There are 27 British names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are British names 1 to 20. Within these names, Emily (English) was the most popular in 2008, followed in descending order by Grace (English and French), Destiny (English), Charlotte (French, German, Dutch, English, and Scandinavian), Amanda (English, Finnish, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), Leslie (English and German), Harmony (English), Ciara (English and Irish), Genevieve (English), Claudia (Dutch, English, German, Italian, Romanian, Scandinavian, and Spanish), Alma (English, German, Italian, Spanish, and Hebrew), and India (English). The unusual British names are Acadia (English), Allegra (English and Italian), Anthea (English and German), Branwen (English and Welsh), Ena (Irish, English, and German), Hyacinth (English), Kimberley (English), and Lilli (German, English, and Estonian). British names are popular as baby girl names. The names' popularity increased from the 1960s up to the 1980s. Their usage peaked in 1987 with 3.654% of baby girls being given British names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 15 British names. The names have slipped in popularity since then. In 2008, their total usage was 2.309% with 15 British names listed among the top 1000. Among all British names, Emily (English) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #3 and a usage of 0.8377%.
DESCRIPTION MATCH: | Acadia | place of plenty ... mid-18th century, the British deported many Acadians ... |
| Allegra | happy, lively, merry ... was first coined by the British poet Lord Byron for his ... |
Alma  792 | nourishing, kind; work; ... Crimean War, when the British and their allies ... |
Amanda  138 | lovable ... Shift (1696) by the British dramatist Colley ... |
| Anthea | flowery, blossom ... attention through the British television presenter ... |
| Branwen | fair raven, dark beauty; ... and the sister of the British king Bran; she later ... |
Charlotte  87 | man, free man ... Charlotte, and the British novelist Charlotte ... |
Ciara  324 | little dark one, little ... popularized by the British actress Keira Knightley ... |
Claudia  417 | limping ... as the daughter of a British prince who became the ... |
Destiny  48 | destiny ... was made known by the British science fiction TV ... |
Emily  3 | imitating, rivaling; ... Hanoverians took the British throne in the 18th ... |
Ena  | beaded, adorned; kernel ... in the long-running British TV soap opera ... |
Genevieve  325 | lady of the people, ... popularized by the British film Genevieve (1953) ... |
Grace  21 | charm, grace ... century, due to the British heroine Grace Darling ... |
Harmony  314 | harmony; concord, peace, ... later made known by the British science fiction TV ... |
| Hyacinth | hyacinth ... Hyacinth Bucket in the British sitcom Keeping Up ... |
India  815 | India ... prominent colony of the British Empire ... |
Kimberley  | Cyneburga's wood; Cyneburga's ... often in tribute to the British victory in the Second ... |
Leslie  147 | garden of hollies ... by the fame of the British film actor Leslie ... |
| Lilli | lily; God is perfection, ... the Germans and the British during World War II. ... |
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