UK Baby Names

Surname of Declaration signer sure to present playground complications.

For towheads with ties to Scotland -- in theory, anyway.

Gently pleasant English family name long associated with 60-Minuteman Morley Safer.

One of several surnames beginning with New that nevertheless sound anything but.

Possible alternative to Anderson.

Male name that seems feminine enough to switch genders, if you're looking for a new lyn spin.

Another servile surname, this one connected to the go-between character in "Charlie's Angels."

Kimberley is a town in South Africa associated with diamonds and with wealth and luxury in general. It was name for Lord Kimberley, whose surname derived from an English place name. Used for boys in the early twentieth century, it re-emerged as a girls' name in the 1940s, usually spelled Kimberly.

One way to refer to an ancestral Roy, if not the most mellifluous.

Patsy has been rarely heard for half a century, for either gender, and we're not expecting that to change in the near future..

An English combination of George and Anne or a feminization of George, more familiar in the elegant Georgiana form.

This Old Welsh name associated with blacksmiths has never caught on, but it has the right two-syllable occupational feel to qualify for revival. Gower Champion was a successful midcentury dancer, choreographer and director on the Broadway stage, in films and on TV.

A masculine way to honor a feminine Page -- although that ett ending is typically found in girls' names.

Eigra is a name with a great mythological and literary past - it is the Welsh version of Igraine/Ygraine, who was the mother of King Arthur.

Stiff and sedate surname name, despite its salty start.

Pretty and distinctive choice for poetry lovers.

A classic Gaelic name, but too hoary to be a hit here.

If there's an ancestral Earl you want to honor, consider Early instead.