What are some common UK male first names that are nonexistent in the US?

In My Humble Opinion
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So far I have come up with Liam, Nigel, Gareth, Linvoy…

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Not uncommon in the US, but definitely uncommon in the Midwest, Ian often gets mispronounced as “eye-an” or “ee-on.” Quite irritating even though I know there have been people who want their name to be prounounced “eye-an.” AFAIK, that isn’t the traditional way to say it.

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Linvoy? :dubious:

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If they wanted they could use the Welsh John-variant Ieuan - pronounced eye-an. But I can see this leading to even more confusion.

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Struan, thanks, a search of Linvoy shows it is not popular at all. In fact the two I know (one a footballer, the other a school friend) may be the only two out there- I assumed since there were two, there had to be a bunch more.

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Such as the man who is possibly America’s most famous Ian, Ian Ziering.

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Liam has become more popular in America in recent years, particularly among parents of Irish ancestry. Not to mention that I had a brother-in-law of that name.

I nominate Percy and Bertram.

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I knew a Gareth in Wisconsin, but then, his father was very big on the family’s Welsh roots. Gareth’s sister is named Gwendolyn.

Is Nigel really a common name in the UK? It always sounds outdated and a bit silly to me.

Also, I have a friend who grew up in Northern Ireland named Conal (which, he told me once, is Gaellic for “wolf”). Is Conal a common name, or is my friend the only one?

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I guarantee you these names are not common in the UK, unless perhaps you’re at an OAP convention.

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Gavin, Robin, Lindsay, Burt, Mick (as a nickname).

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Do you mean Bert? If so, it’s an old-fashioned diminutive of Robert. Not common amongst the under-70 crowd.

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Rupert.

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I see you don’t watch Survivor.

I nominate St. John.

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I don’t, so I had to look up who you were talking about. And I’ll bet you a donut that one or both of his parents is British. So my claim still stands.

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Colin (though that’s becoming more popular in the US)
Evelyn

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Alister

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I know 2 little ones named Liam. Celtic names are getting to be very very trendy here. I would like to nominate Basil.

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Yep. Perhaps not as popular for babies as it once was, but not an old-people name in the way that some of those listed are (Basil & Rupert - and Evelyn is now mostly female and not very popular even as that)

Perhaps the Americans could pick out any unfamiliar ones in the top 100 for babies:

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/specials/babiesnames_boys.asp

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And how do you pronounce it? :confused:

I have always said “ee-an”.

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Rupert Grint is only 18.