British & Irish Baby Names - Rugby Edition

[name_m]Just[/name_m] a fun list of British and Irish baby boy names. All the names come from the current national rugby teams of [name_f]England[/name_f], [name_f]Scotland[/name_f], [name_m]Wales[/name_m] and [name_f]Ireland[/name_f]. It’s interesting to see the regional differences.

Which are your favourites?

Lots of players go by nicknames so I put their full names - if they have one - and the nickname in brackets.

[name_f]England[/name_f]:

[name_u]Jamie[/name_u]
[name_u]Dylan[/name_u]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m] ([name_m]Tommy[/name_m]/[name_m]Tom[/name_m])
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] ([name_m]Dan[/name_m]/[name_u]Danny[/name_u])
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m] ([name_m]Nathan[/name_m])
[name_u]Ellis[/name_u]
[name_m]Joe[/name_m]
[name_m]Matthew[/name_m] ([name_m]Matt[/name_m])
[name_m]Joseph[/name_m]
[name_u]Kyle[/name_u]
[name_u]Charlie[/name_u]
[name_m]George[/name_m]
[name_u]Courtney[/name_u]
[name_m]Maro[/name_m]
[name_m]Jack[/name_m]
Teimana
[name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_u]Michael[/name_u] ([name_m]Mike[/name_m])
[name_m]Nathan[/name_m]
[name_m]Benjamin[/name_m] ([name_m]Ben[/name_m])
[name_u]Owen[/name_u]
[name_u]Alex[/name_u]
[name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_u]Elliot[/name_u]
[name_m]Jonathan[/name_m] ([name_m]Jonny[/name_m])
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m]
[name_m]Marland[/name_m]

[name_f]Scotland[/name_f]:

[name_m]Fraser[/name_m]
[name_m]Ross[/name_m]
[name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_u]Alex[/name_u]
[name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_m]Allan[/name_m]
[name_m]Zander[/name_m]
[name_m]Gordon[/name_m]
[name_m]Jon[/name_m]
[name_m]Jonathan[/name_m] ([name_m]Jonny[/name_m])
[name_m]Richard[/name_m] ([name_m]Richie[/name_m])
[name_m]Grant[/name_m]
[name_m]Timothy[/name_m] ([name_m]Tim[/name_m])
[name_m]Ben[/name_m]
[name_m]John[/name_m]
[name_m]Cornell[/name_m]
[name_m]Robert[/name_m] ([name_m]Rob[/name_m])
[name_m]Hamish[/name_m]
[name_m]Willem[/name_m]
[name_u]Ryan[/name_u]
[name_m]Joshua[/name_m] ([name_m]Josh[/name_m])
Greig
[name_m]Alistair[/name_m] ([name_u]Ali[/name_u])
[name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_u]Finn[/name_u]
[name_m]Duncan[/name_m]
[name_m]Mark[/name_m]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m] ([name_u]Alex[/name_u])
[name_m]Huw[/name_m]
[name_m]Matthew[/name_m] ([name_m]Matt[/name_m])
[name_m]Damien[/name_m]
[name_m]Sean[/name_m]
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m] ([name_m]Tommy[/name_m])
[name_m]Stuart[/name_m]

[name_m]Wales[/name_m]:

[name_m]Scott[/name_m]
[name_u]Kristian[/name_u]
[name_m]Kenneth[/name_m] ([name_m]Ken[/name_m])
[name_m]Robert[/name_m] ([name_m]Rob[/name_m])
[name_m]Tomas[/name_m]
[name_m]Rhodri[/name_m]
[name_m]Samson[/name_m]
[name_u]Nicky[/name_u]
[name_m]Jake[/name_m]
[name_m]Luke[/name_m]
[name_u]Cory[/name_u]
[name_m]Alun[/name_m] [name_u]Wyn[/name_u]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m] ([name_u]Olly[/name_u])
[name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Ross[/name_m]
[name_m]Justin[/name_m]
[name_u]Sam[/name_u]
Taulupe
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m]
Aled
[name_u]Rhys[/name_u]
[name_m]Gareth[/name_m]
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] ([name_m]Dan[/name_m])
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] ([name_u]Sam[/name_u])
[name_u]Owen[/name_u]
[name_m]Jonathan[/name_m]
[name_u]Jamie[/name_u]
[name_u]Alex[/name_u]
[name_m]Steffan[/name_m]
[name_u]Ashton[/name_u]
[name_m]George[/name_m]
[name_u]Leigh[/name_u]
[name_m]Liam[/name_m]

[name_f]Ireland[/name_f]:

[name_u]Rory[/name_u]
[name_u]Niall[/name_u]
[name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_u]Finlay[/name_u]
[name_m]Tadhg[/name_m]
[name_m]Cian[/name_m]
[name_m]David[/name_m]
[name_m]Jack[/name_m]
[name_m]John[/name_m]
[name_m]Ultan[/name_m]
[name_m]Iain[/name_m]
[name_u]Billy[/name_u]
[name_m]Donnacha[/name_m]
[name_u]Devin[/name_u]
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m] ([name_m]Dan[/name_m])
Seán
[name_m]Thomas[/name_m] ([name_m]Tommy[/name_m])
[name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_m]Josh[/name_m]
[name_u]Jamie[/name_u]
[name_u]Kieran[/name_u]
[name_m]Luke[/name_m]
[name_m]Conor[/name_m]
[name_m]Patrick[/name_m] ([name_u]Paddy[/name_u])
[name_m]Robert[/name_m] ([name_u]Robbie[/name_u]/[name_m]Rob[/name_m])
[name_m]Jonathan[/name_m]
[name_m]Ian[/name_m]
[name_m]Stuart[/name_m]
[name_u]Garry[/name_u]
[name_m]Andrew[/name_m]
[name_m]Keith[/name_m]
[name_m]Craig[/name_m]
[name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_u]Tiernan[/name_u]

Thanks for sharing! Aled is so intriguing. I’ve never seen it before.