UK Baby Names

To honor an ancestral Peter.

Could catch on in tandem with the newfound popularity of Griffin and Griffith.

If this name makes you think of Victorian novels, it's because Fairfax was part of Mr Rochester's name in Jane Eyre, and the surname of a minor character in Jane Austen's Emma. It has a distinctly aristocratic feel, despite its straightforward meaning. Fairfax is also a city in Virginia.

Clumsy when used as a first name.

Ruggedly appealing word name in the Thorn/Rider/Storm school of boys' names.

Place name and surname that sounds a tad snooty.

Forever still feels more like a sentiment than a name, and rather feminine at that.

To honor an ancestral Peter.

Between "Old MacDonald" and Big Mac allusions, this would be a risky choice.

A possible nod to grandpa Roger, though somewhat stuffy.

Guthrie, folk singer Woody's last name, makes a perfectly fine first choice for a girl. Names such as Guthrie that have no gendered history can make true nonbinary names.

Palin, as in, yes, one-time VP candidate Sarah, has emerged as a hot new first name, usually for girls.

A surname with a decidedly burley image.