List of English Baby Names Meanings

Bolton

(BOHL-tən)

Bolton Family History. English: habitational name from any of the numerous places in northern England named Bolton, especially the one in Lancashire, from Old English boðl 'dwelling', 'house' (see Bold 2) + tun 'enclosure', 'settlement'.

Meaning: A house in a settlement Origin: English

Borden

(BOHR-dən)

Borden Name Meaning. English: habitational name from a place in Kent named Borden, perhaps from Old English bar 'boar' or bor 'hill' + denu 'valley' or denn '(swine) pasture'.

Meaning: Boar pasture Origin: English

Boswell

(BOZ-wehl)

Boswell Name Meaning. Scottish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Beuzeville in Seine Maritime, France, named with Old French Beuze (a personal name probably of Germanic origin) + ville 'settlement'.

Meaning: From Beuzeville Origin: English, French

Bowie

(BO-wee)

The name can be derived from the Gaelic nickname buidhe, meaning "yellow", "fair-haired". The surname can also be an Anglicised form of the Irish surname Ó Buadhaigh; this surname means "descendant of Buadhach" and is also rendered as Bogue and Boyce. The personal name Buadhach means "victorious".

Meaning: Prominent landmark Origin: English, Gaelic

Boyce

(BOIS)

Boyce Name Meaning. Scottish, northern Irish, and English: topographic name for someone who lived by a wood, from Old French bois 'wood'. English: patronymic from the Middle English nickname boy 'lad', 'servant', or possibly from an Old English personal name Boia, of uncertain origin.

Meaning: Living beside a wood Origin: English, French

Bradburn

(BRAD-burn)

This interesting name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and is a locational surname derived from the village of Bradburne in the county of Derbyshire. It is composed of the Old English elements biad meaning broad or wide, and burna meaning stream.

Meaning: Coming from Bradburn Origin: English

Braddock

(BRAD-ək)

Braddock Name Meaning. English: topographic name for someone living by a notable broad oak, from Old English brad 'broad' + ac 'oak', or a habitational name from a minor place so named, such as Broad Oak in Symondsbury, Dorset.

Meaning: Living near a broad oak tree Origin: English

Braelyn

(BRAY-lin)

The baby boy or baby girl name Braelyn comes from the Welsh word which means, "Name's original meaning: "Strong; virtuous, honorable." Irish word which means, "strong." Numerological Meaning (For Entertainment Purposes Only) People with this name tend to be very active.

Meaning: Unclear Origin: English

Bramley

(BRAM-lee)

Bramley Name Meaning. English (North Midlands): habitational name from any of various places (in Derbyshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Yorkshire, and elsewhere) named Bramley, from Old English brom 'broom', 'gorse' + leah 'woodland clearing'.

Meaning: Broom clearing Origin: English

Branch

(BRANCH)

Meanings and history of the name Branch: | Edit. English surname meaning "limb of a tree", derived from the Latin word branca, meaning "foot or paw". Famous real-life people named Branch: | Edit. Branch Rickey, MLB general manager who broke the color barrier in baseball by signing Jackie Robinson to the Brooklyn ...

Meaning: Tree branch Origin: English, French