"upper/lower, old/new, or adding ""extension"". ""Main Street"" and ""High Street"" are common names for the major street in the middle of a shopping area in the United States and the United Kingdom, respectively. The most common street name in the US is ""2nd"" or ""Second"". The etymology of a street name is sometimes very obvious, but at other times it might be obscure or even forgotten. In the United States, most streets are named after numbers, landscapes, trees (a combination of trees and landscapes such as ""Oakhill"" is used often in residential areas), or the surname of an important individual"
"often derived – was, along with William, the most frequent male name throughout the nineteenth century and in the first half of the twentieth century. Jack was included on lists of the most frequently used male baby names in the UK for 2003–2007. In 1994, Jack was the most popular name in London but was not among the 10 most popular in the preceding 970 years. A survey in December 2008 showed that Jack was the most popular name in the UK for the fourteenth consecutive year, since it overtook Thomas in 1994. In 2014, Jack was again the most"
"(324th,1,662), Merseyside, (498th,1,624), West Yorkshire, (509th,1,648), Cheshire, (540th,1,624), Kent, (816th,1,614), and Lancashire, (843rd,1,730). Rose (surname) The surname Rose can be of English, Scottish, Irish, French, and German origin. The name Ruskin (Rose + Kin) is derived from Rose. As a surname, Rose is the 69th most common surname, with 89,001 bearers. It has the highest concentration in Luton where it is the most common surname, with 4,858 bearers, and is the most prevalent in Greater London, where it is the 20th most common surname with 11,246 bearers. Other concentrations include, City of Leeds, (11th,4,840), Surrey (14th,8,056), Ceredigion, (38th,1,718), Staffordshire, (55th,3,298),"
"surname are ""James"", ""John"", ""David"", ""Robert"", and ""William"". In the United Kingdom, the surname was ranked in the United Kingdom Census 1881 as the 8,913th most common surname; with 347 recorded, equalling 0.001% of the population. Currently the surname is ranked as the 6,817th most common; with 714 recorded, equalling 0.002% of the population. This census shows that the county where the surname occurred the most, and was most frequent, was Inverness-shire (in Scotland); with 86 of the name recorded, equalling 0.0986% of the population there. The town where the surname occurred the most, and was most frequent, was Kilmuir"
"became so popular in England that the phrase ""Tom, Dick, and Harry"" began to be used to refer to men in general. The common English feminine forms of the name are Harriet and Henrietta. Henry has been a consistently popular name in English-speaking countries for centuries. It was among the top 100 most popular names used for boys born in the United States, England and Wales, and in Australia in 2007. It was the 46th most common name for boys and men in the United States in the 1990 census. Harry, its short form, was the fifth most popular name"
"such as the case with streets like Kipling or Woodbine Avenues that have separate sections in York Region) in Richmond Hill, running almost due north of the Toronto one. The thoroughfare's name sounds tautological or self-contradictory from a North American perspective, where ""avenue"" is one of the most common generic designations for street names; Robert Fulford once wrote that it ""sounded like an identity crisis with pavement"". However, Avenue Road is a common street name elsewhere in the English-speaking world, notably London, where at least 40 streets bear this name. In British English, an ""avenue"" is a row of trees,"
"but often also referred to as ""Kevin"". The name was rarely given before the 20th century but has been ""widely adopted throughout the English-speaking world"" since, surging in popularity during the 1950s. The sudden rise in popularity may be tied to actor Kevin McCarthy, who first became famous with ""Death of a Salesman"" (1951). In the United States the name's popularity peaked at rank 11 in 1963. It has steadily decreased in popularity since then, but is still given with moderate frequency, at rank 89 as of 2016. The name followed a similar trajectory in the United Kingdom, gaining popularity"
"widely distributed throughout the country, but especially common in Scotland, Cornwall, and Wales. Thomas is the ninth most common surname in the United Kingdom. It is found as a personal name among Christians in India, and in the United States; it is also used as a family name among the Saint Thomas Christian families from Kerala, South India. In the 1990 United States Census, Thomas was the twelfth most common surname, accounting for 0.3% of the population. In France, Thomas (pronounced ) is the third most widespread surname after Martin and Bernard, with over 100,000 people with this name. Thomas"
