UK Girl Names

Somewhat flat-footed spelling variation.

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

The spelling makes the tradition Non even more of a non-name.

In the Plymouth Colony of the seventeenth century, Thankful was the third most popular of the abstract word names. It disappeared after 1700 and has virtually no chance of returning.

One of those feminizations that came over shortly after the Mayflower but has been lost at sea ever since.

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

This Celtic saint's name is the most offbeat Jen name of all.

Kerr, a simple, unusual unisex middle-name choice, can be pronounced either car or kehr.

Prettier: the growing-in-popularity Paisley, a suburb of Glasgow, or even Scotland itself, used as a middle name by Kourtney Kardashian.

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

Keats is both poetic and easier to pronounce (it's keets) than Yeats (which is yates).

The name of the king of the fairies in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream; could work just as well for your little sprite.

Big Band-ish name could easily be confused with Darcy.

Ilisa is a spelling variant that's less appealing than the original.

A bit too close to "quandary" and "queen".

Possibility for fish enthusiasts, but works better for a boy.

In 2014, six little girls in the US were given the name Starlit. Starlit has a sweeter meaning than the similar Starlet, and a better ring than Starlight.