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Best British Boy Names

British baby boy names have a style all their own, and fashionable British names are often a step or two ahead of American baby names. Some of the hottest baby boy names in England, Scotland, and Wales are still cool and underused choices in the U.S., as seen below.

Other boys' names make this list because they're classic British choices that have emigrated to the US along with other parts of the world: Among these are Felix, Hugh, and Leo.

Along with Felix and Leo, other British boy names in the US Top 1000 are Duncan, Ellis, Harvey, Jasper, Lewis, Luca, Rex, and Trevor. Other, more uniquely British names that may sound a bit too posh to American ears at the present moment include Barnaby, Crispin, Giles, and Tarquin.

If you're looking for a distinctly British-sounding name for your baby boy, consider the following distinctive selection. You might also want to check out our masterlist of English names for boys.

Eden

Meaning: place of pleasure, delight

Origin:Hebrew
828
Ellis

Meaning: benevolent

Origin:English surname derived from Elijah or Elias or Welsh
56
Harley

Meaning: hare clearing

Origin:English
1381
Finn

Meaning: fair or white

Origin:Irish
20
Ziggy The meaning of Ziggy is 'victorious protecto...
Origin:German, diminutive of Siegfried and Sigmund
456
Ollie

Meaning: olive tree

Origin:Diminutive of Oliver, Latin
1346
Kit

Meaning: bearer of Christ

Origin:English, diminutive of Christopher
92
Rory

Meaning: red king

Origin:Irish
64
Nico

Meaning: people of victory

Origin:Italian diminutive of Nicholas, Greek
85
Origin:Diminutive of Montague, Montgomery
483
Rhys

Meaning: ardor

Origin:Welsh
80
Rhys

Meaning: ardor

Origin:Welsh
80
Caspian

Meaning: white

Origin:Place name
10
Cassian

Meaning: hollow

Origin:Latin, variation of Cassius
27
Jasper

Meaning: bringer of treasure

Origin:Persian
49
Archie

Meaning: truly brave

Origin:Diminutive of Archibald, Teutonic
54
Lachlan

Meaning: from the fjord-land

Origin:Scottish
65
Cillian

Meaning: war strife or church

Origin:Irish
81
Harvey

Meaning: battle worthy

Origin:French
88
Callum

Meaning: dove

Origin:Scottish form of Columba, Latin
94