English Boy Names
Showing 50
of 5,565 names
| Name | Meaning | Origins | Gender | Popularity (last 10y) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grenvile | “Green town” - from a place-name meaning ‘green settlement’ | English | Boy | — | |
| Grenville | Habitational - 'from the green/large town' (a settlement name) | English | Boy | — | |
| Greville | Dweller at the gravelly place; from a gravelly farm or settlement | English | Boy | — | |
| Greyham | From the place-name Grantham, meaning 'gravelly homestead'. | English, Scottish | Boy | — | |
| Greyhame | Gray home / gray homestead | English | Boy | — | |
| Greyheme | Gray homestead; dweller of the gray home | English | Boy | — | |
| Grif | Short form of Griffith/Griffin - 'strong lord' (from Welsh) or associated with the griffin (mythical creature). | English, Welsh | Boy | — | |
| Grimbald | 'Fierce, bold' (from grim = fierce/masked + bald = bold) | English, Germanic | Boy | — | |
| Grimbold | 'Grim' (fierce, masked) + 'bold' (brave) - "fierce and bold" | English, Norse | Boy | — | |
| Grimshaw | 'Grim's wood' - someone from or living by the wood associated with a person nicknamed Grim | English | Boy | — | |
| Grindal | Likely 'gate valley' or 'green valley' (a valley by a gate or a green valley) | English | Boy | — | |
| Grindan | Derived from Old English 'grindan' meaning 'to grind' - 'grinder' or occupationally 'miller' | English | Boy | — | |
| Griswald | Derived from elements meaning 'gray' + 'wood/forest' - roughly 'gray forest' or 'gray wood'. | English | Boy | — | |
| Griswaldo | From elements meaning "gris" (gray) + "wald" (rule) - roughly "gray ruler" (sometimes interpreted as related to "gray/gray wood") | English, Germanic | Boy | — | |
| Griswold | Likely 'gray/grey wood' - from Old French/Old English elements (gris = gray + wold = wood/forest); alternatively tied to Germanic 'wald' (rule/forest) | English | Boy | — | |
| Griswoldo | Likely 'gray wood' or 'gray forest' (from elements meaning 'gray' + 'wold' = wood/forest). | English | Boy | — | |
| Grosvenor | From Norman-French gros ('large') + veneur ('hunter'): 'great/large hunter' | English | Boy | — | |
| Guifford | From the Norman personal name Giffard, likely meaning "chubby-cheeked" or "stout". | English | Boy | — | |
| Guild | Originally 'payment' or 'tribute'; later 'association' or 'trade society' | English, Germanic, Norse | Boy | — | |
| Guildford | 'Golden ford' - a river crossing associated with gold or yellow (sandy) soil | English | Boy | — | |
| Guilford | From the place name meaning 'golden ford'. | English | Boy | — | |
| Gurdon | From Gourdon (a place name) | English | Boy | — | |
| Guston | Likely either 'Gus's town' (English place-name) or derived from Gustav meaning 'staff of the gods'. | English, Scandinavian | Boy | — | |
| Guthr | From Proto‑Germanic *gūþą 'battle' (occasionally conflated with Old Norse Guð- 'god') | English, Norse | Boy | — | |
| Guthre | From the element 'guth' meaning 'battle' - likely 'battle‑counsel' or 'battle‑ruler'. | English, Norse | Boy | — | |
| Gwalhaved | Leader/chief of the foreigners (from elements meaning 'foreigner/Welsh' + 'head/leader') | English, Germanic | Boy | — | |
| Gylan | Uncertain - generally treated as a modern or variant name. May be influenced by names like Dylan (associated with the sea) or Giles (from Aegidius, 'young goat'), but no single established meaning. | English, Irish | Boy | — | |
| Gyles | From Latin Aegidius (Greek origin), originally meaning 'young goat' or 'kid' and later associated with the notion of a protector | English | Boy | — | |
| Gylett | Derived from Giles/Aegidius, traditionally interpreted as "young goat" (kid) | English | Boy | — | |
| Gypson | Likely 'son of Gyp' or a variant of Gibson; exact root uncertain | English | Boy | — | |
| Gyrd | Likely derived from Germanic elements related to an 'enclosure, yard' (from Old Norse/Old English garðr) - exact sense varies by source. | English, Norse | Boy | — | |
| Hacket | Originally a surname meaning 'little axe' (Old French) or 'son of Eachaidh' (Eachaidh from Gaelic meaning 'horseman'). | English, Irish | Boy | — | |
| Hackit | Surname-derived; likely 'descendant of Haket' or an invented name suggesting resourcefulness/skill (from English 'hack'). Exact meaning uncertain. | English | Boy | — | |
| Hadan | Uncertain - historically attested in Hebrew/Biblical contexts with no clear consensus on meaning; in modern use often treated as a phonetic/variant form of names like Hayden. | Arabic, English, Hebrew | Boy | — | |
| haden | Hay valley; alternatively from Irish family name meaning 'descendant of Éideán' | English | Boy | — | |
| Hadeon | Likely 'hay hill' or 'hay valley' (modern variant of Hayden) | English | Boy | — | |
| Hadryell | Likely 'glory of God' or 'God's majesty' (interpretation uncertain; may be a modern invented name) | English | Boy | — | |
| Hadwen | Battle friend / friend in battle | English | Boy | — | |
| Hadwin | Battle-friend (friend in battle) | English, Germanic | Boy | — | |
| Hadwyn | Battle friend | English | Boy | — | |
| Hadwynn | Likely "battle-friend" or "war-friend" | English, Germanic | Boy | — | |
| Haestingas | People or descendants of Haesta; origin of the place name Hastings | English | Boy | — | |
| Haethin | Dweller of the heath; associated with open, heather-covered land | English | Boy | — | |
| Haethowine | Friend of the heath | English | Boy | — | |
| Hafwin | Friend of the sea | English | Boy | — | |
| Hafwine | Sea friend / friend of the sea | English | Boy | — | |
| Hagaward | Guardian of the enclosure; protector of the homestead | Anglo-Saxon, English | Boy | — | |
| Hagon | Probably related to Irish Ó hAodhagáin meaning 'descendant of Aodh' (Aodh = 'fire') - i.e., 'little fire' or 'son of Aodh' ; alternatively may derive from Old English 'haga' ('enclosure'). | English, Irish | Boy | — | |
| Hagood | From an English surname; exact meaning uncertain - likely related to 'good' combined with a topographic or personal element (e.g., 'hay' or 'hedge') | English | Boy | — | |
| Haimes | From Hebrew: "life"; from Old Germanic: "home" | English | 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