UK Baby Names

Cowboyish occupational name that's one of the hottest choices below the Top 1000, increasing in rank more than 5000 places since the year 2000. Roper may not be a unique choice much longer.

There's a Perth in Scotland and a bigger one in Australia; this name could make a statement similar to Heath.

Forster, a variation of Foster or potentially even Forester, is associated with British novelist E.M. Forster, author of A Passage to India, Howard's End, and A Room with a View. But if you choose Forster, you'd always have to force that 'r'.

Superseded by Lauren.

Sounds too much like buxom.

An obscure possibility...for a girl.

In British slang, a "prat" is an idiot -- enough said.

Sisley may look like a modern coinage, building on the fashionable -ley ending, but it's actually a medieval English variant of Cicely or Cecily, which in turn is a variation of Cecilia. Also found as an English surname, from the same root.

Earvin gained NBA fame as the birth name of Magic Johnson. If your name was Earvin, you'd probably change it to Magic too.

Both Madisyn and Madison have lost ground in recent years.

Rather than going with a yooneek spelling like Macen (or Maysen or Masyn), we'd suggest sticking with the original Mason, as Kelsey Grammer did for his daughter.

Unique name for the son of a woodworker.

Birch or even Burke is better.

Long one of the most popular girls' names starting with P, Patti replaced Patsy as the midcentury's popular, peppy babysitter but has now joined her in the retirement home.

A strong, classic, simple name that has nonetheless never been overexposed.

nature namesare in, and even fish names like Pike and Salmon are open for consideration.

Would make a difficult choice even for those with ties to the Virginia city or British county.