English Baby Names
English baby names carry the sound, history and meaning of the English naming tradition. Our collection holds 293 English names, 142 for boys and 107 for girls, each with its own meaning, origin notes, popularity and numerology. Browse the names below and follow any one for its full profile.
Whether you are drawn to English names for heritage, for their sound, or simply for a meaning that resonates, this page is a living list that grows as we research and add more. Names are shown with the most prominent first.
How English names are chosen
The English name pool has been replaced almost wholesale twice. The Norman Conquest of 1066 pushed Anglo-Saxon names out of fashion within about a century and a half, and by 1200 the top of the pool belonged to the Germanic names the Norman nobility brought — Henry, Richard, Robert, Walter, William, the last of which has stayed in continuous use for over nine hundred years. The second upheaval was doctrinal: sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Puritans rejected saints' names as Catholic and moved to the Old Testament and to virtue names, giving English Grace, Faith, Hope, Charity, Patience and Temperance. The radical fringe wrote whole sentences into the register — Praise-God Barebone had a son recorded as If-Jesus-Christ-had-not-died-for-thee-thou-hadst-been-damned.
English names & meanings
JackGod is gracious — timeless and effortless to sayEnglish · Numerology 7CarterOne who transports goods; cart driver — a name with quiet staying powerEnglish · Numerology 11EdwardWealthy guardian — full of character and easy to loveEnglish · Numerology 1EllaAll; fairy maiden — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulGerman, English · Numerology 3EllieBright, shining light — rooted yet ready to travelEnglish, Greek · Numerology 7EvelynWished-for child; desired — distinctive without trying too hardEnglish · Numerology 11GraysonSon of the steward — full of character and easy to loveEnglish · Numerology 9HarperHarp player — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulEnglish · Numerology 3HazelThe hazel tree — warm, characterful and easy to wearEnglish · Numerology 7JacksonSon of Jack — rooted yet ready to travelEnglish · Numerology 1LilyLily flower; purity — understated and quietly elegantEnglish, Latin · Numerology 22MadisonSon of Maud; mighty in battle — a name with quiet staying powerEnglish · Numerology 3MasonStone worker, craftsman — understated and quietly elegantEnglish · Numerology 8ScarlettScarlet, bright red — a classic with a fresh edgeEnglish · Numerology 8VioletThe violet flower; purple — rooted yet ready to travelLatin, English · Numerology 11WyattBrave in war — a name with quiet staying powerEnglish · Numerology 8AlfieWise counsel (Alfred) — memorable across culturesEnglish · Numerology 6AuraA distinctive glow, an atmosphere — full of character and easy to loveEnglish · Numerology 5ReeveBailiff, steward — timeless and effortless to sayEnglish · Numerology 1AceThe best, number one; unity — distinctive without trying too hardEnglish · Numerology 9AelfricElf ruler — warm, characterful and easy to wearEnglish · Numerology 9AethelflaedNoble beauty — rooted yet ready to travelEnglish · Numerology 7AethelredNoble counsel — understated and quietly elegantEnglish · Numerology 6AiyanaEternal blossom — memorable across culturesEnglish · Numerology 6AldousOld, wise — understated and quietly elegantEnglish · Numerology 9AldredOld, wise counsel — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulEnglish · Numerology 8AldredaOld, wise counsel — full of character and easy to loveEnglish · Numerology 9AlfredElf counsel; wise counsellor — a small name carrying real depthEnglish · Numerology 1AlvinNoble friend; elf friend — understated and quietly elegantEnglish · Numerology 22AmethystThe purple gemstone — rooted yet ready to travelEnglish · Numerology 3AquamarineThe blue-green gem; seawater — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulEnglish · Numerology 1ArcherA bowman — timeless and effortless to sayEnglish · Numerology 8ArdenThe great forest; valley of the eagle — a small name carrying real depthEnglish · Numerology 6AshThe ash tree — a classic with a fresh edgeEnglish · Numerology 1AspenThe quaking aspen tree — a name with quiet staying powerEnglish · Numerology 1AthelstanNoble stone — understated and quietly elegantEnglish · Numerology 1AudenOld friend — timeless and effortless to sayEnglish · Numerology 9AudraNoble strength — memorable across culturesEnglish · Numerology 9AudreyNoble strength — a classic with a fresh edgeEnglish · Numerology 11BanksOf the riverbank — distinctive without trying too hardEnglish · Numerology 11BayReddish-brown; the bay tree; an inlet — soft-sounding with strong rootsEnglish · Numerology 1BearThe bear; strong and brave — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulEnglish · Numerology 8BeckettBee hive; little brook — warm, characterful and easy to wearEnglish · Numerology 3BegoniaThe begonia flower — timeless and