UK Baby Names

  1. Ailean
    • Nonn
      • Origin:

        Welsh
      • Meaning:

        "nun"
      • Description:

        The spelling makes the tradition Non even more of a non-name.
    • Reynold
      • Origin:

        Scottish
      • Meaning:

        "powerful counsel"
      • Description:

        Used for girls in Scotland in the sixteenth century; this would make a bold but bonnie choice.
    • Yale
      • Origin:

        Welsh
      • Meaning:

        "vigorous, fertile"
      • Description:

        Ivy League choice many will mistake for the Israeli favorite Yael, which has a different root and meaning.
    • Adelbert
      • Keverne
        • Origin:

          Cornish saint and place name
        • Description:

          St. Keverne is a town on Cornwall's Lizard Peninsula and also the name of an ancient saint. While the name is virtually unused for children in the modern world, it could be a Kevin update and has contemporary possibilities.
      • Aimil
        • Daffydd
          • Nayland
            • Origin:

              English
            • Meaning:

              "island-dweller"
            • Description:

              Intriguing meaning, but stuffy sound.
          • Barnum
            • Origin:

              English contraction of "baron's home"
            • Meaning:

              "baron's home"
            • Description:

              Inevitable circus association.
          • Udell
            • Origin:

              English
            • Meaning:

              "yew-tree valley"
            • Description:

              A secret nature name for boys.
          • Kenn
            • Origin:

              Welsh
            • Meaning:

              "bright water"
            • Description:

              Occult name for babies born under water signs -- Pisces, Cancer, and Scorpio.
          • Inek
            • Meurig
              • Newbold
                • Origin:

                  English
                • Meaning:

                  "new building"
                • Description:

                  Surname choice that's neither new nor bold. Newbold was the middle name of Edith Wharton.
              • Burford
                • Origin:

                  English
                • Meaning:

                  "ford near the castle"
                • Description:

                  The stuffy-sounding name of a posh medieval village in the Cotswolds, in England, that some consider one of the most beautiful small towns in Europe.
              • Kynaston
                • Origin:

                  English
                • Meaning:

                  "royal peace settlement"
                • Description:

                  A dignified yet gentle surname name occasionally heard in England and the West Indies.
              • Radburn
                • Origin:

                  English
                • Meaning:

                  "reedy stream"
                • Description:

                  Upper-crusty surname name.
              • Shaw
                • Origin:

                  English
                • Meaning:

                  "lives by the thicket"
                • Description:

                  Shaw is a streamlined and more modern-sounding Shawn, with many notable surname namesakes.
              • Litton
                • Origin:

                  English
                • Meaning:

                  "settlement on the hill"
                • Description:

                  Slightly less stiff and small if spelled Lytton.