UK Baby Names

The final s turns this name into a manservant.

Dickinson is a possibility for Richard's boy, though that Dick nickname is problematic no matter how you get to it.

Chosen by Woody Allen for his son with Mia Farrow (now renamed Seamus), honoring the great old-time baseball player Satchel Paige, and by Spike Lee for his daughter, but far too eccentric for ordinary use.

Legitimizes the newly coined Denim, as does the Scottish place-name Denholm (both pronounced DEN-um).

A more modern- sounding alternative to Harman.

Traditionally pronounced "ming-iz" and thus the relationship to the jazzy Mingus, Menzies is an old Scottish surname related to the more common Manners.

There are two lovely Portlands, in Maine and Oregon, but not many babies with their name.

Blakesley is the name of a village in England, also sometimes found as a surname along with Blakely and Blakeley, turned into a first name for their daughter by reality stars Trista and Ryan Sutter. Blakesley joins other -ley ending names -- Hadley, Finley -- as one of the most popular forms of unisex names with a girlish spin.

A possibility for fans of the mystery writer, but most parents would prefer Dashiell.

Can be used as a middle name to honor Dad or Grandpa David.

Bernie, with airs.

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

The Good Witch's first cousin.