effortless to sayEnglish · Numerology 8BeorhtBright — understated and quietly elegantEnglish · Numerology 5BeornWarrior; bear — understated and quietly elegantEnglish · Numerology 9BirchThe birch tree — warm, characterful and easy to wearEnglish · Numerology 4BirdieLittle bird — memorable across culturesEnglish · Numerology 11BlakelyThe pale meadow — warm, characterful and easy to wearEnglish · Numerology 5BlazeFlame, bright fire — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulEnglish · Numerology 1BlissPerfect happiness, pure joy — memorable across culturesEnglish · Numerology 7BluebellThe bluebell flower — memorable across culturesEnglish · Numerology 8BooneGood; a blessing — rooted yet ready to travelEnglish · Numerology 6BriarA thorny shrub, brambles — a classic with a fresh edgeEnglish · Numerology 3BriggsFrom the bridges — a classic with a fresh edgeEnglish · Numerology 8BrightonThe bright town — memorable across culturesEnglish · Numerology 3BrockBadger — a name with quiet staying powerEnglish · Numerology 22BrookSmall stream — a name with quiet staying powerEnglish · Numerology 7BrooksOf the small streams — warm, characterful and easy to wearEnglish · Numerology 8BryonyTo sprout, to grow; a climbing vine — memorable across culturesGreek, English · Numerology 9CanyonA deep gorge — warm, characterful and easy to wearEnglish · Numerology 9CashA maker of chests; (Cassius) — full of character and easy to loveEnglish · Numerology 4CaspianOf the Caspian Sea — full of character and easy to loveEnglish · Numerology 9CedarThe cedar tree — distinctive without trying too hardEnglish · Numerology 22CedricBounty; kindly, beloved — soft-sounding with strong rootsEnglish · Numerology 33CenwulfBold wolf — a classic with a fresh edgeEnglish · Numerology 3ChaseHuntsman, hunter — a small name carrying real depthEnglish, French · Numerology 9CherishTo hold dear, to treasure — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulEnglish · Numerology 7CitrineThe golden quartz gemstone — a classic with a fresh edgeEnglish · Numerology 6ClemencyMercy, mildness — a classic with a fresh edgeEnglish · Numerology 8CliffCliff, steep rock face — understated and quietly elegantEnglish · Numerology 9CloverThe clover flower; meadow flower — distinctive without trying too hardEnglish · Numerology 3CobaltA deep blue — rooted yet ready to travelEnglish · Numerology 8ColeSwarthy, coal-dark — distinctive without trying too hardEnglish · Numerology 8ColtYoung horse; frisky — soft-sounding with strong rootsEnglish · Numerology 5CoralineCoral — memorable across culturesEnglish · Numerology 5CoveA small sheltered bay — full of character and easy to loveEnglish · Numerology 9CreedA belief, a guiding principle — full of character and easy to loveEnglish · Numerology 8CrewA band, a company — memorable across culturesEnglish · Numerology 22CricketThe chirping insect; small and lively — distinctive without trying too hardEnglish · Numerology 33CuthbertFamous, bright — timeless and effortless to sayEnglish · Numerology 7CwenburgQueen's fortress — rooted yet ready to travelEnglish · Numerology 3CyanA greenish-blue colour — timeless and effortless to sayEnglish · Numerology 7DaisyDay's eye; the daisy flower — warm, characterful and easy to wearEnglish · Numerology 22DaleValley — a small name carrying real depthEnglish · Numerology 4DawnDaybreak — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulEnglish · Numerology 6DawsonSon of David — a small name carrying real depthEnglish · Numerology 22DeanValley — warm, characterful and easy to wearEnglish · Numerology 6DellA small wooded valley — full of character and easy to loveEnglish · Numerology 6DoveThe dove; symbol of peace — warm, characterful and easy to wearEnglish · Numerology 1DrakeDragon — rooted yet ready to travelEnglish · Numerology 3DreamA vision, an aspiration — a name with quiet staying powerEnglish · Numerology 5DukeLeader; noble title — rooted yet ready to travelEnglish, Latin · Numerology 5DuneA hill of sand — soft-sounding with strong rootsEnglish · Numerology 8DunstanDark stone — distinctive without trying too hardEnglish · Numerology 3EadgarWealthy spear; (Edgar) — warm, characterful and easy to wearEnglish · Numerology 9EadgythRich in war; (Edith) — understated and quietly elegantEnglish · Numerology 7EadlinPrincess — memorable across culturesEnglish · Numerology 9EadricWealthy, blessed ruler — a small name carrying real depthEnglish · Numerology 4EarlNobleman, warrior — warm, characterful and easy to wearEnglish · Numerology 9EastonEastern town — warm, characterful and easy to wearEnglish · Numerology 2EdgarWealthy spear; fortunate warrior — full of character and easy to loveEnglish · Numerology 8EdithProsperous in war; rich gift — soft-sounding with strong rootsEnglish · Numerology 1EdmundWealthy protector — distinctive without trying too hardEnglish · Numerology 7EdwinWealthy friend — timeless and effortless to sayEnglish · Numerology 1EdwinaWealthy friend — warm, characterful and easy to wearEnglish · Numerology 