"came up with different results. In that poll, conducted for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 2,000 people in the United Kingdom were asked about their pets' names. The most popular names were: A 1998 poll in Britain conducted for Petplan, an animal insurer, found the most popular cat names to be Charlie, Milly, Oscar, Tiger, Poppy, Sophie, Rosie, Smudge and Lucy. According 2005–2006 statistics from the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association 34 percent of United States households own at least one cat, an estimated 90 million cats in total. The United States' largest pet insurer,"
"a view of the geographic distribution of this surname over time. As a surname, Hayes is the 191st most common surname in Great Britain, with 42,475 bearers. It is most common in Kent, where it is the 73rd most common surname, with 4,828 bearers. Other concentrations include, Buckinghamshire, (34th,3,304), Caerphilly, (43rd,1,700), Carmarthenshire, (48th,1,696), Merseyside, (79th,3,252), Swansea, (86th,1,704), City of Leeds (165th,1,722), Lancashire, (177th,3,370), Greater London, (288th,3,358), Greater Manchester, (335th,1,724), Cheshire, (386th,1,678), Essex, (618th,1,666), and Scotland. Other notable concentrations include, Tyne and Wear, West Yorkshire including, the City of Wakefield, Nottinghamshire, the City of Glasgow, Midlothian, Moray, Aberdeenshire, Banffshire, North Yorkshire,"
"name in Britain, and it remains popular: 267 children were named it last year. Curiously, though, it has spawned a bewildering sub-sect of names, nearly all of which are unrelentingly bizarre. There were 101 Demi-Leighs last year, seven Chelsea-Leighs and four called Lilleigh, which sounds like a sanitary product. In 2012, it was announced that the Scottish Borders Council was to inscribe extracts from the song's lyrics into the pavement at the newly developed Market Square in Galashiels. Council engineer David Johnstone said the authority felt it was appropriate to mark the links between Galashiels and the song: The lyrics"
"became common in the English-speaking world only in the 18th century. Today, it is frequently used throughout the world. It was the 10th most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2007 and the 88th most popular name for females in the 1990 census there. It has been among the top 150 names given to girls in the United States for the past 100 years. It was the 89th most popular name for girls born in England and Wales in 2007; the 94th most popular name for girls born in Scotland in 2007; the 13th most popular"
"the ""High Street"" of most of England, the ""Front Street"" of County Durham and the ""Main Street"" of Ireland and the USA. Fore Street ""Fore Street"" is a name often used for the main street of a town or village. Usage is almost entirely confined to the south west of England but it does also occur in some other parts of the country. There is also a Fore Street in Portland, Maine, United States, presumably named by colonists from SW England. The prevalence of streets named ""Fore Street"" in Cornwall is due to a survival from the Cornish language -""Forth"""
"Fore Street ""Fore Street"" is a name often used for the main street of a town or village. Usage is almost entirely confined to the south west of England but it does also occur in some other parts of the country. There is also a Fore Street in Portland, Maine, United States, presumably named by colonists from SW England. The prevalence of streets named ""Fore Street"" in Cornwall is due to a survival from the Cornish language -""Forth"" = ""Street"". There are over seventy ""Fore Streets"" in Cornwall and about seventy five in Devon. The name is to equivalent to"
"mid 1980s, surveys indicated that the most popular names in the UK were largely genderless and based on colour, with few personal names, although ""Tabitha"" remained popular and ""Sam"" was the most popular name for male cats. In 2006, Direct Line, a pet insurance company, compiled a list of the most popular cat names chosen by its customers. The company's list of popular cat names ""overlaps heavily with the same year's 100 most popular children's names in England and Wales"", according to Melissa Lafsky, writing in the ""Freakonomics"" blog at the ""New York Times"" website: Another survey conducted in 2006"
"best-known example is in York. The unusual etymologies of quite a few street names in the United Kingdom are documented in ""Rude Britain"", complete with photographs of local signage. In the past, many streets were named for the type of commerce or industry found there. This rarely happens in modern times, but many such older names are still common. Examples are London's Haymarket; Barcelona's Carrer de Moles (Millstone Street), where the stonecutters used to have their shops; and Cannery Row in Monterey, California. Some streets are named for landmarks that were in the street, or nearby, when it was built."
