British Baby Girl Names: Perfectly Posh Picks From Across the Pond

We think of “British names” as a category of their own, and so each year we look across the pond at the United Kingdom’s baby name trends to learn what’s posh — and what’s not.

Baby girl names with a British sound appeal to American ears for several reasons. They tend to exude femininity and wealth and remind us of Jane Austen novels. Many lists of British baby girl names rely on literary works and regal names, overlooking the fact that British naming trends are as varied as those...