Continuing the discussion from today’s blog…
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Which are your favorite eccentric British baby names?
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What would you name a boy and girl from these lists?
Here, as promised, is the full data from the Telegraph birth announcements for the past year
And here are some of the most intriguing names and sibsets of the year!
Girl names
Alaia Mei Hua
Allegra Thomasina Rose
Alice Leonora CĂ©leste
Amaryllis Oriana Clio
Astrid Florence Merlin
Athene Rose Thomasina
Beatrix Venetia
Bonibel Monamy Una Lakshmi
Catinka Eugenie Mia
Charlotte Henrietta Sybil James
Clementine Athena Ottilie
Cosima Annabel Edith
Cressida Tamsin
Daisy Penelope Beaufoy
Delphine Eulalia Louisa
Dusty June
Felicity Catherine Hero
Flora Mima Charlotte
Francesca Rosamond Andrée
Grace Francesca Freda
Honor Ruth Flip
Huxley Dorothy Marston
India Rose Farquhar
Indigo Robin Vita
Jemima Margaux Cordelia
Juno Zennor Boudicca
Lara Xanthe
Lily Fenella
Lola Grace Devereux
Lucca Billie Rose
Lyra Veryan Tiger
Marina Linda Lavallin
Margot Sita Vanessa Runima
Millicent Cosima Artemis
Minerva May
Ottilie Flower Vandezee
Pandora Cleo Florence
Penelope Aubin
Romilly Winter Bo
Romy Beatrix Alma
Siena Saffron
Sybilla Eliza Juliet
Tabitha Mary
TinĂşviel Joanna Margaret Vyner
Topsy Malory
Tullia Teodora Bliss
Vaila Gianmarina Fraser
Violet Ethel Satchell
Vita Ottilie Gilbert
Xanthia Yasmin
Willa Florence Astrid
Willa Ottilie Jemima
Boy names
Alfred Winslow
Algernon Jake Rufus
Ambrose Ziggy Grenfell
Angus Edward Tennyson
Archie Percival Marsden
Arthur Santiago Balthazar
Artie Aubrey
Balthasar John Guillaume Maria
Bertie-Fox Burlington Leo
Caspar Constantine Boothby
Caspian Winter Campbell
Charles Tilden Laszlo
Cosmo John Benedict
Digby Arundell
Edoardo Hugh Italo
Felix Rafael Maximus
Ferdinand Maximilian Atoloye
Fiennes Albert Wykeham Charles
Francis Julian Valentine
Frederick Apollo William
Gus Henry Napier
Hamish Darcy
Hector George de Shordiche
Jago Aidan Sykes
James Horatio Somerled
Jonty Charles Quinlan
Lachlan Thomas Templeton
Louis Byng Holland
Ludo Percy Hansard
Magnus Theodore
Maximilian Aimé William
Merlin James Alexander
Mungo George Wilson
Orlando Valentine Lowry
Rafael Ruben Montgomery
Rafferty Charles Alexander
Raphaël John Perrin
RĂ©my Ambrose Achilles
Rex Henry Maxwell
Robin Iver Montague
Rollo Augustus Fuller
Rupert Bode Peveril
Sirocco Taraji Asiligwa
Theodore Bruin Figueroa
Theodore Wolf St Clair
Toby Willoughby Seabrooke
Valentine Patrick John
Vere Evelyn Michael
Xander Wylye Pakenham
Xavier Julius John
Wilfred Spencer Ives
Wolfe Nicholas Stanley
Wolfgang Phoenix
Sibsets
Albie, Edie and Sienna
Alexandra, Jemima, Francesca and Barnaby
Allegra, Violet and Otto
Antigone and Harrington (g)
Archer, Jacobi, Beau and Lucca (g)
Arthur, Ludovic and Vere (b)
Atticus and Wolfgang
Bertie and Jemima
Billy, Pippa and Jenny
Calliope and Barnaby
Cara, Cressida and Catinka
Cecilia, Wilfred and Barnaby
Celeste, Colette and Marceau
Clement and Jocelyn (b)
Coco and Ambrose
Cosmo and Caspar
Cosmo, Iona and Romilly
Digby and Nancy
Emerald and Bartholomew
Emmeline, Edith and Clara
Evangeline, Olive and Raphael
Florence, Ludo and Honor
Florence, Tobias, Barnaby, Arlo, Ottilie and Rafferty
Frank, Cosima and Daisy
Frank, Finetta, Edward and Octavia
Gia and Alba
Gabriel, Alice, Walter and Xander
Hamish, Rupert and Tobias
Hector, Edina and Douglas
Henry, Atticus and Margot
Herbert, Rocky and Huxley (g)
Hubert, Ziggy and Ovie (b)
Hubert, Beatrice, Emilia, Leo, Helena, Matilda and Alexia
Hugo and Cecily
Hunter, Indiana and Redford
Inigo, Ottilie and Honor
Iola and Antigoni
Iris, Lily and Clara
Jasper and Clementine
Juno and Rollo
Kezzie and Sephora
Kit and Nori
Lelio and Tullia
Lennox and Esme
Leo and Kristo
Ludovic and Tallulah
Lyra and Alba
Lysander and Amaryllis
Ned, Willow and Tiggy
Nell, Polly and Cosmo
Ophelia and Ottilie
Oscar, Jasper, Hamish and Willow
Otis and Reuben
Pia-Stella, James and Augusta
Ralph, Ronnie and Ned
Rex, Huxton and Delphi
Rory and Rafferty
Rowland and Constance
Sadie, Polly, Nell and Rory
Summer and Estella
Tessa, Charles and Flora (this rang a bell @KateHaynes!)
Tiggy and Effie
Theodora and Frederick
Walter, Cecily and Roland
Wilfred, Constance and Cecilia
Wilfred and Fergus
Willa and Cressida
Twins
Augusta Patience and Constantia Daphne
Barnaby David Thomas and Henry Joseph Thomas
Bartholomew Richard Peregrine Fitzjohn and Cordelia Noeline Annie Fitzjohn
Digby Fellows and Beau Fellows
Harry Holland and Annie Hartman
Hector Wilfrid and Toby Ignatius
Hector Guthrie James and Flora Diana Catherine
Huxley Harrison and Lilah Romalie
Jake Devereaux Pember and Rory John Bere
Mailys Jenny Campbell and Calla Joanie Rhoda
Otto Victor Ayoola and Leopold Felix Iyiola
Ralph Muir and Basil Richard
Zoe Elise and Nina Johanna