English Boy Names
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of 5,565 names
| Name | Meaning | Origins | Gender | Popularity (last 10y) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heafclif | High cliff; cliff on a headland | English | Boy | — | |
| Heafcliff | Heath-covered cliff; a cliff by the heath | English | Boy | — | |
| Heaff | Derived from 'heath' meaning an area of open, uncultivated land; originally a surname or locational name | English | Boy | — | |
| Heaffclif | Cliff by a heath; 'heath-cliff'. | English | Boy | — | |
| Heaffcliff | Heath-cliff - dweller by the heath or cliff | English | Boy | — | |
| Heaffcliffe | Dweller by the heath-covered cliff | English | Boy | — | |
| Heaffclyffe | Dweller by or from a high cliff | English | Boy | — | |
| Healey | High clearing; high meadow | English | Boy | — | |
| Heardwine | Hardy or brave friend | English | Boy | — | |
| Hearn | Originally a surname meaning 'heron' (the bird) or denoting association with a place where herons lived; used as a given name | English | Boy | — | |
| Hearne | Derived from a surname meaning 'dweller at the corner/nook' or associated with the heron (bird). | English | Boy | — | |
| Heaten | Dweller near the heath; 'from the heath' | English | Boy | — | |
| Heathclif | Cliff by the heath; dweller by a heath-covered cliff | English | Boy | — | |
| Heathclyffe | Cliff by the heath / heath-cliff | English | Boy | — | |
| Heathcot | Heath cottage - cottage on the heath / dweller at a cottage on the heath | English | Boy | — | |
| Heathcote | Dweller at the cottage on the heath; homestead/cottage on the heath | English | Boy | — | |
| Heathdene | Heath valley; valley of the heather | English | Boy | — | |
| Heavy | Weighing much | English | Boy | — | |
| Heddley | Clearing or meadow among heather/heath | English | Boy | — | |
| Hedley | Heath clearing | English | Boy | — | |
| Hedric | Prosperous or wealthy ruler | English, Germanic | Boy | — | |
| Hedrick | Home ruler; ruler of the household | English | Boy | — | |
| Hedwin | Friend in battle (from hadu 'battle' + win 'friend'); sometimes rendered from Old English elements as 'heath-friend'. | English, Germanic | Boy | — | |
| Hedwyn | Rich/favored friend (from Old English ead 'wealth, prosperity' + wine 'friend') | English | Boy | — | |
| Hendle | From Henry/Heinrich: "home ruler"; often understood as a diminutive or pet form ("little Henry"). | English, Germanic | Boy | — | |
| Hendley | From the high clearing/meadow | English | Boy | — | |
| Hendree | Home ruler | English | Boy | — | |
| Hendrie | Ruler of the household | English | Boy | — | |
| Hendron | Derived from Henry - 'home ruler'; likely a surname meaning 'son/descendant of Henry'. | English, Scottish | Boy | — | |
| Hendrycks | Home ruler | Dutch, English | Boy | — | |
| Hengist | Stallion; horse | English | Boy | — | |
| Hengyst | Stallion; horse | English | Boy | — | |
| Henryson | Son of Henry (Henry = 'home ruler') | English | Boy | — | |
| Henty | Diminutive/variant of Henry - "home ruler" or "ruler of the household" | English | Boy | — | |
| Heorot | Stag, hart; the name of the great mead-hall in the epic Beowulf | English | Boy | — | |
| Hereld | Army ruler (from elements here 'army' + weald 'ruler') | English, Germanic | Boy | — | |
| Hereward | Guardian of the army | English | Boy | — | |
| Hereweald | Ruler of the army / army-ruler | English | Boy | — | |
| Herlebeorht | Army-bright (bright army) | English | Boy | — | |
| Hern | Originally a surname meaning 'dweller at a corner or nook' (from Old English 'hyrne') or derived from Middle English 'hern' meaning 'heron' (the bird). | English | Boy | — | |
| Herne | Possibly from Old English 'hyrne' meaning 'corner' or linked to the heron (bird); famously associated with a horned hunter figure in English folklore. | English | Boy | — | |
| Herold | Army ruler (from Old English 'here' + 'weald'); in German usage can mean 'herald' or messenger | English, Norse | Boy | — | |
| Herris | Patronymic 'son of Harry' - ultimately from Henry meaning 'home ruler' or 'ruler of the household'. | English | Boy | — | |
| Herry | Home ruler; ruler of the household | Dutch, English, Indonesian | Boy | — | |
| Herrys | Ruler of the household; home ruler | English | Boy | — | |
| Herward | Army guardian; protector of the army | English, Germanic | Boy | — | |
| Herwyn | Army friend | English, Germanic | Boy | — | |
| Hetwn | Likely 'heath friend' - from Old English elements hǣth (heath) + wine (friend). | English, Germanic | Boy | — | |
| Hew | From the element 'hug' meaning 'heart, mind, spirit' (i.e., 'mind, thought, spirit') | English, Scottish | Boy | — | |
| Hewe | Mind, heart, spirit | 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