Popularity of UK Personal Given Names.

Popular boy names england 1800s. In the UK from 1800 to 1994 the popularity of the most frequent female and male names fell from 239 and 215 to 34 and 42 respectively. Almost every man recorded in history at this time is called William Richard John or Robert and the women are all Matilda Eleanor or Isabella. Boys Male Victorian Nicknames baby Names Biblical Names.

For the Census samples all standardized names that had. Names separated by sex are listed in descending order of popularity. The popularity of the ten most frequent names for females and males fell from 820 and 847 to 238 and 284 respectively.

In a work of fiction though it gets confusing when too many minor characters have exactly the same name. This month Im looking at the top fifty male names in 1800. 30 rows In this decade only one boy took the name Albert 1852 made popular by Queen Victorias.

These include Addison Elisha Ellis Emery Loren Madison and Marion. Samuel Edward Benjamin Isaac Peter Daniel David Francis Stephen Jonathan. The name comes from the word cwyld which refers.

Here is the list of 18th century names for girls. Some people you might recognize with these surnames from the list above include the female husband James Allen the thief boy Jones the sailor John Paul Jones the anti-mason William Morgan the Buttermere beauty Mary Robinson the murderess Madeleine Smith and the astrologist and fortune-teller Mrs. Addison - Lothar Mather - Stephen Stuart - Wistar.

For each rank and sex the table shows the name and the number of occurrences of that name. Names in common use for boys from 1800 to 1850 include several choices now found more often for girls. 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.