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English Boy 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