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… London Eye for some, but perhaps the rush hour commute and grey skies for others, London is far less popular in the UK and other English-speaking countries. the exact …

… London Eye for some, but perhaps the rush hour commute and grey skies for others, London is far less popular in the UK and other English-speaking countries. There was …

… inspired by the London Rail Network, which includes the London Underground (Tube), the London Overground, the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), Thameslink, and various other rail companies operating within Greater London.

… the link between Dad’s superhero alter ego and the elemental appellation just plain irresistible. London – Plenty of names start out gender neutral, only to tip to Team Pink or …

This week’s news includes bold celebrity baby girl names, rare names from Russia, and names that feel at home all over the world. Bold first names: Gio and Story …

Swinging London songbird Petula Clark claims that this name was her father's invention; in any case it hasn't seen much copycat usage.

This name of London's famous river (it's pronounced tehms) might be an evocative if confusing choice for a non-British child. But if you want an unmistakably British …

Mayfair is a posh London neighborhood, which should make it ripe for adoption as a baby name. After all, Americans love to use neighborhood names from our biggest city— meet …

A well-to-do London neighborhood, English surname, and potential route to the nickname May. Mayfair has everything going for it, and yet it couldn't be rarer.

A posh area of London, as well as being a section of Brooklyn, Kensington would make an overly formal, butlerish boy's name. There are several preferable paths to the …

Most parents would prefer London for their daughters.

Names like London, Paris, Portland, Alexandria, Sydney etc. that I like are added to this list

An extra feminized version of London, only recorded as a girl name in the US.

When I lived in London in the 90s, I was gobsmacked (astonished in British) by how different the baby names were there. It wasn’t like they used names Americans …

Most recognizable as the name of London-born, America-raised author Jhumpa Lahiri. The award-winning writer was born Nilanjana Sudeshna Lahiri, but her Kindergarten teacher insisted she go by …

Could be an interesting alternative to London, now that that one is firmly on the girl's side. Londo Mollari is a character from the TV show Babylon 5.

City name less mellifluous than Paris, London, or even Trenton. It was the name of the character portrayed by Leonardo di Caprio in "Gangs of New York."

Euston is best known as a London railway station, which got its name from a stately home and village in the English county of Suffolk. Ultimately it is thought to …

Recently, the London newspaper The Independent published the results of a survey they did asking one hundred British literary figures–including such leading lights as Maeve Binchy, Tracy Chevalier, Cynthia …

Brixton, the name of a neighborhood in London, is one of the fastest-rising place-names for baby boys, up more than 100 points on the most recent US popularity …

This spelling variation of the city name London is even more popular than the original for girls, though for boys, the London spelling is five times as popular.

The name Barney is hot among hip Londoners and it has been above the Top 500 in the UK since 2012. You can see why - it's got a friendly …

This place-name is more unique and offbeat than London or Milan. The name Seoul just debuted on the US charts in 2022.

Londyn is now a more popular name than the original London for girls. Some parents feel that varying the spelling nudges the name away from over-identification with the British …

Brixton is a once-tough now-gentrifying-and-cool area of London that has also become one of the hottest boys' names in the US, entering the Top 1000 names …

Brixton, a formerly rough but now cool-and-gentrified area of London, is also gaining notice as a baby name, especially for boys. About 20 baby girls were given the …

Kenley is an area in the burrough of Croydon in South London, making this a place name in a couple of senses of the term. Kenley and its twin sister …

It’s another morning with British baby names in the London Telegraph here, and this time I thought I’d focus on charming sibsets from the recent birth announcements. I …

The name of this historic European city is more distinct than Paris and London but sounds similar enough to the rising Romy and well-established Ramona and Rosemary that it …

Landan is a modern masculine name that represents a contemporary spelling variation of London, the iconic British capital. This alternative spelling has gained modest popularity since the 1990s, particularly in …

Londun is a feminine name that appears to be a creative variation of London, the famed British capital city. The altered spelling gives this place-name-turned-personal-name a …

Londen is a modern feminine name that represents a creative spelling variation of London, the iconic British capital city. As a place name repurposed for people, it carries urban sophistication …

Nameberry favorite Twinkle aka WINNIE MONCRIEFF**,** who lives in London, enlightens us on the long line of fascinating British names chosen by her country’s prime ministers. In the spirit …

The name of an affluent suburb of Columbus, Ohio and a section of Greater London, Bexley is increasingly being coopted by parents looking for a novel name in the Kinsley …

Actress Jaime King gave her son Leo the middle name Thames, for the famous London river where she and her husband Kyle Newman were married. Thames is pronounced tehms, not …

Londin is a contemporary feminine name that appears to be a modern variation of London, the capital city of England. As a given name, Londin emerged in the United States …

Chelsae is a feminine variant of Chelsea, which originally referred to a district in London, England derived from Old English terms meaning 'chalk landing place' or 'chalk wharf'. This alternative …

Bexley is a masculine name with English origins derived from a place name in London, combining the Old English elements 'byxe' (box tree) and 'leah' (clearing or meadow). This gives …

Every few months, we love to peruse the birth announcements in the London Telegraph in search of new trends in unique British baby names. The most recent listings included a …

Richmond is a place-name — it's the capital of Virginia, US, and a town in London, UK — that makes a fresh way to honor an ancestral Richard.

Lundon is a contemporary masculine name that appears to be a creative spelling variant of London, the capital city of England. As a personal name, it follows the modern trend …

Chelsei is a feminine variation of the name Chelsea, which originated as a place name in London, England. The name comes from Old English, meaning 'chalk landing place' or 'port …

Chelsah is a modern feminine name variant of Chelsea, which originally referred to a district in London whose name meant 'landing place for chalk or limestone' in Old English. This …

Bexleigh is a modern feminine name that combines the place name Bexley (a borough in Greater London, England) with the trendy '-leigh' suffix that has become popular in contemporary naming …

Place names for babies is an ever-expanding category, as some place names — Savannah, Dakota, London — become popular and parents look to adopt undiscovered locales as names for their babies …

Londen is a contemporary masculine name that emerged as a place-name inspired alternative to the more traditional 'London.' With its modified spelling, the name maintains the sophisticated urban associations …