼
Elford, Elger, Elgin, Ellery, Ellington, Ellison, Ellsworth▼, Ellwood [Elwood▼], Elman, Elmer▼ [Aylmer], Elmore▼, Elrad [Rad], Elsdon, Elston, Elton▼ [Eldon▼, ..], Elvin▼ [Elwin▼], Elwell, Elwin▼ [Wynn, ..], Elwood▼ [Ellwood], Emerson▲
Emmet, Endicott, Eric▼, Erland, Erling, Ernest▼, Erving, Erwin▼ [Irwin▼], Escott, Esmond, Essex, Eston, Ethelbert [Bert▼], Ethelred, Ethelwulf, Ethelwin, Everard [Everett▲, ..], Everest, Everett▲ [Everard, ..], Everild
Everley, Everton, Ewald, Ewing, Factor, Faine, Fairbanks, Fairchild, Fairfax, Fallows, Faramond, Farley [Lee▼], Farmer, Farnell, Farnham, Farnley [Fernley], Farold, Faron [Farren], Farr, Farren
Faxon, Felton, Fenn, Fenton [Fenn], Fenwick, Fernley [Farnley], Fielding, Filmore, Finn▲, Fisher▲, Fleetwood, Fleming, Flint, Ford▲, Forest▼ [Foster▼], Foster▼, Fowler, Fox▲, Franklin▼, Freeborn
Freed, Freeman▼, Frewin, Frick, Fridolf, Frost, Fry, Fuller, Fulton, Gael▲ [Gale▼], Gale▼ [Gael▲], Galfrid, Galt, Galton [Galt], Garfield▼ [Gary▼, ..], Garland▼, Garman, Garrard, Garrick▼, Garroway
Garry▼, Garson, Garton [Gorton], Garvin, Gary▼ [Gaz, ..], Gauthier, Gaz, Geoff, Gibbes, Gibson▲ [Gilson, ..], Gifford, Gilman, Gilmer, Gilson, Glade, Gladstone, Gladwin, Glenavon, Glover, Goddard
Godric, Godwin [Goodwin], Golding, Goldsmith, Goldwin, Gomer, Goodman, Goodwin, Goodyear, Gordon▼, Gore, Gorham, Gorrell, Gorton, Graham▲, Grantland, Granville▼, Graves, Gray [Grey▲], Graydon
Grayson▲ [Graydon], Greeley, Greenwood, Gresham, Grey▲ [Gray], Gridley, Grimshaw, Grimsley, Grover▼, Guildford, Hadden, Hadley, Hadwin, Hagley, Haig, Halbert, Hale, Haley [Halley], Halford, Hall
Hallam, Halley, Halliwell, Hallward, Halsey, Halstead, Halton [Halton], Hamilton [Hamill], Hamill, Hampden, Hampton, Hancock, Hanford, Hanley [Henley], Harden, Harding, Hardwick, Hardwin, Hardy▼, Harford
Hargrove, Harlan, Harley▼ [Arley], Harlow [Harlow], Harold▼ [Harry▼], Harper, Harrington, Harrison▲, Harry▼, Hart, Hartford, Hartley, Hartwell, Harvard, Harvey▼, Harwood, Haslett, Hastings, Haven, Hawes
Hawk, Hawkins, Hawley, Hawthorne, Hayes▲, Hayward, Haywood▼ [Heywood], Hazleton, Hazlewood, Hedley, Henderson▼, Hendrick, Henley, Henry▼ [Hendrick, ..], Herbert▼ [Herbert▼, ..], Hereward, Herman▼, Herndon, Herne, Hernley
Hewson, Heywood, Hill, Hilliard, Hilton▼, Hitchcock, Hockley, Hockney, Hobbes, Hobson, Hodgson, Holbrook, Holcomb, Holden▲, Holiday, Hollis▼, Holman, Holt, Hooker, Hooper
Horatius, Horsley, Horton [Orton], Houghton, Houston▲ [Hewson], Howe, Howland, Hoyt, Hudson▲, Humphrey, Hunt, Hunter [Hunt], Huntington [Hunt], Huntley, Hurlbert, Hutton, Huxford, Huxley▲, Hyatt, Inglebert
Ingram, Inman, Irwin▼ [Erwin▼], Isham, Jack, Jackson▲ [Jack], Jagger▲, Jameson▲, Jefferson, Jefford, Jerrick, Johnson▼, Joss, Joyner, Kaden, Keane, Kedrick, Kelsey, Kelton, Kendall▼
