Unique British Baby Names
Every few months, we love to peruse the birth announcements in the London Telegraph in search of new trends in unique British baby names. The most recent listings included a bumper crop of rare, eccentric choices. Does this mean that parents in England, like those in the US, are becoming more attracted to unusual names?
Though the British birth announcements still include plenty of expected British names like Amelia and Beatrice, Henry and Alexander, we’re also seeing more distinctive, even edgy names.
In English style, this usually means names that have traditional roots and are not invented or drawn from places or things the way they might be in the US. But we are also seeing more baby names drawn from far-flung cultures, cross-gender choices, and revivals of long-dormant names. In the middle, there are more surname names along with animal names such as Bunny and Bear.
Here, 50+ unique British baby names from the recent British birth announcements that evidence the new heightened taste for the unusual… or is it just traditional English eccentricity?
Unique British Girl Names
Alba Rosie
Astrid Lily Aliette Mary
Blaise Mae
Bonham Arlandria
Clemency Lily Lawrence
Dilys Cora Elizabeth
Ebba May Elonwy
Ephra Alice
Fawn Alexandria Sari
Hera Elizabeth Ingham
Hermione Rosalind Audrey
Ines Mahrokh
Iona Elizabeth Edith
Lavinia Esme Mary
Mafalda Beatrix Maria
Myrtle Primrose
Ophelia Sylvianne Fortune
Ottilie Florence Rose
Ptarmigan Rose (Ptarmigan is a kind of bird)
Ruby–Red
Suki Jemima
Tarka Valentine Mary
Tassia Polly Katie
Thomasina Carlotta
Tilia Clementine Mary
Vesta Lee
Unique British Boy Names
Albie James
Algernon Peter William Panton
Awbrey John Wulfram
Basil Randolph Alexander
Bruno Willoughby Henry
Brynley Indoe Dawood
Caspar Cem Raff
Caspian John Aglionby
Digby Otto David
Evelyn Ralph Constantine
Fergus William Richard
Frankie Rowland
Griff James Wilmot
Herbie Chandler
Hugo Ridley Lernborg
Humphrey Prakash Sen Wykeham
Knut Michael
Ludo Maximilien Thomas Gaston
Macaulay Lucas Matthew
Niall Dudley Dinnis
Nico James Cospatrick
Otto Johnny Peregrine
Rafferty Rocket
Reginald Ludo Seaburne
Rupin Sindaram Munro
Wilfred Finbarre Stanford–Tuck