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Baby | Choosing a name

Bumper Guide to Baby Names, A-E

Stuck for what to call your little-one-in-waiting? We've got a host of different names to suit every style, taste and surname.

A

GIRLS

TRADITIONAL

Alice
Abigail
Alexandra
Agatha
Amanda
Amy
Anna
Angela
Annette
Annie

LITERARY

Ariadne
Adrianna
Aimee
Alicia
Amber
Amelia
Anastasia
Anne
Aphra

CELTIC

Alannah
Aileen
Ailey
Ailis
Alison
Arlene
Aisling
Aoife

UNUSUAL

Anais
Adora
Africa
Aida
Alfre
Amabelle
Amina
Angel

BOYS

TRADITIONAL

Adam
Addison
Adrian
Alan
Albert
Alec
Alexander

LITERARY

Atticus
Adonis
Ajax
Agamemnon
Ali
Alphonse
Algernon

CELTIC

Aidan
Ailbe
Alastair
Alroy
Ardal
Ardan
Art

UNUSUAL

Aneurin
Aaron
Acton
Ariel
Aldo
Axel

B

GIRLS

TRADITIONAL

Beth
Belinda
Bernadette
Beryl
Betty
Beverley
Brook

LITERARY

Briony
Babette
Bathsheba
Beatrice
Blanche
Bianca
Blythe
Bella

CELTIC

Bree
Badger
Barrie
Berget
Breena
Brid
Briana
Bronwyn

UNUSUAL

Blossom
Bailey
Baptista
Blair
Blaise
Bluebell
Bola
Buffy

BOYS

TRADITIONAL

Benjamin
Barnes
Barney
Basil
Bert
Bill
Boris
Brian
Bruce

LITERARY

Barnaby
Bartholomew
Benedict
Blake
Boswell
Bram
Brick
Byron

CELTIC

Brendan
Barclay
Barry
Boyd
Bowry
Brady
Bryce
Busby

UNUSUAL

Buster
Burke
Bay
Bix
Bailey
Beau
Becker
Brad

C

GIRLS

TRADITIONAL

Caroline
Charlotte
Catherine
Carla
Cheryl
Clare

LITERARY

Catriona
Calista
Clarissa
Charity
Carmen
Chantal
Chloe

CELTIC

Ciara
Caitlin

UNUSUAL

Cosima
Celeste
Chelsea
Carly
Calista
Carmel

BOYS

TRADITIONAL

Charles
Carl
Cyril
Clive
Clifford
Crispin
Christopher

LITERARY

Clement
Caesar
Cecil
Claude

CELTIC

Cillian
Cadman
Calder
Cedric
Craig
Conroy
Conway

UNUSUAL

Constantine
Crosby
Cosmo
Channing

D

GIRLS

TRADITIONAL

Dorothy
Danielle
Dawn
Denise
Dora
Dinah

LITERARY

Daisy
Daphne
Diana
Delilah
Donna
Deborah

CELTIC

Dervla
Deirdre

UNUSUAL

Dulcie
Daria
Dakota
Darlene
Devon

BOYS

TRADITIONAL

David
Darren
Dennis
Derek
Desmond
Dean
Dudley

LITERARY

Dorian
Darcy
Damon
Duncan

CELTIC

Declan
Dallas
Dillon
Dylan
Douglas
Doyle
Donald

UNUSUAL

Denzil
Dante
Dexter
Dirk

E

GIRLS

TRADITIONAL

Eleanor
Edna
Edwina
Elaine
Elizabeth
Elsie
Ellen
Edith
Esther
Emily

LITERARY

Emma
Echo
Ella
Eloise
Evangelina
Euphemia
Eve
Esmeralda

CELTIC

Erin

UNUSUAL

Ebony
Effie
Eldora
Elena
Elvira
Estra
Edana
Eda
Edolie

BOYS

TRADITIONAL

Edward
Eugene
Ernest
Edgar
Eric

LITERARY

Edmund
Ezra
Ezekiel
Emil
Elijah

CELTIC

Eamon
Evan
Egan
Edan