Names that are common in the US but not the UK

[ffsfindmeausername]

Just that really, there seems to be certain names that seem very American that you don't tend to hear in the UK such as Chad.
I like the name Chad but no idea why it's not really used in the UK. Can anyone think of any other very "American" names that you don't tend to hear here in the UK or vice versa very British names rarely used in the US?

I thought it was short for Chadwick. The Chad I knew had that as his full name.

You're right, come to think of it I think that was his full name and I'd totally forgot, because nobody ever used it!

Chad Hoggan- Spring Break! 😶(ie the Easter holidays).🤣🤣🤣

Chad
Adeline
Bree
Jackson
Bronson
Jared
Blake
Cody
Harrison
Randy
Dakota
Troy

Harris is an island in Scotland, and has always been very popular here in Scotland. See also Lewis, Isla, Skye, Arran. So, NOT American.

A few years ago I would have said Rudy but that's a trend here now too.

Also sometimes "Tersh" is a nickname in the US for the third from the Latin "tertius."

By the way, for what its worth, Roman numeral II after a name in the US means named for a grandfather, not the father. "Jr" is the designation for someone with the same name as their father.

John Alan Smith
John Alan Smith, Jr.
John Alan Smith III

If John Alan Smith, Jr. were instead named Robert John Smith, but he named his son after the first John Alan Smith, then the son of Robert would be John Alan Smith II.

Btw I have cousins Chad (age 50) & Jarrod (age 56) in the SW of England. My aunt was always a huge Elvis fan, so maybe it was that American influence. I never asked her.

American names I never hear in the UK - Tammy, Ron, Tad, Nadine, Melissa, Meredith, Greg, Corey, Jeffrey*, Casey, Veronica, Lauren, Lori, Brent, Robin (for a girl)

(I know Jeffs and Geoffs here, but not Jeffreys)

erm, Michael, Brian and Frank are all incredibly common names in the UK....

Also see Graham- Gram!

I love the name Axl/Axel, I've seen a lot of characters named this in American shows but never heard of a British one!

As a Brit living in the US, hardly any of the names in this thread are really used here. 😂 Most of them are decades out of date.

Some are nicknames/ shortened versions of given names. Hank = Henry. Chuck = Charles. But both of those would only be seen with older men.

I know a Chad, Trey, Troy and Wanda.

I'm also sure the Americans can make a list of UK names that don't really feature there, that would be interesting!

My DS has a very American name and in his 14 years I’ve only met 2 others one was girl it’s typically a boys name and the other was an Australian boy on holiday in uk.

chase
like wtf?

Freddie/Frederick/Fred is super popular in the UK right now but in the us is considered an old man's name the equivalent of Ernest here haha

seth is a Hebrew name. He was Adam and eves third son in the bible.

Crazy Horse.

Hank

@ffsfindmeausername

Randy!

I expect others have thought of it ...

Would you get them as baby names in the UK these days though? What stood out to me most when I lived there was toddlers with names that I’d associate with middle aged adults. They all had names like John, Martin, Brian, Alison, Claire etc.

Never met a Chad or a Trey.

Did know of a Morgan Stanley who worked for yup, Morgan Stanley.

Peggy-Sue
Clint

And also Sydney for a girl (although I think this one is also catching on a bit in the UK).