English Boy Names
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of 5,565 names
| Name | Meaning | Origins | Gender | Popularity (last 10y) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunyen | Derived from a family name; original meaning uncertain | English | Boy | — | |
| Bunyon | Surname-derived name; exact original meaning is uncertain - possibly linked to Old French 'bon' (good) or to a personal/place name | English, French | Boy | — | |
| Burbank | From a place name meaning 'town or fortified place by a bank or hillside' | English | Boy | — | |
| Burch | Either 'birch' (the tree) or from Burchard meaning 'fortress/strong' ('burg' + 'hard') | English | Boy | — | |
| Burdett | Originally a surname meaning 'little bird' (diminutive of Middle English 'bird'), later used as a given name. | English | Boy | — | |
| Burdette | Little bird | English | Boy | — | |
| Burford | Ford by a fortified place ("fortified ford") | English | Boy | — | |
| Burforde | Dweller by/near the fortified ford (fortified river crossing) | English | Boy | — | |
| Burger | Citizen; town-dweller (burgher) | Dutch, English, German | Boy | — | |
| Burges | Town-dweller; citizen or freeman of a borough | English | Boy | — | |
| Burgess | Town dweller; freeman of the borough. | English | Boy | — | |
| Burgiss | Town-dweller; citizen of a borough | English | Boy | — | |
| Burhbank | Fortified bank - a fort or borough by a riverbank or hillside | English | Boy | — | |
| Burhford | Fort by the ford (fortified river crossing) | English | Boy | — | |
| Burhtun | Fortified settlement; fortified farm or town | English | Boy | — | |
| Burkett | Surname-derived name generally interpreted as 'of the borough' or 'little fort'; sometimes associated with 'descendant of Burke'. | English | Boy | — | |
| Burkitt | From an English surname - possibly ‘of the borough/fort’ or linked to ‘birch’ depending on derivation | English | Boy | — | |
| Burle | Likely from an English surname - either 'clearing by a fort' (from Burley) or from 'burl' meaning a knot or knob in wood; also appears as a family name in French/Portuguese contexts. | English, Portuguese | Boy | — | |
| Burleigh | Fortified clearing or meadow by a fort/borough | English | Boy | — | |
| Burliegh | From the fortified clearing / fortified meadow | English | Boy | — | |
| Burlin | Surname/place-name origin; likely 'of/from a town or place' (possibly 'from Berlin' or linked to Old English locational elements) | English | Boy | — | |
| Burly | Large, strong, sturdy; heavily built. | English | Boy | — | |
| Burn | Stream or spring | English | Boy | — | |
| Burna | Stream, brook; spring or source of water | English | Boy | — | |
| Burnabie | Probably 'son of consolation' (from Barnabas) or 'dweller by the stream' (from Burnaby) | English | Boy | — | |
| Burne | Stream; dweller by a brook | English | Boy | — | |
| Burnes | Dweller by the stream; 'of the burn' (related to a brook or small river) | English, Scottish | Boy | — | |
| Burnum | Homestead or settlement by a stream/brook | English | Boy | — | |
| Burny | Either 'stream' (from Old English burn) or a diminutive of Bernard meaning 'brave/strong as a bear'. | English | Boy | — | |
| Burr | Derived from 'burr': a prickly seed case or knobbly protuberance; used as a surname/topographic name | English | Boy | — | |
| Burrel | Derived from a word meaning 'brown' or 'reddish-brown' (originally a surname referring to brown-haired or brown-clothed) | English | Boy | — | |
| Burril | Dweller by the fortified hill | English | Boy | — | |
| Burris | Surname-derived given name, likely from Old English burh ('fort, fortified place') or from Middle English 'burr' (a rough seed pod/edge); broadly 'dweller by a fort' or 'one associated with a burr'. | English | Boy | — | |
| Burrol | Originally a surname meaning "brown" or "brown-haired", from Old French 'burel' (a coarse brown cloth or brown color). | English, French | Boy | — | |
| Burto | From a fortified settlement; dweller of a fortified town | English | Boy | — | |
| Burtt | From the fortified town | English | Boy | — | |
| Burty | Diminutive form of Burt/Burton/Bert names - linked to 'fortified settlement' (Burton) or 'bright/illustrious' (Bert roots). | English | Boy | — | |
| Busbey | From a place called Busby - originally 'Bosi's farm' or 'farmstead/settlement' | English | Boy | — | |
| Busbie | From 'Búsi's farm' - dweller at the farmstead or village of Búsi | English | Boy | — | |
| Busby | 'Busi's farm' or 'Busi's settlement' - a locational name from an Old Norse personal name plus -by | English | Boy | — | |
| Bushrod | Clearing in the bushes | English | Boy | — | |
| Busta | Breaker | African American, English | Boy | — | |
| Buzzy | Playful, energetic nickname derived from the sound "buzz" (vibrating/humming) | English | Boy | — | |
| Byard | Originally a surname; possibly from 'bard' (poet) or from 'bird' depending on derivation | English, Scottish | Boy | — | |
| Byford | Settlement or village by a ford; dweller at the ford | English | Boy | — | |
| Byforde | Dweller or settlement by a ford (river crossing) | English | Boy | — | |
| Byram | From the settlement with byres/barns; dweller at the byre homestead | English | Boy | — | |
| Byren | From the byre/barn (dweller at the cowshed) | English | Boy | — | |
| Byrett | Originally a surname meaning 'descendant of Barret'; Barret is variously interpreted as relating to strength/brightness or to quarrels/strife depending on the root | English | Boy | — | |
| Byrn | Possible meanings include 'descendant of Bran (raven)' (Irish), 'bear' or 'warrior' (Scandinavian/Old English), or 'mail-shirt/armour' (Old Norse/Old English) | English, Norse | Boy | — |
English Boys name popularity over time
Aggregated births across United States, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada for every English-origin name in our dataset.
5,565
Names in this origin
125
With data in 2025
3,202
Births 2025
496,739
Peak year 2015