A compilation of names from BAs announced in newspapers in the last week, including a national paper (Telegraph) and a broad range of local newspapers from across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Sibling names are in brackets.
Boys:
Alexander Cooper (Ethan)
Algernon Peter William Panton (Arabella Alice Sibley)
Archie Eric (Skye Elizabeth)
Arthur Henry
Elliot Samuel (Amber & Noah Daniel)
Fergus William Richard
Finn Bear Robin
Finn Thomas
Gregor Coutts (Braelyn Louise)
Harry Richard
Henry George William
Herbie Chandler (Lola Rose)
James Faolan
James Henry
Keir Joseph (Ryan & Eva)
Laurence William Leonard "Laurie"
Max Harry (James)
Maximilian Lewis Archibald
Noah Alastair
Oscar James (Matilda Emily)
Rory James (Max William)
Rory Thomas Malise
Sebastian Alexander (Celeste Rose)
Walter Edward David (Harry Thomas David)
Wilfred Finbarre (Grace Jane)
William Henry James
William Thomas Duncan "Will" (Archie)
Girls:
Amy Rachel
Ava Joan
Caroline Elizabeth Arabella "Carrie" (Robert Michael Oliver "Bobby")
Charlotte Carolyn
Chloe Anne Christine (Ebony Harriet)
Chloe Rita
Elizabeth Claire
Elsa Margaret (Ewan David)
Emma Louise (Isla Grace)
Hope Lily (Tyler)
Isabelle Grace (Oliver Winston & William)
Isadora Sophie Emilia (Ottilie Jemima Alethea)
Isobel Diana
Jax Edna Gleed (Ava Kathleen McKenzie)
Jemima Jane (Barnaby Gerald)
Jorgie Rose
Kate Isabella (Seumas Alasdair)
Katie Jean
Kitty Isabella Primrose (Beatrice)
Lauren Lesley
Leela Diane
Liberty Ahimsa (Maverick Apollo)
Louisa Rachel (Marshall)
Louise Tekla (Kate & Emma)
Lyla Belle
Màiri Eibhilin
Millie Grace (Jessica Lily)
Phoebe Annalise (Lily May & George Lukas)
Sophia Sylvia (Annaleigh)
Tilia Clementine Mary
Zara Agnes
'Twas Ever Thus: Sensible 1940s Names
The following article was written by Gilbert Saunders and appeared in the Essex Newsman on Friday 16th April 1948.
All the spellings are exactly as they are printed in the original scanned newspaper page. Merilyn, I believe, should be Marilyn, given that it was #54 in 1944.
Is your name SANDRA?
If it is, you have the most popular name of 1948. There are more Sandras being registered these days than any other name, although the CHRISTINEs, JAQUELINEs, and CAROLs are close runners-up.
Among boys' names the trend is less well defined.
The accent is on the short, manly, and old-fashioned names, which are coming back into favour again — JOHN, ROBERT, MICHAEL, DUNCAN -- with an occasional GARY, LANCE, and STEWART to relieve the monotony.
One feature for which Registrars are truly thankful is the fact that the recent war had hardly any influence on the names given to children.
Essex to-day has many middle-aged folk named REDVERS, BULLER, and KITCHENER; a sprinkling of MONS and HAIG, some ten to 15 years younger; and at least two ZEPPELINAs, from an obvious source.
FEW WINSTONS
But World War II. produced no Roosevelts or Arnhems, at least in Chelmesford. History went unrecorded except for a WINSTON here and there.
A spate of ELIZABETHs was expected after November's Royal Wedding, but it failed to materialise.
Although Registrars may make a mild remark about unsuitability when faced with a particularly combination of names, there is no law which governs either the types of names or the number of them.
Technically, there is nothing to stop you bestowing the complete Bible as the names of you son or daughter.
Extremes, however, are rare, and there are always second thoughts.
A Chelmsford mother not long ago insisted on " GEORGEOUS de" for her little girl. Later she changed her mind—but it was too later, and "GEORGEOUS de" it will officially be for life.
Once the wheels of registration are fully turned there is nothing anyone can do about it.
A man's name, intended to be JAMES, was once entered as JANE and the mistake was noted too late to have it altered.
Officials report that the humbler the circumstances of the family the more exotic some of the names given to children.
FILMS INFLUENCE
NICOLA, LOIS, MARIEANNE, BRIONY, CHERILE, GLORIA DAWN, and RUBY DAWN (the last named an increasingly popular choice), have been registered in Chelmsford lately.
So, too, have ROSANN (which I am told is a "fine old Essex name"), PINA VIVIENNE, ERICA, and MAXINE ROBERTA.
Where do parents get some of the names from? Magazines, romantic novels, and the films supply many of the most glamorous selections. But at least one names was dubbed APPLEDORE after the Devon retreat in which his parents spent their honeymoon.
Some of the most common names in use a few decades ago seem to have gone for ever. Rare indeed to-day is a GLADYS, GERTRUDE, ALICE or MARJORIE.
They have been replaced by DIANE, MERILYN, LINDA and JENNIFER.
POPULAR ANN
MARION, too, is often chosen for girls, although the parents are probably unaware that, in that form, it is a male name. The correct female version is MARIAN.
Easily the most popular second name for girls just now is ANN. CAROL ANN had a prodigious run during the war, but it is now dropping off in favour, as is PENELOPE ANN.
Abbreviations and corruptions are beginning to appear more frequently, such as VICKY, TONY and PEGGY.
But a recent parent played safe in this respect and gave his son the names of TONY ANTHONY.
The Newsman, Essex
16 April 1948
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The Birth Index has record of a Georgeous J De G.Birch in Chelmesford in the first quarter of 1943.
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