"and in other instances to block passage until a toll had been paid). It has also been speculated that the name Pike might be derived in some instances from the word ""peak"", such as when somebody resided at the peak of a hill (note, for instance, the usage of the word ""pike"" in the name of Scafell Pike, England's highest mountain). Pike (surname) Pike is a common surname of English origin. In the United States, Pike is the 1138th most common surname (based on the 1990 census). In England and Wales, it is the 513th most common surname (based on"
"States. Prior to Jayden, Logan was the most popular unisex name for boys and prior to Madison, Alexis was the most popular unisex name for girls. Many popular nicknames are unisex. Some nicknames, such as Alex and Pat, have become popular as given names in their own right. The following list of unisex nicknames are most commonly seen in English-speaking countries such as Canada, the United States, Australia, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. Finnish law bans giving ""female child a male name and male child a female name"" among other restrictions. Some ambiguous names do exist, which have been"
"places called ""Crawford"" (for example Crawford, South Lanarkshire, Scotland; Dorset, England; and Somerset, England). The placename is derived from the Old English elements ""crāwe"" (""crow"") and ""ford"" (""ford""). In some cases the surname is a variant spelling of the English surname ""Crowfoot"" (see ""Crofoot""). As a surname, Crawford is the 289th most common name in Great Britain, with 30,292 bearers. It is most common in South Lanarkshire where it is the 5th most common surname with 3,384 bearers and in Highland where it is the 8th most common surname with 3,394 bearers. Other concentrations include Belfast (25th, 3,328), Greater Manchester"
"The study found that over 90% of the 45,602 surnames in the dictionary are native to Britain and Ireland, with the most common in the UK being Smith, Jones, Williams, Brown, Taylor, Johnson, and Lee. The findings have been published in the ""Oxford English Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland"", with project leader, Professor Richard Coates calling the study ""more detailed and accurate"" than those before. He elaborated on the origins; ""Some surnames have origins that are occupational – obvious examples are Smith and Baker. Other names can be linked to a place, for example Hill or Green,"
"the United States in 2017. Since 2014, Olivia has been the most popular given name to baby girls in the UK for four consecutive years running. Olivia (name) Olivia is a feminine given name in the English language. It is derived from Latin ""oliva"" ""olive"". The name was first popularised by William Shakespeare's character in the ""Twelfth Night"", but in fact the name occurs in England as early as the thirteenth century. Olivia has been a popular name throughout the English-speaking world since the mid-1990s, and has been one of the most popular given names for baby girls in the"
"Clark Clark is an English language surname, ultimately derived from the Latin ""clericus"" meaning ""scribe"", ""secretary"" or a scholar within a religious order, referring to someone who was educated. ""Clark"" evolved from ""clerk"". First records of the name are found in 12th-century England. The name has many variants. ""Clark"" is the twenty-seventh most common surname in the United Kingdom, including placing fourteenth in Scotland. Clark is also an occasional given name, as in the case of Clark Gable. According to the 1990 United States Census, ""Clark"" was the twenty-first most frequently encountered surname, accounting for 0.23% of the population. Notable"
"about 0.56% of the population. The name gained a resurgence in the United States in the 1970s and 1980s, when it was ranked among the 200 most popular names for girls. The character Tabitha Stephens, a child witch on the 1960s television situation comedy ""Bewitched"", raised the profile of the name. It has since declined in popularity. In 2009 it was the 647th most popular name for girls in the United States. The name was the 209th most popular name for girls in England and Wales in 2007. Tabitha is rare as a surname. Tabitha Tabitha () is an English"
"East Anglian region of Britain, Norfolk or Suffolk, deriving from ""bloc"", a bloke. In the United Kingdom and United States, John has historically been one of the most common male first names, and Smith is the most common surname in each, so ""John Smith"" is a recurrent pseudonym and placeholder name in those countries (especially in legal contexts). In the United States, John Doe, John Q. Public, Joe Blow, Joe Sixpack and Joe Schmoe are also used. In Germany, Max Mustermann (male), Erika Mustermann (female), literally ""Max/Erika Example-Person,"" and Otto Normalverbraucher (""Otto Normal Consumer"") are used. Other international variations can"
