English Boy Names
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of 5,565 names
| Name | Meaning | Origins | Gender | Popularity (last 10y) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milburn | Mill stream; settlement by the mill stream | English | Boy | — | |
| Milburne | From the mill by the stream | English | Boy | — | |
| Miler | Occupational name meaning 'miller' - a person who operates a grain mill. | English | Boy | — | |
| Milington | Settlement by a mill; 'mill town' or place associated with a mill | English | Boy | — | |
| Millborne | Dweller at or settlement by the mill-stream | English | Boy | — | |
| Millbourn | Mill by the stream; dweller at the mill on the brook | English | Boy | — | |
| Millbourne | Stream by the mill | English | Boy | — | |
| Milles | Soldier; (from related Germanic root) mild/merciful | English | Boy | — | |
| Millford | Ford by a mill | English | Boy | — | |
| Millin | Likely 'little devotee' or 'servant' (from Gaelic Maolán) or 'of the mill' / 'miller' (occupational/Welsh) | Breton, English, Gaelic, Irish, Welsh | Boy | — | |
| Millington | Settlement or town with a mill ('mill town') | English | Boy | — | |
| Milt | Short form of Milton: 'settlement with a mill' / 'middle town' | English | Boy | — | |
| Milward | Originally a surname meaning 'keeper/ward of the mill' or derived from Old English elements meaning 'gentle guardian' | English | Boy | — | |
| Mindon | Hill settlement | English, Welsh | Boy | — | |
| Miner | Worker who extracts minerals from the earth; a miner | English | Boy | — | |
| Miquell | Who is like God? | Catalan, English, Hebrew | Boy | — | |
| mishuan | A modern blended name; from Misha (from Mikhail - 'Who is like God?') and Shawn/Sean (from John - 'God is gracious'). | English | Boy | — | |
| Mista | Informal form of 'Mister' meaning 'man' or 'gentleman'; used as a familiar nickname | English | Boy | — | |
| Mistah | Informal/colloquial form of 'mister' meaning 'man' or 'gentleman'; used as a nickname or stylistic given name. | English | Boy | — | |
| Mix | To blend | English, Latin | Boy | — | |
| Modraed | Courageous or bold counsel | English | Boy | — | |
| Moir | Originally a surname meaning either 'great' or 'from the moor' | English, Scottish | Boy | — | |
| Moke | Varies by origin. Often a nickname with no independent meaning in English; in Polynesian contexts it can be a shortened form of longer names; in African contexts it may derive from a family name. | English, Hawaiian, Polynesian | Boy | — | |
| Monford | Likely 'monk's ford' (a ford associated with a monk) or a variant of 'Montford' meaning 'hill/mountain ford'; core element 'ford' = river crossing. | English | Boy | — | |
| Monk | Member of a monastic order; a monastic or solitary, devout person | English | Boy | — | |
| Montey | From the mountain / hill | English | Boy | — | |
| Montford | Ford by a hill / mountain ford | English | Boy | — | |
| Montrail | A modern given name inspired by Montréal - literally 'royal mountain' - or interpreted as 'mountain/trail' in English contexts | English | Boy | — | |
| Montrall | Modern invented name, likely referencing 'mont' (mountain) or the city Montreal | English | Boy | — | |
| Montyz | A modern/invented form related to Monty, conveying 'from the mountain' or 'mountain dweller'. | English | Boy | — | |
| Moor | Either 'dweller by the moor' (topographic) or 'a Moor' (ethnic: inhabitant of Mauretania / historically 'dark-skinned') | English | Boy | — | |
| Mooreland | Land by the moor; from moorland | English | Boy | — | |
| Moorlan | Dweller of the moor; 'moor land' | English | Boy | — | |
| Morant | Surname-origin name; likely denotes a locational or descriptive origin (e.g., 'from the moor(s)' or related to similar family names such as Moran) | English, French | Boy | — | |
| Moraunt | Likely 'descendant of Maurus' or 'the Moor'; possibly a locational surname - exact meaning uncertain | English, Latin | Boy | — | |
| Morcar | Likely 'moor-dweller' or 'man of the marsh'. | English | Boy | — | |
| Morelan | Land by the moor; possibly 'great land'. | English | Boy | — | |
| Moreley | Clearing or settlement by a moor | English | Boy | — | |
| Morell | From Old French morel meaning 'dark-skinned' or 'brown'; originally a surname/epithet | English, French | Boy | — | |
| Morey | Diminutive or variant of Maurice meaning 'dark-skinned, Moor' or derived from Murray/Moray meaning 'from Moray/sea region'. | English | Boy | — | |
| Morrys | Derived from Mauricius meaning 'dark-skinned' or 'Moorish'. | English, Welsh | Boy | — | |
| Mort | Short form of Mortimer or Morton - associated with 'dead' (Old French mort) or 'town on the moor' (Old English mor + tun). | English | Boy | — | |
| Mortie | Diminutive of Mortimer or Morton - Mortimer: related to 'mort' (dead) + 'mer' (sea) ('dead/still sea'); Morton: 'town on the moor'. | English | Boy | — | |
| Mortimor | Originally 'dead sea' or 'still water' - a surname-turned-given name | English | Boy | — | |
| Mortyn | Modern variant associated with 'settlement on the moor' (Morton) or historically linked to Mortimer ('dead sea'); used as a distinctive given name form. | English | Boy | — | |
| Mounteiz | From the mountain; strong like a mountain | English | Boy | — | |
| Mountford | Ford by a hill or mount (a river crossing near a hill) | English | Boy | — | |
| Mountgomery | Gumaric's hill (hill of Gomeric) | English, Norman French | Boy | — | |
| Mow | A short form or nickname (often from Moe/Mo); associated with names like Moses ('drawn out of the water') or Maurice ('dark, Moorish') - otherwise functions as a short, modern given name | English | Boy | — | |
| Muggsy | A playful or tough-sounding nickname - essentially 'Muggie/Mugsy', an affectionate or streetwise pet name | 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