UK Baby Names

Wharton is a rather stiff banker name that becomes creative as a middle name choice for lovers of the novels of writer Edith.

St Dwynwen is the Welsh patron saint of lovers, and her feast day on January 25 is the equivalent of Valentine's day in Wales. The short form Dwyn may be more manageable for the non-Welsh.

It's a hat, it's a race, and it's even been known to be a name. In Britain, it would be pronounced darby.

Lorelei would make a cooler choice.

Kind of a combination of scoot and fleet, brought into public domain by actor Skeet (born Brian) Ulrich. We would recommend looking into the unsavory slang meaning of this name before choosing it for your child.

As seen on SNL, Pat is the ultimate androgynous name. Stick with long form Patrick, and make sure everyone calls him Patrick.

The name of the teenaged son on the dear departed television show "Huff."

The Welsh way to spell Price, which is more complicated but elevates it beyond the monetary realm.

What child wouldn't like a name that was a synonym for cool?

Underused literary name (as in the poet John) with a -den ending that's very much in style.

Rarely used un-Gaelic-sounding Scottish name with literary associations to Erskine Caldwell, author of Tobacco Road and God's Little Acre.

Simplify things and spell it Dai, or even Day.

Pell makes an unusual middle name choice. And if grandpa Seymour was a fur trader, you might do better to honor him by naming the baby Pell.

Let's hope he's "burly".

The suffix Bran is familiar as raven-related since Game of Thrones, and the -ley suffix has been popular since the 1990s heyday of Ashley.

If you like lispy Celtic and Gaelic names, you may fall for Lynneth. Lynneth has a similar sound to Gwyneth, Elspeth and Meredith and might, therefore, find popularity among those who are looking for an alternative to the rather dated Lynette.

The cake company pretty much knocked this otherwise-pretty compilation name out of consideration for most parents.

Marge used to be as common as Maggie or Megan, ranking on its own in the girls' Top 1000 from 1900 until right after World War II, when so many Old School names fell off the list in favor of a new generation cuter, perkier choices.