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UK Baby Names

Baby names from the UK include names with origins from through the United Kingdom: England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, along with Manx and Cornish names from those corners of the kingdom. UK baby names encompass a wide range of styles, from some of the most popular names throughout the English-speaking world, such as Jennifer and Mason, to such unique baby names as Nolwenn, Pembroke, and Sholto. There are hundreds more UK names that are just as unusual.

They along with all the names in the our website database that originate in the English, Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish, Cornish and Manx languages and cultures appear on this master list of UK baby names. The top names below rank among the current US Top 1000 Baby Names and are ordered by popularity. Unique names rank below the Top 1000 and are listed alphabetically.

Archie

Meaning: truly brave

Origin:Diminutive of Archibald, Teutonic
54
Lachlan

Meaning: from the fjord-land

Origin:Scottish
65
Ronan

Meaning: little seal

Origin:Irish
51
Flynn

Meaning: descendant of the red-haired one

Origin:Irish
126
Finley

Meaning: fair-haired hero

Origin:Irish and Scottish
278
Finley

Meaning: fair-haired hero

Origin:Irish and Scottish
688
River A name as beautiful as River is another grea...
Origin:Nature name
114
River A name as beautiful as River is another grea...
Origin:Nature name
1065
Beckett

Meaning: bee hive, little brook or bee cottage

Origin:English and Irish
115
Orion

Meaning: boundary, limit

Origin:Greek
119
Phoenix

Meaning: dark red

Origin:Arizona place-name and Greek
123
Phoenix

Meaning: dark red

Origin:Greek
1170
Orson

Meaning: bear cub

Origin:Latin and English
152
Jonah

Meaning: dove

Origin:Hebrew
169
Django

Meaning: I awake

Origin:Romani
554
Origin:Diminutive of James or Jeremiah
1688
Romilly

Meaning: citizen of Rome

Origin:English
526
Maxwell

Meaning: great stream

Origin:Scottish
237
Lennox

Meaning: elm grove

Origin:Scottish
271
Ajax The meaning of Ajax is ‘eagle’. It is a name...
Origin:Greek mythology name
462