English Baby Names
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
- Abigail
- Alice
- Amy
- Angela
- Anne
- Audrey
- Beatrice
- Beverly
- Brooke
- Carol
- Catherine
- Charlotte
- Constance
- Daisy
- Dawn
- Doris
- Dorothy
- Edith
- Elizabeth
- Emma
- Emily
- Ethel
- Faye
- Felicity
- Florence
- Georgiana
- Geraldine
- Gertrude
- Grace
- Harper
- Harriet
- Hayley
- Helen
- Hilda
- Hope
- Ida
- Imogen
- Iris
- Jane
- Jennifer
- Jessica
- Kendall
- Kimberley
- Laura
- Lauren
- Lily
- Lindsay
- Louise
- Lucy
- Mabel
- Macy
- Margaret
- Mary
- Maureen
- Mavis
- Melanie
- Mildred
- Millicent
- Miranda
- Nadia
- Nicola
- Olivia
- Pamela
- Philippa
- Prudence
- Queenie
- Regina
- Riley
- Rosalind
- Rose
- Rosemary
- Scarlett
- Shelley
- Shirley
- Susan
- Theresa
- Thelma
- Tiffany
- Valerie
- Vanessa
- Victoria
- Violet
- Vivian
- Wendy
- Witney
- Willow
- Winifred
Names for Boys
- Addison
- Aiken
- Aisnley
- Albert
- Albion
- Alfred
- Algernon
- Arnold
- Ashley
- Bailey
- Basil
- Benedict
- Bentley
- Bernard
- Blake
- Bradley
- Byron
- Charles
- Chester
- Clarence
- Clifford
- Clive
- Cole
- Crispin
- Curtis
- Cuthbert
- Dane
- Dennis
- Dexter
- Digby
- Douglas
- Dunstan
- Earl
- Easton
- Edgar
- Edmond
- Edward
- Eldon
- Elton
- Ellery
- Emerson
- Fabian
- Fenton
- Ferris
- Garrison
- George
- Giles
- Graham
- Grayson
- Guy
- Hadley
- Harry
- Harold
- Harvey
- Henry
- Jack
- James
- Jeremy
- John
- Julian
- Justin
- Keith
- Kingsley
- Lester
- Lincoln
- Linton
- Luke
- Manly
- Maxwell
- Morris
- Oliver
- Percival
- Piers
- Quentin
- Ralph
- Raymond
- Reginald
- Richard
- Ridley
- Robert
- Roger
- Roland
- Russell
- Sheldon
- Stanley
- Terry
- Victor