Looking for a brilliant and posh baby name that honors your heritage or love of all things British? I’ve got you covered for both boy and girl names.
When I think British baby names, my mind goes to all the cozy and wonderful things, literary and beyond. Think Bronte sisters’ Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre, Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, Dickens and poetry, tea time, cozy seaside towns, sprawling meadows, manors and royals, and posh accents. (And don’t get me started on my love of The Great British Bake Off.)
British Baby Girl Names
- Agatha — good
- Agnes — pure
- Alice — noble
- Anne — grace
- Beatrix — bringer of joy
- Bessie — God is my oath
- Bronte — thunder
- Bryony — to sprout
- Catherine — pure
- Cecily — blind
- Charlotte — free man
- Clementine — mild, merciful
- Clover — clover plant
- Cora — maiden
- Daisy — day’s eye
- Daphne — laurel tree
- Edith — prosperous in war
- Edwina — wealthy friend
- Eleanor — bright, shining one
- Elinor — bright, shining one
- Elizabeth — God is my oath
- Elsie — pledged to God
- Emily — rival
- Emma — whole, universal
- Enid — soul, life
- Esme — esteemed, loved
- Etta — little
- Fanny — free one
- Fern — fern plant
- Flora — flower
- Florence — flourishing
- Frankie — free one
- Gemma — gem
- Harriet — home ruler
- Hattie — home ruler
- Imogen — beloved child
- Jane — God is gracious
- Jemima — dove
- Libby — God is my oath
- Lottie — free man
- Lucy — light
- Mabel — lovable
- Marianne — bitter grace
- Matilda — mighty in battle
- Mildred — gentle strength
- Millie — strong in work
- Molly — star of the sea
- Myrtle — myrtle tree
- Nell — bright, shining one
- Nelly — bright, shining one
- Orla — golden princess
- Ottile — wealthy
- Phillipa — lover of horses
- Phoebe — bright, shining one
- Pippa — lover of horses
- Polly — bitter, beloved
- Robyn — bright fame
- Romy — poem
- Sophie — wisdom
- Tamsin — twin
- Tilly — mighty in battle
- Virginia — maiden
- Winifred — blessed peacemaking
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British Baby Boy Names
- Albert — noble, bright
- Alfie — wise counselor
- Ambrose — immortal
- Archibald — genuine, bold
- Archie — genuine, bold
- Arthur — bear, noble
- Barnaby — son of consolation
- Basil — kingly
- Benedict — blessed
- Bertie — bright
- Charles — free man
- Cillian — war
- Crispin — curly-haired
- Darcy — dark
- Digby — settlement by a ditch
- Edmund — wealthy protector
- Edward — wealthy guardian
- Edwin — wealthy friend
- Elton — old town
- Fitzwilliam — son of William
- Freddie — peaceful ruler
- Gideon — mighty warrior
- Gilbert — bright pledge
- Giles — young goat
- Graham — gravelly homestead
- Hamish — supplanter
- Harry — home ruler
- Heathcliff — from the heath cliff
- Henry — home ruler
- Hubert — bright mind
- Hugh — heart, mind
- Julian — youthful
- Keaton — place of hawks
- Kit — bearer of Christ
- Lawrence — from Laurentum
- Liam — resolute protector
- Louis — famous warrior
- Marvin — friend of the sea
- Murray — settlement by the sea
- Nigel — champion
- Oliver — olive tree
- Oscar — divine spear
- Oswald — divine power
- Percy — pierce the valley
- Pip — lover of horses
- Reginald — powerful ruler
- Rhett — advice
- Rhys — ardor
- Roland — famous land
- Rowan — little redhead
- Rufus — red-haired
- Rupert — bright fame
- Seamus — supplanter
- Sinclair — from Saint Clair
- Stuart — steward
- Theo — gift of God
- Wentworth — white settlement
- William — resolute protector
- Winston — joyful stone
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