I’m inspired partly by my friend, who plans to name her daughter [name]Lavinia[/name] [name]Pearl[/name], partly by going back to TV series such as ‘Downton [name]Abbey[/name]’ and ‘Parade’s End’ on my maternity leave. Which names do you find english classics? I mean - not only typically anglo-saxon ones, but these like [name]Lavinia[/name] [name]Pearl[/name], which is (fn) [name]Roman[/name] name of course, but sounds very like victorian-edwardian [name]England[/name] to me. Can you give some example sets, which sound classically British for you?
I hope it’s understandable, I’m fairly sleepy today, thanks to my son:).
[name]Philippa[/name], [name]Victoria[/name], [name]Rose[/name], [name]Elizabeth[/name], [name]Beatrice[/name], [name]Gemma[/name] and [name]Clementine[/name] are some examples of “British” sounding names to me.
As for boys names : Rupert, Nigel, Colin and Hugh.
Some of these names may not have British origins but they are British to me!
Girls: [name]Rosamund[/name], [name]Verity[/name], [name]Louisa[/name], [name]Helena[/name], [name]Beatrix[/name], [name]Alethea[/name], [name]Araminta[/name], [name]Ophelia[/name], [name]Camilla[/name], [name]Cordelia[/name], [name]Felicity[/name], [name]Georgiana[/name], [name]Imogen[/name], [name]Romilly[/name], [name]Thomasina[/name], [name]Tamsin[/name], [name]Nicola[/name], [name]Jemima[/name], [name]Freya[/name], [name]Dulcie[/name], [name]Davina[/name], [name]Christabel[/name], [name]Ottoline[/name], [name]Cecily[/name], [name]Anthea[/name], [name]Briony[/name]/[name]Bryony[/name], [name]Hermione[/name], [name]Davina[/name], [name]Gemma[/name], [name]Fiona[/name], [name]Enid[/name], [name]Jessamine[/name], [name]Winifred[/name]
Boys: [name]Oliver[/name], [name]Nigel[/name], [name]Tarquin[/name], [name]Sebastian[/name], [name]Rufus[/name], [name]Arthur[/name], [name]Crispin[/name], [name]Piers[/name], [name]Percival[/name], [name]Peregrine[/name], [name]Tristan[/name], [name]Julian[/name]/[name]Jolyon[/name], [name]Ivor[/name], [name]Giles[/name], [name]Gareth[/name], [name]Rufus[/name], [name]Cecil[/name], [name]Basil[/name], [name]Alistair[/name], [name]Ambrose[/name], [name]Graham[/name], [name]Hugh[/name], St. [name]John[/name], [name]Simon[/name], [name]Dunstan[/name], [name]Swithin[/name], [name]Alfred[/name], [name]Algernon[/name], Sacheverall
Names I find very English:
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Augusta[/name]
[name]Beatrice[/name]/[name]Beatrix[/name]
[name]Camilla[/name]
[name]Cecilia[/name]/[name]Cecily[/name]/[name]Cicely[/name]
[name]Clarissa[/name]
[name]Clementine[/name]
[name]Constance[/name]
[name]Cressida[/name]
[name]Dorothea[/name]
[name]Emmeline[/name]
[name]Eugenia[/name]/[name]Eugenie[/name]
[name]Florence[/name]
[name]Georgiana[/name]
[name]Gwendoline[/name]/[name]Gwendolen[/name]
[name]Helena[/name]
[name]Imogen[/name]
[name]Isabel[/name]
[name]Jemima[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Letitia[/name]/[name]Lettice[/name]
[name]Lucretia[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Margery[/name]
[name]Marianne[/name]
[name]Matilda[/name]
[name]Millicent[/name]
[name]Octavia[/name]
[name]Perpetua[/name]
[name]Philippa[/name]
[name]Portia[/name]
[name]Rhoda[/name]
[name]Rose[/name]
[name]Rosina[/name]
[name]Sally[/name]
[name]Selina[/name]
[name]Serena[/name]
[name]Susanna[/name]
[name]Sybil[/name]/[name]Sybilla[/name]
[name]Sylvia[/name]
[name]Tatiana[/name]
[name]Theodora[/name] /[name]Theodosia[/name]
[name]Thomasin[/name]
[name]Ursula[/name]
[name]Victoria[/name]
[name]Wilhelmina[/name]
[name]Albert[/name]
[name]Alexander[/name]
[name]Arthur[/name]
[name]Basil[/name]
[name]Benedict[/name]
[name]Bernard[/name]
[name]Bertrand[/name]
[name]Cecil[/name]
[name]Charles[/name]
[name]Christopher[/name]
[name]Clement[/name]
[name]Cornelius[/name]
[name]Edgar[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Edward[/name]
[name]Ernest[/name]
[name]Eugene[/name]
[name]Eustace[/name]
[name]Fabian[/name]
[name]Felix[/name]
[name]Francis[/name]
[name]Frederick[/name]
[name]Geoffrey[/name]
[name]George[/name]
[name]Hector[/name]
[name]Horatio[/name]
[name]Hugh[/name]
[name]Humphrey[/name]
[name]Ignatius[/name]
[name]Jasper[/name]
[name]Julian[/name]
[name]Laurence[/name]
[name]Leonard[/name]
[name]Miles[/name]
[name]Nathaniel[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Percy[/name]
[name]Ralph[/name]
[name]Ranulph[/name]
[name]Reginald[/name]
[name]Rufus[/name]
[name]Rupert[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name]
[name]Victor[/name]
[name]Wilfred[/name]
[name]William[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Rose[/name]
[name]Daisy[/name]
[name]May[/name]
[name]Edith[/name]
[name]Enid[/name]
[name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Kate[/name]
[name]Anne[/name]
[name]Grace[/name]
[name]Katherine[/name]
[name]Mary[/name]
[name]Alfred[/name]
[name]Arthur[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Albert[/name]
[name]Henry[/name]
[name]Harry[/name]
[name]John[/name]
[name]Richard[/name]
[name]Edward[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Walter[/name]
[name]William[/name]
[name]Percy[/name]
[name]George[/name]
[name_m]Charles[/name_m], [name_u]Mason[/name_u], [name_m]Richard[/name_m], [name_m]Anthony[/name_m], [name_m]Archibald[/name_m]/[name_m]Archie[/name_m], [name_m]Reginald[/name_m]/[name_u]Reggie[/name_u], [name_m]Gilbert[/name_m], [name_f]Anne[/name_f], [name_m]George[/name_m], [name_m]Grantham[/name_m], [name_f]Edith[/name_f], [name_m]Tom[/name_m], [name_f]Ethel[/name_f], [name_f]Fanny[/name_f], [name_f]Harriet[/name_f], [name_f]Jane[/name_f], [name_f]Bronte[/name_f], [name_u]Austen[/name_u]