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Victorian Boy Names

Victorian boy names range from timeless classics like William, Henry and Charles, to truly Victorian-era choices like Cornelius, Percival and Livingstone, after the famous Scottish physician, explorer and missionary David Livingstone.

The names Queen Victoria herself chose for her sons include stylish choices like Albert, Arthur, Ernest, Leopold and Duncan. More unusual choices among the Victorian royal baby names include Leopold, Ewart, Temple, Cecil and Feodore.

Biblical names for boys were also very popular with Victorian parents, including uncommon (in current times) choices like Simeon, Jabez, Enoch, Hezekiah and Job.

Find our longlist of Victorian baby names for boys below.

Nelson

Meaning: son of Neil

Origin:English
2395
Victor

Meaning: conqueror

Origin:Latin
190
Jesse

Meaning: gift

Origin:Hebrew
264
Clifford

Meaning: lives near the ford by the cliff

Origin:English
1559
Vernon

Meaning: place of alders

Origin:English
2110
Anthony

Meaning: from Antium

Origin:Latin
186
Abraham

Meaning: father of multitudes

Origin:Hebrew
621
Sampson

Meaning: sun

Origin:Hebrew
1492
Absalom

Meaning: father of peace

Origin:Hebrew
1746
Simeon

Meaning: he [God] has heard

Origin:Hebrew
713
Humphrey

Meaning: peaceful warrior

Origin:German
600
Horatio

Meaning: hour, time

Origin:English variation of Latin Horatius
759
Giles

Meaning: young goat

Origin:Greek
1073
Horace

Meaning: timekeeper

Origin:Latin clan name
1158
Thompson

Meaning: son of Tom

Origin:English
3981
Gwilym

Meaning: resolute protection

Origin:Welsh variation of William
2359
Zachariah

Meaning: the Lord has remembered

Origin:Hebrew, form of Zechariah
700
Ebenezer

Meaning: stone of help

Origin:Hebrew
943
Wallace

Meaning: foreigner, stranger

Origin:Scottish
751
Gerald

Meaning: ruler with the spear

Origin:English and Irish from German
825