In this article you will read about what are beautiful and sonorous British male names. The list is quite long. Reading it can be boring. Therefore, we grouped the names according to their origin. First of all, it should be said that the British have a rather strange system of naming children. If in other nations surnames are formed from names (Ivanov, Petrenko, Mikulsky, etc.), then in Britain a surname can turn into a given name. This may seem strange: as if some person was called Volkonsky Nikolai Onegin.
All English people have two names. The first is trying to give a Christian. The second (middle name) often mentions the parent's name. But it doesn't have to be a middle name. Another oddity of British name-creation is the inscribing of diminutive, children's names in the passport. Tony (remember Blair, for example) is next to his full counterpart Anthony, and Bill is next to William.
Names derived from last name
Until the beginning of the nineteenth century, the proud English feudal lords really wanted to emphasize the nobility of their origin. This was especially true of the lateral branches of the genus. Soparents gave their sons the surname of the founding ancestor as their first name. An example is the protagonist of Pride and Prejudice, a Jane Austen novel. His name is Fitzwilliam Darcy. Both names come from surnames. Fitzwilliam means "son of William" and hints at an English origin. The noble family name Darcy was first written as d'Arcy. She showed that the family came from a Norman town. Darcy, Jefferson, Madison and Calvin are British male given names derived from family names. The latter glorifies the founder of the religious Protestant movement, Jacques Calvin.
A truly free country
Not only in Britain, but also in the USA, Canada and other English-speaking countries, along with full names, their diminutives can be written in passports. In general, the legislation regarding registration is more than liberal. Parents can call their child not only a name, but also any word. The extravagance of parents gives rise to rather unusual British names: male Jesus Christ (Jesus Christ), Brooklyn (as the Beckhams named their son - after the area of \u200b\u200bNew York where the boy was born) and female Pixie (elf) and even Vista Avalon, in honor of the Windows computer application Vista. The birth registration law does not limit citizens not only in the quality, but also in the number of names for their children. Footballer Oatway, whose parents were ardent fans of the Queen Park Rangers team, named him after all eleven players.
Catholics and Puritans
Earlier, until the eighteenth century, exclusively church calendars were a source from which parents could draw inspiration to name their offspring. But it must be said that such common names throughout the Christian world as John, James, Peter, Matthew, Paul, etc., received their pronunciation in England. They began to sound respectively as John, Jack, Peter, Matthew, Paul. The most common name taken from the New Testament, John, received many variations in medieval England. These are such British male names as John, Yonn, Jan and diminutives Jakin and Jenkin. From the end of the sixteenth century, Protestants, known as Puritans, turned to the Old Testament for inspiration. Names that were previously used only by Jews came into fashion: David, Samuel, Abraham, Benjamin, Enoch.
Huguenot virtues
The notion that the name "encodes" the character and even the fate of a person existed in England as well. Puritan name-creation immediately adopted the Protestant virtues. It mostly affected girls. Mercy and Charity (mercy), Verity (truth), Chestity (purity) have come into fashion and still exist. Puritan British male names were often long and not entirely euphonious. Prosper-se-Werk (Prosperous at Work), Jeremy (God's Appointed) and Gotreward (God's Reward) are a few that are still in use today. But female "pious" names are in great demand. Probably due toeuphony.
Old British male names
England gave the world its saints and great martyrs. Their names entered the calendar of the local Church, and were rarely used abroad until the eighteenth century. This, of course, is Edward - the "Keeper of Happiness". Now, along with this full form, a diminutive version is also used - Ted. William the Conqueror left a memory of himself in his descendants. In Britain, his name became William. The English did not forget that they were descended from the Celts, northern French and Germanic tribes. Here are some old British male names and their meanings. Alan - in Breton "beautiful", Albert - in Old German "bright", "noble", Archibald - "brave", Arnold - "strong as an eagle". But the name Arthur has Celtic roots. It, like the German Bernard, means "bear". Bertrand is "fair", Brandon is "tall", Ernest is "zealous", and Brian is "one who is worthy of respect". Doric is "powerful", while Donald is "peaceful". The name Charles, which is very common in England, is of Old Germanic origin. It means "courageous".
Modern beautiful British male names
Now there is a fashion to call children in a foreign manner. More and more boys are named Adrian ("from the Adriatic coast"). In honor and Angel (Angel). Greek names that are pronounced in English have come into fashion: Ambrose (Ambrose, immortal), Austin (Augustine, the greatest), Denis (Belonging to Dionysus). The glorious Celtic and Scottish became in demandpast of the British Isles. Duncan means warrior, Edgar means lucky, Edmund means protector. The common male name Eric has Scandinavian roots. It means ruler. The Irish name Patrick is also popular. The fashion for everything foreign takes bizarre forms. Along with the English Michael, there is a French name Michel. And it can be both male and female. Spanish and Italian names are also popular in Britain.
