UK Girl Names

One of several trendy boys' names now being adopted for girls with feminized spellings.

Place name and surname that sounds a tad snooty.

This feminine diminutive of John from the Isle of Man is also sometimes used as a variant of Judith. Still, we think it is as attractive as Thomasina or Jacoba -- that is, not very.

Hopelessly nerdy.

Santes Ffraid is the traditional Welsh name for St Bridget, the Irish national saint and legendary miracle worker. The connection becomes clearer through the Scottish form of the name, Bride. It's worth noting that it sounds like the English word "fried".

Brings Jennifer into the twenty-first century.

Soft and creative update of Marsha.

Does not improve on the pretty but overused favorite.

Commonly heard in the eighteenth century, but could cause middle-school titters today. Consider Letty or Tessie instead.

See TRINA.

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

A traditional Welsh name that looks like a variant of Arden, but actually derives from the Welsh word for "beautiful".

Randall Jarrell was an important mid-20th century poet; his surname makes a pleasingly soft name for a girl.