UK Baby Names

This spelling of Winton has gotten considerable buzz via jazz musician Wynton Marsalis.

Sounds elven in every sense of the word.

Macho-er than thou.

For 007 fans, a great middle name choice -- or even a first.

Musical choice that might work great in the middle. Alternative in all its forms, Fife and sister name Fifer are Scottish names for girls that can make a new twist on Piper.

Very occasionally given to boys born on that day; Noel is a more common name for Christmas babies.

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Old English name as outmoded as the use of the word maid for a young girl.

More user-friendly than the original.

Although it connotes a sense of well-being, not likely to be a popular choice.

Very popular in Wales; this could make a nice middle name in honor of a Grandpa Glenn.

A diminutive diminutive, too tease-worthy.

With Yale and Brown in the mainstream, why not this upscale college name and surname as well.

Amiable, undiscovered geographic option.

Severe surname choice.

Blakeley is one of the many -ley ending surnames that is being adopted as a first name, updating the 80s darlings Blake and Ashley.

While actress Glenn Close didn't inspire many parents to give their daughters her name in particular, she did help launch a general trend toward boy names for girls.

Heard in a sixties spy movie, The Quiller Memorandum, this uncommon occupational name has an offbeat charm.

Huntley was best known as Brinkley's news partner several decades ago. With the new genre of girls' names that are unusual surnames ending with the lee sound -- think Mosley, Yardley -- Huntley or Huntlea or Huntleigh might rise for girls.