Kendrick▲, Kenelm, Kenley, Kennard, Kent▼, Kenton, Kenward, Kenway, Kerwin, Keyes, Kimberly, King▲, Kingman, Kingsley▲, Kingston▲, Kingswell, Kipp, Kirkland, Kirkley, Kirkwell
Kirkwood, Knightley, Knoll, Knox▲, Kynaston, Ladell, Lancaster, Landon, Langdon [Landon], Langford, Langhorne, Langley, Langston▲, Langward, Langworth, Lanny▼, Lathrop, Lauriston, Lawford, Lawson▲
Lawton, Lee▼, Leighton▲, Leland, Lester▼, Lincoln▲, Lindell, Lindhurst, Lindley, Lindsay, Lindford [Lynford, ..], Linley, Linn, Linton, Litton [Lytton], Livingston, Locke [Lockwood], Lockhart, Lockwood, Long
Longfellow, Lord, Lothar, Lowman, Ludlow, Lyndon, Lynford, Lynley, Lytton, Mabry, Maitland, Malden, Malin, Manchester, Manley, Manning, Mansel, Mansfield, Manton, Marden
Markham, Marland [Marlon], Marley▲, Marlon [Marland], Marlow, Marsden, Marsh, Marston, Marvell, Marwood, Mather, Maxfield, Maxwell▲, Mayfield, Mead, Medford, Melbourne [Milburn], Meldon, Meldrick, Melvin▼
Merritt, Mersey, Merton▼, Middleton, Milbank, Milburn, Milford▼, Millard▼, Miller▲ [Millard▼], Mills, Milton▼, Minster, Mitford, Modred, Monckton, Montgomery, Moore, Moreland [Morland], Morgan▼, Morland
Morley, Morse, Morton▼, Nash▲, Naylor, Ned▼, Nesbit, Newcomb, Newell, Newland, Newman, Newport, Newton▼, Nickleby, Nixon▲, Norman▼, Northcliff, Northrop, Norton, Norvin
Norward, Norwell, Norwood, Oakes, Oakley▲ [Oakes], Odell▼ [Dell▼], Ogden, Onslow, Orford, Orman, Ormond, Orrick, Orton, Orval▼, Orvin, Oscar▼, Osgood, Osier, Osmar, Osred
Osric, Oswin, Otis▼, Otto▼, Oxford, Paley, Palmer, Parker▲, Parr, Parry, Parsons, Parton, Patterson, Patton, Paxton▲, Peabody, Peale, Peel, Pelham, Pendleton
Penley, Penn, Perry▼ [Parry], Peyton▼, Phelps, Phipps, Pickford, Piper, Pitney, Pitt, Plantagenet, Pollock, Portland, Powell, Pratt, Prescott, Presley, Preston, Proverb, Quiller
Quinton, Rad, Radbert, Radburn, Radcliff, Radford [Redford], Radley, Radnor, Raleigh▼, Ralph▼ [Raoul], Ralston, Ramsay, Ramsden, Rand, Randi, Randolph▼, Rankin, Ransford, Ransley, Ransom
Raoul, Ray▼, Rayburn, Read [Reid▲, ..], Reading, Redford [Radford], Redley [Radley], Redman, Reed▲ [Reid▲, ..], Reid▲ [Reed▲, ..], Remington▲, Renfred, Renshaw, Renton, Renwick, Rexford, Rexton, Richard▼ [Dick▼], Rickward, Rider
Ridge▲, Ridgeway, Ridgeley, Ridley, Riley [Ryley], Ring, Ripley, Risley, Riston, Roark, Robinson, Rochester [Chester▼], Rockley, Rocklin, Rockwell, Rodney▼, Roland▼ [Lanny▼], Ronald▼, Ronson, Roper
Rowell, Rowley, Roxbert, Roxbury, Royce▲, Royden, Royston, Rudd, Rudyard, Ruford, Rugby, Rumford, Rush, Rushford, Ruston, Rutherford, Rutledge, Rutley, Rycroft, Ryland▲
Ryley, Sackville, Sadler, Safford, Sainsbury, Salton, Sanborn, Sandberg, Sanditon, Sandhurst, Sanford▼, Saxe, Scott▼, Scribner, Seabert, Seabrook, Seabury, Seaman, Searle, Seaton [Seton]
