UK Baby Names

Birkett

Birley

Burleigh

Birney

Though they sound exactly alike, this spelling makes it much more elegant than Bernie. 

Burney

Birtle

Somewhat dashing surname, but with serious teasing potential. 

Blackburn

Blackwell

A heroine in a Victorian novel written with a quill pen, has an unusual, offbeat charm. 

Quilla

Blakeley is one of the many -ley ending surnames that is being adopted as a first name, taking the 80s unisex darling Blake into the new millennium.

Blakeley

Blanford

Too tightly associated with the real-life villainous Captain Bligh of The Mutiny on the Bounty. 

Bligh

Quenby

Short but not particularly sweet surname. 

Booth

Another servile surname, this one connected to the go-between character in "Charlie's Angels." 

Bosley

Waspy-sounding choice, well known in literature for Boswell's <em>Life of Johnson</em>. 

Boswell

Botham

Bourne

Burne

Two completely different images come from its national pronunciations -- BOY-err or boy-AY -- the latter giving it an effete French accent. 

Boyer

Baby names from the UK include names with origins from through the United Kingdom: England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, along with Manx and Cornish names from those corners of the kingdom. UK baby names encompass a wide range of styles, from some of the most popular names throughout the English-speaking world, such as Jennifer and Mason, to such unique baby names as Nolwenn, Pembroke, and Sholto. There are hundreds more UK names that are just as unusual.

They along with all the names in the Nameberry database that originate in the English, Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish, Cornish and Manx languages and cultures appear on this master list of UK baby names. The top names below rank among the current US Top 1000 Baby Names and are ordered by popularity. Unique names rank below the Top 1000 and are listed alphabetically.

Baby names from the UK include names with origins from through the United Kingdom: England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, along with Manx and Cornish names from those corners of the kingdom. UK baby names encompass a wide range of styles, from some of the most popular names throughout the English-speaking world, such as Jennifer and Mason, to such unique baby names as Nolwenn, Pembroke, and Sholto. There are hundreds more UK names that are just as unusual. They along with all the names in the Nameberry database that originate in the English, Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish, Cornish and Manx languages and cultures appear on this master list of UK baby names. The top names below rank among the current US Top 1000 Baby Names and are ordered by popularity. Unique names rank below the Top 1000 and are listed alphabetically. (Page 121)