UK place names that would make good first names

[AutumnIsMyFriend]

I heard the town name Kelso in the radio today and in the context thought they were meaning a person, which got me thinking.

Some of these may already be used, but I thought it might be a fun list. Some of the Scottish ones I’ve suggested are used, albeit rarely

Kendall
Lomond
Kelso
Ailsa
Amberley
Devon
Irvine
Nairn
Kingston
Avon
Barnard
Annan
Seaton
Arran (actually, many Scottish islands are first names too - Iona, Islay, Lewis etc)

Avimore

😂 I know, it fits perfectly with a TOWIE vibe!

Good thread haha

Oswaldtwistle (Oswald)

Definitely going to use that one for my next.

Kent is obviously a lovely name

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

There's a comedian called Boothy Graffoe.
It's a village in Lincolnshire

Boothby!

Duxford
Tewin
Sandy
Potton
Tring

Or - there's a village near me called Ugley.

Studley Roger is one of my favourite names for a Boys Own-style hero.
To which I would add Norton Canes and my all-time fave, Hemingford Grey 😂

Whitby would be awesome for a boy...

Morven would be my choice.

Langton Matravers goves you first name and surname in one!

There’s a signpost on the A1 somewhere in Northumberland or the Borders, with two villages called Stenton and Garvald on it. DH and I used to joke that if our first were a boy, we would call him Stenton Garvald!
Fortunately, we had two girls…

Preston

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If you mean the one near Pitsea, I know it well. The Tesco in Pitsea is famous in my family for being the source of my Brother's oldest shirt! Over 21 years old and still going strong!!

Peckham
Hendon
Purley
Kensington
Hampton

Leith is a cross between Lee and Keith 😄

Places near me that could be names:

Windsor
Bray
Sonning
Bucklebury
Woodley
Compton

Or some firt names and surnames:

Stanford Dingley or Bracknell Forest 🤣

I know a Kendal Forest & an Atlanta Georgia......

I went to school with a Morven!

If ever I write novels I’m going to pick character names from random places on a map.

Isn't one of the characters in Bridget Jones' Diary called Penny Husbands-Bosworth - Husbands Bosworth being a village in Northamptonshire or Leicestershire or somewhere round there?

My husband grew up near a village called Clara Vale, who is obviously a Victorian heiress.

Character names picked from a map... it certainly worked for the Wombles!

I used to travel through Penge and Anerley on the train. I thought Anerley would make a nice name, but Penge definitely wouldn't.

Zennor (Cornwall)