UK Baby Names

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

Alvin, Melvin, Norvin -- most vin names, except maybe Kevin and Gavin -- are not vinners.

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.

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'.

Fortitude is the kind of virtue name the Puritans favored, but would not be easy for a modern boy to carry. Stick with something a little simpler than Fortitude, like Justice or True.

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

Alaska's second most populous city makes a baby name with a preppy, even aristocratic, flavor.

If you prefer the woods to the ocean, you'll want to name your son (or daughter) Beech instead of Beach.

Forever the upstairs neighbor on The Honeymooners.

A nice enough last name that turns supercilious as a first.

More modern nickname for Victoria than Vicky. Better known as Tori spelling.

An old French surname derived from baille, meaning "fortification" – the same root as the English word bailey. The surname was borne by an aristocratic English family descended from French nobility.

Forever the hapless cartoon husband of Blondie.

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

Among the more masculine of the short unisex B names, Brice is less popular than Bryce for both sexes. There were 240 boys named Brice in the US in one recent year, versus only five girls -- and more than ten times that many of both genders named Bryce.

Now that Kimberly is no longer one of the top girl names, Kim or long form Kimball feel more gender neutral.

A casual take on Corbin.