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English names rank among the top names in the US, the UK, and other English-speaking countries, along with such European countries as Sweden, Germany, and France.

Along with Audrey and Jack, classic English names in the US Top 300 include Georgia, Juliet, Lily and Olive for girls, and Emmett, Miles, Oscar, and William for boy.

In the UK, popular English names include Alfie, Lily, Edward, and Ella. In Sweden, the English girls' name Alice ranks near the top of the list, while the English boys' nickname Tom is fashionable in France.

Less conventional English names that rank highly in the US include, for girls, Kendall, Kinsley, Madison, Marley, Peyton, Presley, Sutton, Willow, Winter and Wren, For boys, this group includes Archer, Brooks, Carter, Fletcher, Graham, Huxley, Mason, Reed, Sawyer, and Wilder.

Unique English names that carry a lot of style value include, for girls, Araminta, Arden, Azalea, Birdie, Blythe, Clover, Lilac, Lavender, Posey, and Waverly. For boys, unique English names to consider include Birch, Booker, Dane, Garrison, Hale, Kit, Oberon, Shaw, Tobin, and Winston.

Our collection of English baby names also includes surname names such as Lancaster and Huffington, nature names such as River and Marigold, English word names such as Love and Journey, along with place names like Devon and occupational names such as Driver.

Browse our website's complete range of English names for girls and boys, continued, below, or consult our individual lists of English girl names and English boy names. The top names below rank among the current US Top 1000 Baby Names and are ordered by popularity. Unique names rank below the Top 1000 and are listed alphabetically.

Ash

Meaning: ash tree

Origin:Diminutive of Asher, English
284
Bellamy

Meaning: fine friend

Origin:English and Irish from French
627
Bellamy

Meaning: fine friend

Origin:English and Irish from French
2010
Brock

Meaning: badger

Origin:English
631
Crew

Meaning: a band or force of armed men

Origin:English word name
239
Nash

Meaning: by the ash tree

Origin:English
142
Beck

Meaning: small stream

Origin:English
659
Beck

Meaning: one living beside a small stream

Origin:Short form of Rebecca or English
6073
Miles

Meaning: soldier or merciful

Origin:English form of Milo
24
Emmett

Meaning: universal

Origin:English masculine variation of Emma, German
78
Archer

Meaning: bowman

Origin:English
106
Silas

Meaning: of the forest; or prayed for

Origin:Aramaic, Latin, Greek
4
Brooks

Meaning: of the brook

Origin:English
101
Hugh

Meaning: mind, intellect

Origin:English from German
193
River A name as beautiful as River is another grea...
Origin:Nature name
1065
Beckett

Meaning: bee hive, little brook or bee cottage

Origin:English and Irish
115
Tolliver

Meaning: metalworker

Origin:English occupational name
1611
Auberon

Meaning: noble, bearlike

Origin:English from German
10588
Auberon

Meaning: noble, bearlike

Origin:English from German
1646
Bramwell

Meaning: well where the gorse grows

Origin:English
1816