List of English Baby Names Meanings

Burrell

(bur-EL)

English, Scottish, and northern Irish: probably a metonymic occupational name for someone who made or sold coarse woolen cloth, Middle English burel or borel (from Old French burel, a diminutive of b(o)ure); the same word was used adjectively in the sense 'reddish brown' and may have been applied as a nickname ...

Meaning: A countryman Origin: English, French

Buster

(BUS-tər)

The name Buster is an American baby name. In American the meaning of the name Buster is: Derived from a nickname used in the United States, occasionally used as a first name in honour of American silent film comic actor Buster Keaton.

Meaning: One who breaks things Origin: English

Butch

(BOOCH)

The name Butch is an American baby name. In American the meaning of the name Butch is: Butcher.

Meaning: Butcher Origin: English, French

Butler

(BUT-lər)

Butler Name Meaning. English and Irish: from a word that originally denoted a wine steward, usually the chief servant of a medieval household, from Norman French butuiller (Old French bouteillier, Latin buticularius, from buticula 'bottle').

Meaning: The dispenser of bottles Origin: English, French

Cadman

(KAD-mən)

The name Cadman is an Anglo-Saxon baby name. In Anglo-Saxon the meaning of the name Cadman is: warrior.

Meaning: Warrior Origin: English, Gaelic

Caldwell

(CAWLD-wel)

Caldwell Family History. Caldwell Name Meaning. English, Scottish, and northern Irish: habitational name from any of several places in England and Scotland, variously spelled, that are named with Old English cald 'cold' + well(a) 'spring', 'stream'.

Meaning: Cold water source Origin: English

Calhoun

(kal-HOON)

The name Calhoun is an Irish baby name. In Irish the meaning of the name Calhoun is: From the narrow forest. Surname.

Meaning: Fighter Origin: English

Callan

(KAL-ən)

Callan Name Meaning. ... Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Ailin, a patronymic from an old Gaelic personal name derived from ail 'rock'. Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cailin 'son of Cailin' (see Collin).

Meaning: Slim Origin: English, Gaelic

Camellia

(kə-MEEL-ee-ə/kə-MEL-ee-ə)

Meanings and history of the name Camellia: | Edit. It is the name of a flowering, evergreen plant whose leaves and buds are used to make tea.

Meaning: Flowering plant Origin: English

Canyon

(KAN-yən)

Meanings and history of the name Canyon: | Edit. An English Word from the Spanish:"Cañón" "A narrow chasm with steep walls,cut by running water." The German Word/Meaning Is:"Schlucht" "In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.(n.)

Meaning: Ravine, gorge Origin: English