Baby boy names beginning with F – with origins and meanings

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: bean grower; this is the anglicised form of a Roman family name
• Also: Fabio (Italian form)

2. Fabius

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: from the Latin word faba, meaning bean

3. Fairley

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: beautiful wood clearing
• Also: Fairlie

4. Faisal

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: a judge; this name has been used as a royal name in both Iraq and Saudi Arabia
• Also: Feisal, Faysal

5. Fahey

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: joyful, glad, happy

6. Falan

• Origin: Indian
• Meaning: fruitful

7. Fane

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: glad

8. Faris

• Origin: Arabic
• Meaning: knight

9. Farnall

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: fern hill
• Also: Farnell

10. Farquhar

• Origin: Gaelic
• Meaning: dear man

11. Farr

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: strong man

12. Farrell

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: warrior

13. Fate

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: from the Latin fata, meaning ‘the fateds’. In Greek mythology the Fates controlled human destiny

14. Felix

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: happy
• Also: Phelim (Irish form)

15. Felton

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: field

16. Fenton

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: marsh

17. Ferd

• Origin: German
• Meaning: horse, from the German word pferd

18. Ferdinand

• Origin: Old German
• Meaning: bold journey
• Also: Ferd, Ferdie, Fernand (French form), Hernando (Spanish form)

19. Fergal

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: brave
• Also: Fergie, Fergy

20. Fergus

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: strong man
• Also: Fergie

21. Ferguson

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: son of Fergus

22. Fidelis

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: faithful
• Also: Fidel (Spanish form)

23. Fielding

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: field

24. Finbar

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: fair-haired; this name is similar to the Scottish Fingal (below)
• Also: Finn

25. Fingal

• Origin: Gaelic
• Meaning: blond stranger; the name of a Scottish hero of legend, his name was given to Fingal’s Cave
• Also: Finn

26. Finlay

• Origin: Gaelic
• Meaning: fair-haired warrior
• Also: Finley, Findlay

27. Fiske

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: a fish

28. Fitch

• Origin: Old French
• Meaning: an iron pointed implement

29. Fitz

• Origin: Old French
• Meaning: son; this name is used for a prefix for many surnames such as Fitzpatrick (son of Patrick) and Fitzroy (son of the king)

30. Flann

• Origin: Irish
• Meaning: red-haired; probably used originally as a nickname

31. Fleming

• Origin: Old French
• Meaning: a man from Flanders

32. Fletcher

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: arrowsmith, a maker of arrows

33. Flint

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: a stream

34. Florian

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: blooming
• Also: florent

35. Floyd

• Origin: Welsh
• Meaning: grey-haired
• Also: Lloyd

36. Forbes

• Origin: Gaelic
• Meaning: fields

37. Forrest

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: dweller near the woods

38. Foster

• Origin: Old French
• Meaning: forester; a surname used as a first name

39. Francis

• Origin: Latin
• Meaning: Frenchman
• Also: Frank, Frankie, Fran, François (French form)

40. Franklyn

• Origin: Middle English
• Meaning: landholder
• Also: Franklin

41. Fraser

• Origin: Either Norman or Celtic
• Meaning: of the forest or strawberry flower
• Also: Frasier, Frazer

42. Frayn

• Origin: Old French
• Meaning: ash tree

43. Frederick

• Origin: Old German
• Meaning: peaceful ruler
• Also: Frederik, Frederic, Fred, Freddie, Freddy

44. Freeman

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: free man

45. Fudo

• Origin: Japanese
• Meaning: God of fire

46. Fulton

• Origin: Old English
• Meaning: settlement of fowls

47. Fuzzy

• Origin: Low German
• Meaning: spongey, implying both indistinct and very tightly curled

48. Fyfe

• Origin: Scottish
• Meaning: a place and a surname used as a first name
• Also: Fyffe

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