UK Baby Names

Of the names derived from titles, this is one of the least obvious (unless you are of German extraction). Chancellor also has the attraction of offering the exciting - and very on-trend - nickname Chance.

This could be a possible replacement for the overused Tyson, though it has something of a commercial feel related to the brand of vacuum cleaners.

Associated all through the swing years with bandleader brothers Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey.

Powerful surname choice with many distinguished bearers, fresher sounding than Parker.

Some definite downsides: Massive, Messy.

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

Most people's sole association with this name is Oprah companion Stedman Graham -- cool and sophisticated.

Kew is an offbeat name of a saint from Cornwall with boyish appeal.

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

Streamline it to Marsh, Mason, or Carson.

A rare place name and surname, with possible potential as an alternative to Jaxon. Famous wearers of the surname include biologist brothers Charles Edward and Walter Faxon, and composer Nancy Plummer Faxon.

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.

Extremely common in Wales and England, Dafydd would likely leave some non-Welsh speakers confused at first. But we love the soft, lispy quality this variation offers.

Comes with a monocle.

We'll have our sherry in the parlor, please, Bainbridge.

A Pam for the modern age, improved by a harder edge and a tad less prissiness.

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