Best British surname names for boys!

Boy Names
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DH and I named one of our sons [name_u]Kingsley[/name_u], a British surname that we loved the sound and meaning of. As we compile a list for our next boy, we’ve been looking at other British surnames that we like.

So far, we’ve got:

[name_u]Ashby[/name_u]
Beaumont (I think this is very wearable because it comes with two built-in nicknames: [name_u]Beau[/name_u] and [name_m]Monty[/name_m])
[name_u]Carlisle[/name_u]
Cheshire (nn [name_m]Chess[/name_m])
[name_m]Crawford[/name_m]
[name_u]Fairfax[/name_u]
Fellowes
[name_m]Fisher[/name_m]
[name_m]Franklin[/name_m]
[name_u]Frost[/name_u]
[name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m]
[name_m]Hobbes[/name_m]
[name_m]Huxley[/name_m] (nn Hux)
[name_m]Irving[/name_m]
[name_m]Irwin[/name_m]
[name_m]Jenkins[/name_m]
[name_m]Jones[/name_m]
Lockhart
[name_u]London[/name_u]
Pemberton
[name_m]Ramsey[/name_m]
[name_m]Rhodes[/name_m]
[name_m]Sumner[/name_m]
[name_m]Wellington[/name_m] (nn [name_m]Wells[/name_m])
[name_m]Wells[/name_m]
[name_m]Wolfe[/name_m]

What are YOUR favorite British surname names for boys?

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Of your list, [name_m]Crawford[/name_m] stands out.

I’m not certain this qualifies as British, but I once heard of a [name_m]Whitman[/name_m], nn [name_u]Whit[/name_u].

3

With [name_u]Kingsley[/name_u] I kinda like [name_m]Fisher[/name_m]. Some of them sound a little too fussy to me. I also like [name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m] (have heard of the nn [name_m]Hawk[/name_m] for this one).

4

like, love, adore:

[name_u]Addison[/name_u]
[name_m]Austin[/name_m]
[name_u]Baylor[/name_u]
[name_m]Beckett[/name_m]
[name_m]Bennett[/name_m]
[name_m]Benton[/name_m]
[name_m]Boone[/name_m]
[name_m]Bowen[/name_m]
[name_m]Bradford[/name_m]
[name_m]Brooks[/name_m]
Bryer
[name_u]Calder[/name_u]
[name_u]Carson[/name_u]
[name_m]Daley[/name_m]
[name_u]Ellis[/name_u]
[name_u]Emerson[/name_u]
[name_u]Emory[/name_u]
[name_u]Emerson[/name_u]
[name_u]Everett[/name_u]
[name_u]Finley[/name_u]/[name_u]Finlay[/name_u]
[name_m]Ford[/name_m]
[name_u]Frost[/name_u]
[name_m]Grant[/name_m]
[name_u]Gray[/name_u]
[name_m]Harrison[/name_m]
[name_m]Hart[/name_m]
Hawthrone
[name_u]Hayden[/name_u]
[name_m]Hayes[/name_m]
[name_m]Holden[/name_m]
[name_u]Jameson[/name_u]
[name_u]Keegan[/name_u]/[name_u]Keagan[/name_u]
[name_m]Landon[/name_m]
[name_u]Lennox[/name_u]
[name_m]Lincoln[/name_m]
[name_m]Maddox[/name_m]
[name_m]Montgomery[/name_m]
[name_u]Oakley[/name_u]
[name_u]Paxton[/name_u]
[name_m]Pierson[/name_m]
[name_m]Preston[/name_m]
[name_u]Quincy[/name_u]
[name_m]Quinlan[/name_m]
[name_u]Quinn[/name_u]
[name_m]Rafferty[/name_m]
[name_m]Ramsay[/name_m]
[name_u]Reid[/name_u]
[name_u]Reilly[/name_u]/[name_u]Riley[/name_u]
[name_m]Rigby[/name_m]
[name_m]Scott[/name_m]
[name_u]Tobin[/name_u]
[name_m]Wesley[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilder[/name_m]

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[name_m]Prescott[/name_m] nn scott
[name_m]Bishop[/name_m] ( I think this is an English occupational name )
[name_m]Chaplin[/name_m] ( ^ same )
[name_m]Montgomery[/name_m] nn monty (^ ditto )

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I quite like [name_u]Darcy[/name_u], [name_m]Bennet[/name_m]/[name_m]Bennett[/name_m], [name_m]Wyatt[/name_m], [name_u]Raleigh[/name_u], & [name_m]Cecil[/name_m].

7

[name_m]Barlow[/name_m]
[name_m]Baxter[/name_m]
[name_m]Bishop[/name_m]
[name_m]Bristow[/name_m]
[name_m]Eldridge[/name_m]
[name_m]Foster[/name_m]
[name_m]Fulton[/name_m]
[name_m]Harrington[/name_m]
Hartford
Hawkins
[name_m]Holmes[/name_m]
[name_m]Hopper[/name_m]
[name_m]Ingram[/name_m]
[name_m]Law[/name_m]
Lewin
[name_m]Linton[/name_m]
[name_m]Lynton[/name_m]
[name_m]Major[/name_m]
[name_m]Oakes[/name_m]
[name_u]Oakley[/name_u]
[name_m]Pierce[/name_m]
[name_m]Sanders[/name_m]
[name_m]Sargent[/name_m]
[name_u]Saylor[/name_u]
[name_m]Sergeant[/name_m]
[name_m]Shepherd[/name_m]
[name_u]Stanley[/name_u]

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I thought of [name_u]Calder[/name_u] when I saw the title of this thread, that sounds nice with [name_u]Kingsley[/name_u]!