Go Classic With These Quintessentially English Baby Names

These baby names are as quintessentially English as strawberries and Pimm's at Wimbledon. Some are Old English names — even celebrity names that seem modern, like Harper and Kendall — while others are Anglicised versions of names from other countries. There are even a few that were invented by English playwrights, novelists, and poets, like Shakespeare, Swift, and Sidney. Browse our picks here, and then head further north for your inspiration with beautiful Scottish baby names.

Names for Girls

1. Abigail
2. Alice
3. Amy
4. Angela
5. Anne
6. Audrey
7. Beatrice
8. Beverly
9. Brooke
10. Carol
11. Catherine
12. Charlotte
13. Constance
14. Daisy
15. Dawn
16. Doris
17. Dorothy
18. Edith
19. Elizabeth
20. Emma
21. Emily
22. Ethel
23. Faye
24. Felicity
25. Florence
26. Georgiana
27. Geraldine
28. Gertrude
29. Grace
30. Harper
31. Harriet
32. Hayley
33. Helen
34. Hilda
35. Hope
36. Ida
37. Imogen
38. Iris
39. Jane
40. Jennifer
41. Jessica
42. Kendall
43. Kimberley
44. Laura
45. Lauren
46. Lily
47. Lindsay
48. Louise
49. Lucy
50. Mabel
51. Macy
52. Margaret
53. Mary
54. Maureen
55. Mavis
56. Melanie
57. Mildred
58. Millicent
59. Miranda
60. Nadia
61. Nicola
62. Olivia
63. Pamela
64. Philippa
65. Prudence
66. Queenie
67. Regina
68. Riley
69. Rosalind
70. Rose
71. Rosemary
72. Scarlett
73. Shelley
74. Shirley
75. Susan
76. Theresa
77. Thelma
78. Tiffany
79. Valerie
80. Vanessa
81. Victoria
82. Violet
83. Vivian
84. Wendy
85. Witney
86. Willow
87. Winifred

Names for Boys

1. Addison
2. Aiken
3. Aisnley
4. Albert
5. Albion
6. Alfred
7. Algernon
8. Arnold
9. Ashley
10. Bailey
11. Basil
12. Benedict
13. Bentley
14. Bernard
15. Blake
16. Bradley
17. Byron
18. Charles
19. Chester
20. Clarence
21. Clifford
22. Clive
23. Cole
24. Crispin
25. Curtis
26. Cuthbert
27. Dane
28. Dennis
29. Dexter
30. Digby
31. Douglas
32. Dunstan
33. Earl
34. Easton
35. Edgar
36. Edmond
37. Edward
38. Eldon
39. Elton
40. Ellery
41. Emerson
42. Fabian
43. Fenton
44. Ferris
45. Garrison
46. George
47. Giles
48. Graham
49. Grayson
50. Guy
51. Hadley
52. Harry
53. Harold
54. Harvey
55. Henry
56. Jack
57. James
58. Jeremy
59. John
60. Julian
61. Justin
62. Keith
63. Kingsley
64. Lester
65. Lincoln
66. Linton
67. Luke
68. Manly
69. Maxwell
70. Morris
71. Oliver
72. Percival
73. Piers
74. Quentin
75. Ralph
76. Raymond
77. Reginald
78. Richard
79. Ridley
80. Robert
81. Roger
82. Roland
83. Russell
84. Sheldon
85. Stanley
86. Terry
87. Victor