11EgbertBright edge of a sword — timeless and effortless to sayEnglish · Numerology 3ElmThe elm tree — a classic with a fresh edgeEnglish · Numerology 3EmberGlowing remains of a fire — distinctive without trying too hardEnglish · Numerology 7EmberlynnAn ember by the lake — soft-sounding with strong rootsEnglish · Numerology 9EmeraldThe green gemstone — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulEnglish · Numerology 4EmersonSon of the brave one — memorable across culturesEnglish · Numerology 8EmmettUniversal; whole, complete — a small name carrying real depthEnglish, German · Numerology 22EowynHorse of joy — understated and quietly elegantEnglish · Numerology 1EttaRuler of the home; little one — soft-sounding with strong rootsGerman, English · Numerology 1EverardBrave as a wild boar; strong — rooted yet ready to travelEnglish · Numerology 1EverestThe highest peak; dweller on the Eure — a classic with a fresh edgeEnglish · Numerology 4EverettBrave, strong as a wild boar — a name with quiet staying powerEnglish · Numerology 5FaeFairy — soft-sounding with strong rootsEnglish · Numerology 3FaithFaith, trust, belief — soft-sounding with strong rootsEnglish · Numerology 8FalconThe falcon; keen-eyed hunter — memorable across culturesEnglish · Numerology 6FawnYoung deer; light brown — a small name carrying real depthEnglish · Numerology 8FennA marsh, a fen — memorable across culturesEnglish · Numerology 3FernThe fern plant — memorable across culturesEnglish · Numerology 7FisherA fisherman — a name with quiet staying powerEnglish · Numerology 11FlintHard quartz stone; a stream — memorable across culturesEnglish · Numerology 7FordRiver crossing — memorable across culturesEnglish · Numerology 7ForrestOf the woods, forest — rooted yet ready to travelEnglish · Numerology 11ForsythiaThe golden flower of spring — full of character and easy to loveEnglish · Numerology 4FosterForest keeper — timeless and effortless to sayEnglish · Numerology 11FoxThe fox; clever, cunning — full of character and easy to loveEnglish · Numerology 9FrithuwaldRuler of peace — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulEnglish · Numerology 5FrostThe quiet of winter frost — warm, characterful and easy to wearEnglish · Numerology 6GardeniaThe white fragrant gardenia — rooted yet ready to travelEnglish · Numerology 5GarnetThe deep-red gemstone — distinctive without trying too hardEnglish · Numerology 11GarrickSpear ruler; oak grove — rooted yet ready to travelEnglish · Numerology 4GodgifuGift of God; (Godiva) — a name with quiet staying powerEnglish · Numerology 6GodricThe power of God — a small name carrying real depthEnglish · Numerology 11GodwinFriend of God — a small name carrying real depthEnglish · Numerology 9GodwineFriend of God — a name with quiet staying powerEnglish · Numerology 5GoldieMade of gold; golden — understated and quietly elegantEnglish · Numerology 7GoodwinGood friend — rooted yet ready to travelEnglish · Numerology 6GrangerFarm bailiff; keeper of the granary — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulEnglish · Numerology 7GrayGrey, silver-haired — timeless and effortless to sayEnglish · Numerology 6GreysonSon of the steward — rooted yet ready to travelEnglish · Numerology 4GroveA small wood — a name with quiet staying powerEnglish · Numerology 4HadwinFriend in war — a name with quiet staying powerEnglish · Numerology 5HalonaHappy fortune; of good fortune — rooted yet ready to travelEnglish · Numerology 6HarlowFrom the army hill — timeless and effortless to sayEnglish · Numerology 5HartStag, male deer — memorable across culturesEnglish · Numerology 2HartleyStag meadow; deer clearing — timeless and effortless to sayEnglish · Numerology 8HavenA place of safety, a refuge — soft-sounding with strong rootsEnglish · Numerology 5HawkThe hawk; keen-sighted — distinctive without trying too hardEnglish · Numerology 7HayesFrom the hedged enclosure — a small name carrying real depthEnglish · Numerology 22HeathHeathland, open moor — a small name carrying real depthEnglish · Numerology 6HeatherThe heather plant — rooted yet ready to travelEnglish · Numerology 11HeronThe heron bird — a small name carrying real depthEnglish · Numerology 33HollisDweller by the holly trees — a name with quiet staying powerEnglish · Numerology 3HollyThe holly tree — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulEnglish · Numerology 9HopeHope, expectation — gentle, modern and genuinely meaningfulEnglish · Numerology 8
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Frequently Asked Questions
+What are some popular English baby names?
Well-known English names in our collection include Jack, Carter, Edward, Ella, Ellie. Each name links to a full profile with its meaning, origin, popularity and numerology.
+How many English names are listed here?
We currently list 293 English names — 142 for boys and 107 for girls, and the collection grows regularly as we research and add more.
+How do I choose a English name?
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