UK Baby Names

Some will see this as spirited, others stuffy. The protagonist of the Edith Wharton novel The Age of Innocence was a popular and successful lawyer named Newbold Archer.

Commonly heard in the eighteenth century, but could cause middle-school titters today. Consider Letty or Tessie instead.

This feminine diminutive of John from the Isle of Man is also sometimes used as a variant of Judith. Still, we think it is as attractive as Thomasina or Jacoba -- that is, not very.

A surname with a decidedly burley image.

Pompous and pretentious.

An original way to honor an ancestral Robert. Hobson is outside the Top 1000 but is among the fastest-rising names for boys.

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

One surname name unlikely to cross over to first.

Mythic lumberjack Paul may inspire some namesakes despite relation to similarly pronounced foot problem.

Harleth is a name which probably stems from combining the oh-so-trendy Harlow with the evergreen Elizabeth. However, literary parents may also remember the beautiful but difficult character Gwendolen Harleth from George Eliot's Daniel Deronda. Harleth has a fashionable edge to it, being associated with rising supermodel Harleth Kuusik.