Sedgley, Sedgwick, Sefton, Seger, Selby, Seldon, Sellers, Selwyn, Seton, Severn, Seward, Sewell, Shandy, Shaw, Sheffield, Sheldon▼, Shelley, Shelton, Shepherd▲, Shepley
Sherborn, Sherill, Sherlock, Sherman▼, Sherwood, Shipton, Sidney▼ [Sydney▼], Sill, Silverton, Simmons, Simpson, Skinner, Slade, Slater, Smedley, Smith, Snowden, Somers, Somerset, Somerton
Sothern, Southwell, Spalding, Spear, Speed, Stafford, Stanbury, Stancliff, Standish, Stanfield, Stanford, Stanley▼, Stanmore, Stanton, Stanway, Stanwick, Stanwood, Steadman, Steed, Steele
Stepney, Sterling▲, Stetson▲, Stewart▼ [Stuart▼], Stiles, Stockard, Stockley, Stockton, Stockwell, Stoddard, Storm [Sturm], Stratford, Strickland, Strong, Stuart▼ [Stewart▼], Sturm, Styles [Stiles], Suffield, Suffolk, Sully
Sumner, Sutcliff, Sutton▲, Swaine, Swanton, Swinburne, Swinford, Swinton, Swithin, Sydney▼, Tab, Taft, Tallis, Tamson, Tandie, Tanner▼, Tanton, Tarleton, Taverner, Taylor▼
Ted▼, Tedmund, Templeton, Tennant, Thane, Thatcher▲, Thaw, Thayer, Thorley, Thormond, Thorndike, Thorne, Thornley, Thornton▼, Thornycroft, Thorpe, Thurlow, Thurston, Tilden, Tilford
Tillman▼, Tilton, Todhunter, Tomlin, Tompkins, Torr, Tower, Townsend, Trenton▼, Trevin▼, Trowbridge, True, Truesdale, Truman▼, Trumble, Tucker▲, Tupper, Twyford, Tyler▼, Udell [Dell▼]
Udolf, Ulmer, Ulric, Unwin, Updike, Upshaw, Upton, Upwood, Uther, Vail, Vance, Vane, Vernon▼, Viggo, Vinson, Vinton, Wade, Wadham, Wadley, Wadsworth
Wainwright, Wakefield, Wakeley, Wakeman, Walcott [Wolcott], Walden, Waldwick, Walford, Walker▲, Wallace▼ [Walsh], Waller, Walsh, Walter▼ [Watkins, ..], Waltham, Walton▼, Walworth, Walwyn, Warburton, Ward▼, Wardell
Wardley, Ware, Warren▼ [Ware], Warton [Wharton], Warwick, Washburn, Washington▼, Waterford, Watkins, Watson▲, Waverley [Waverley], Wayland, Wayne▼, Weaver, Webb [Webster▼], Webley, Webster▼ [Webb], Wedgwood, Welborne, Weldon▼
Welford, Wellington, Wells▲, Welton, Wentworth, Wesley▲, Westbrook, Westby, Westcott, Westerly, Weston▲, Wetherby, Wetherell, Wetherly, Wharton [Warton], Wheatley, Wheaton, Wheelwright, Whistler, Whitbeck
Whitby, Whitcomb, White, Whitehead, Whitelaw, Whitfield, Whitford, Whitley, Whitlock, Whitman, Whitmore, Whitney, Whittaker, Wickham, Wickley, Wiley▼ [Wylie], Wilford▼, Wilfred▼, Wilkes, Wilkinson
Willard▼, Willet, William▼ [Wilson▼, ..], Willis▼, Willoughby, Wilson▼, Wilton▼, Windsor, Winfield▼, Wingate, Winslow, Winsted, Winston▲, Winter, Winthrop, Winton, Winwood, Wolcott, Wolfgang, Woodson
Woodstock, Woodward, Woolworth, Worth, Wortham, Wright, Wyatt▲, Wyck, Wycliff, Wycombe, Wyler, Wylie [Wiley▼], Wyman, Wyndham, Wynn, Wystan, Yale, Yardley, Yorick, York [Yorick]
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