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"British Sounding" Names...
A couple nights back, I was out to lunch with a friend and I told her I loved the name Charlotte Niamh. She said, "Oh, what a British-sounding name!" And that got me thinking...what are 'british sounding names', in your opinion? I think these names are:
Emma
Miles
Edward
Charlotte
Ellen
KateThanks!__________________________________________________
Mommy to Cassandra Morgan (2003)
Preggie with baby #2.
Can't wait until Malachi Rune or Charlotte Niamh!
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I personaly love british names. Charlotte may be old-fashioned but I don't know about British! And Niamh certainly isn't! Celtic all the way!I think:
Charles
William
George
NigelGeorgiana
Henrietta
EleanorP.S. Malachi Rune is so cute! Very unique!
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You forgot HermioneI don't think it is common in UK, but more common than in USA. I know of a British actress with this name. (In "Cold Feet")More: Daisy, Georgina (Famous Five), Mathilda, Philippa, Penelope
Boys: Clive, Derek, Julian (also Famous Five)"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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Grant
Charles
Edward
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AliceNigel
Alfred
Alester
Edmund
Colin
Neville
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Most of my favorite names sound very "British" to most Americans, so I know what you mean. I don't see Charlotte or Niamh as terribly 'British', though (actually, Niamh is just very Irish, lol). Jaime mentioned a lot of my favorites that I consider to be very British, and here are some others: Iris
Alice
Beatrice
Lucy
Helena
Cecily
Imogen
Nora
Jessamine
NicolaEdmund
Arthur
Colin
Rupert
Julian
Oliver
Jasper
Felix
Rufus
Hugh
Oscar
Peter
Rory
Simon
Stuart
~Heather~
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It depends what you mean by 'British.' If you mean old-fashioned, aristocratic sounding names, then
Emily
Harriet
CharlotteWilliam
George
Henry
Edwardare good examples.
However, coming from the north of England these are the 'British' names i hear most often:Ellie
Anna
Jade
JodieCharlie
Jamie
Ethan
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All the names you listed seem very British sounding to me also. A few others:Henry
Sophie
Ellie (nn)
Jack
Oliver
Elliot
Alfie
Lucy
Molly:)

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Hi from a fellow canuck... some more I think "sound british"GirlsAlice
Poppy (a lot of the flowers, gems and virtue names)
Pearl
Opal
Olive
Rose
Gail
Claire
Elizabeth
Victoria
Prudence
PriscillaBoys
(a lot of surnames)
Harvey
Lucas
Benson
Ashley
George
Russell
James
Harry
Alfred
Oscar
"Bert" names ie Herbert, AlbertGL:)
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Gemma
Jemima
Ruby
Eleanor
Helen
Clara
Josephine
Louise
Louisa
Heloise
EvelynHenry
Edward
Charles
"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."
-Eleanor Roosevelt
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