Other occupational names include Knight Thatcher Squire and Fletcher.

List of british male names and surnames. 68 Fantastic British Names Gathered While Watching BBC Credits Over the Years. William was the second most given name in five centuries of UK male births with Thomas George and James close behind. By The Awl July 30 2010.

So for example its more likely to give you John Smith than Edmund Sidebottom even though the. Alexander surname Allan name Allard surname Allbrook surname Allen surname Allison surname Allitt. Other more uniquely British names that may sound a bit too posh to American ears at the present moment include Barnaby Crispin Giles and Tarquin.

Common surnames such as Smith Wright Cook Taylor and Turner are all based on a persons trade or occupation and these would have been common in that era. From the Welsh name Llywelyn which means leader. An unusual trend is for British surnames which had become extinct being recently reintroduced to the UK as a consequence of economic migration by Americans now-resident in London.

Almond surname Altman surname Amberg name Ambler surname Ambrose surname Amesbury disambiguation Amory name Anderson surname Annese. Along with Felix and Leo other British boy names in the US Top 1000 are Duncan Ellis Harvey Jasper Lewis Luca Rex and Trevor. If youre looking for a distinctly British-sounding name for your baby boy consider the following distinctive.

The British Surnames random name generator doesnt just pick names at random it weights the selection according to the actual probability of finding that name in the population at large. Likewise migration resulted in already rare names leaving British shores in some cases enjoying a new lease of life in the Americas or Australasia. Rounding out the top ten.

103 rows A British surname. Another common source of surnames are nicknames or. 1 row Common Surnames in England Wales and the Isle of Man 1991 top 500.