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British place names that would sound good as first names

109 replies

FrancisdeSales · 26/01/2016 23:04

Just musing... What about

Exeter
Cumbria
Lewisham (!!)

Any takers?

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PooDogMillionaire · 02/02/2016 21:31

Also Scottish island names.

PooDogMillionaire · 02/02/2016 21:30

Camden and Devon both work well I think.

ingenvillvetavardukoptdintroja · 01/02/2016 03:56

Morvah
Zelah
Broadwoodwidger.....

NewYearNewToads · 31/01/2016 23:58

Trent
Bristol

SiencynArsecandle · 31/01/2016 23:03

Derwent (As in Dinner Ladies)
Telford
Wellington - it was good enough for a womble
Perton
Ashby-de-la-Zouch

SoporificHobnob · 31/01/2016 22:28

Don't go for Bognor.

SanityAssassin · 31/01/2016 22:25

Launceston
Carlisle

MissAlabamaWhitman · 31/01/2016 00:10

Tarleton
Ledsham
Ellesmere
Malpas
Liscard
Newton
Alderley
Egremont
Caldy

Floggingmolly · 31/01/2016 00:07

Hackney Marshes.
Bishops Storford.

Salmotrutta · 30/01/2016 23:56

I think the following have a certain ring to them:-

Wick
Unst
Mull
Alyth
Methven
Buchanty Spout...

zippyswife · 30/01/2016 19:09

Vange

chuckieegg2008 · 30/01/2016 14:39

I know a Dyfed, Lincoln, Paisley and Taliesin

maggiethemagpie · 28/01/2016 21:38

There's a Romiley near me which is already a girls name (Romilly).

Usernamegone · 28/01/2016 21:21

Devon?

NewLife4Me · 28/01/2016 20:51

Upper Ramsbottom Grin

exWifebeginsat40 · 28/01/2016 20:21

wigan.

Soooosie · 28/01/2016 20:17

Bognor

Grimsby

Wetwang (it's a village though)

zippyswife · 28/01/2016 20:14

Funny I was just thinking earlier that the name Lincoln would be quite cool.

Lightbulbon · 28/01/2016 19:59

There are so many!

London is popular in USA atm.
Preston is Britney Spears sons middle name.
I know a baby Lincoln
An adult Nairn

Lots of Scottish ones actually:
Skye
Lewis
3x Harris
Iona
Arran
Crawford
Angus
Stirling
Irvine

Devon-a common unisex name in USA
Dudley
Chester-Davila McCall son
Lester-does this misspelling count?
Trent
Bexley
Aston
Warwick
Newton
Ashford

Room101isWhereIUsedToLive · 28/01/2016 19:57

Medway
Battle
Morpeth
Sunderland
Kennington
Carnaby
Soho

Yika · 28/01/2016 19:50

Blakeney

NanFlanders · 28/01/2016 19:50

Dudley

Yika · 28/01/2016 19:47

Clare (in Suffolk)
Cavendish
Amberley

There was a Lady Essex Rich in the 1700s, I've warmed to the idea of Essex as a name since learning that :)

InionEile · 28/01/2016 19:38

You know people called Paisley and Dunbar and Dallas, One?? Possibly as surnames but not as first names surely?

Lottiedaydreambeliever2014 · 28/01/2016 08:19

I know a Scott whose birth name is Scotland!