115 British Boy Names

The most famous Vlad was nicknamed "the Impaler." Enough said.

Can Ernie shed the rubber ducky association and make its way onto the vintage revivals list? Years ago we may have said no, but celebrity chef Stephanie Izard made a strong case for Ernie when she gave the name to her son in 2016.

This can make an unusual yet simple middle name choice, especially for anyone with family ties to Wales.

Laird is a Scottish title for the landed gentry – it ranks just below a Baron – with a pleasantly distinctive Scottish burr that must have appealed to Sharon Stone, who chose it for her son.

Takes Monroe out of the Dead Presidents category and gives it new life.

Its most famous bearer was Prince Osman the First, founder of the Ottoman Empire.

Known as a British royal family line as well as a style of architecture, this name has a forbidding solemnity; schoolmates might also confuse it with tutor.

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Owain is much more unusual than its brother name Owen, a Welsh original that belonged to one of the Knights of the Round Table as well as the last Welsh Prince of Wales.

Dawud is a widely-used Arabic name, a version of David that is among the British Top 1000 names for boys.

Overwhelmingly feminine in the US, where parent name Mackenzie is wildly popular, but masculine in the UK, where Kenzie ranks among the Top 1000 names for baby boys.

Rupin is one of those names that is virtually unknown in the Western world and yet is easily translated because it feels so familiar -- parts Rupert, Robin, and Reuben. A handsome choice.