"most popular name in 2002. In 2001, it was the 18th most common name. From 1999 to 2003, Andrew was the sixth most often chosen name for a boy. In the United Kingdom in 1974, Andrew was the fourth-most common name given to baby boys, and it was third in 1964. In Scotland, Andrew was the most popular name given to baby boys in 1993, with 1,099 boys given the name that year. In Norway, with the spelling 'Andreas', the name has been the second-most common name given to boys of the 1990s. The eleventh most common baby name in"
"Truman. (He once told reporters—apparently at odds with his own practice—that the S should thus not be followed by period.) More than two given names are fairly common. In England they are traditionally more common among the ""upper classes"" and ""middle classes"". Examples are J. R. R. Tolkien, W.E.B. Du Bois, George H. W. Bush. Middle names can also be used as first names. Major examples are Paul McCartney, Mitt Romney, Dakota Fanning, Elle Fanning, Sylvester Stallone, Jonathan Demme, Riley Keough, Reese Witherspoon, Hayley Orrantia, Brad Pitt, Ashton Kutcher, Meghan Markle, Rihanna, Scott Chandler, Nomar Garciaparra, Bill Mumy, Roger Waters"
"female name since it is the name of a country and it had been used as a feminine given name for more than hundred years in England and the U.S. Although India is a feminine given name in the world, it is not a popular given name in India. Girls who are given this name are usually called with a nickname ""Indy"", or ""Indie"" which are also given names for girls in English speaking countries. It was the 217th most popular name for girls born in England and Wales in 2007. It has been in use in the United States"
"the 10th century. In English, Christopher may be abbreviated as ""Chris"", and sometimes ""Kit"". Another less common abbreviation is ""Topher"" or ""Toph"". It was frequently the most popular male first name in the United Kingdom, having been in the top twenty in England and Wales from the 1940s until 1995, although it has since dropped out of the top 100. The name is most common in England and not so common in Wales, Scotland, or Ireland. Christopher Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (""Christóforos""). The constituent parts are Χριστός (""Christós""), ""Christ"""
"Gordon, though some have female versions like Cecilia or Geraldine. Other languages have few equivalents, although the saint's surname Xavier is often used by Roman Catholics. During most of the 19th century, the most popular given names were Mary and either John or William for girls and boys, respectively. Throughout the Early Modern period, the variation of given names was comparatively small; the three most frequent male given names accounted for close to 50% of male population throughout this period. For example, of the boys born in London in the year 1510, 24.4% were named John, 13.3% were named Thomas"
"English language's pronunciation. A number of places in the US have been named for the various famous people named Lee: Lee (English surname) Lee is a common surname in English-speaking countries. In the United States during the year 2000 census, ""Lee"" was the 22nd-most-common surname; although this conflates a number of unrelated surnames with the same spelling (see below). There are several distinct origins of the Lee surname. The most common is derived from Old English ""lēah"", meaning a meadow or forest clearing. This developed variously into the surnames Lee, Lea, and Leigh. The Lees of Shropshire were notable as"
"Rose (surname) The surname Rose can be of English, Scottish, Irish, French, and German origin. The name Ruskin (Rose + Kin) is derived from Rose. As a surname, Rose is the 69th most common surname, with 89,001 bearers. It has the highest concentration in Luton where it is the most common surname, with 4,858 bearers, and is the most prevalent in Greater London, where it is the 20th most common surname with 11,246 bearers. Other concentrations include, City of Leeds, (11th,4,840), Surrey (14th,8,056), Ceredigion, (38th,1,718), Staffordshire, (55th,3,298), North Lanarkshire, (94th,1,666), Essex, (101st,4,784), South Yorkshire, (101st,3,212), Belfast, (268th,1,632), Cardiff, (272nd,1,618), Bristol,"
"in Great Britain, mainly in Yorkshire. The 2010 United States Census found 17,059 people with the surname Chow, making it the 2,122nd-most-common name in the country. This represented an increase from 15,650 (2,124th-most-common) in the 2000 Census. In both censuses, slightly less than nine-tenths of the bearers of the surname identified as Asian, between three and four per cent as White, and between three and four percent as Hispanic. It was the 72nd-most-common surname among respondents to the 2000 Census who identified as Asian. People with other surnames spelled Chow, or for whom the Chinese characters of their names are"
"or as an occupational surname from the Anglo-Saxon words Bucc and Leah, meaning goat and wood. The surname Buckley is the 435th most common name in the United Kingdom, or 234th in England and Wales. It is particularly common in Surrey, but also Cheshire, Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire amongst other places. A branch of the Buckley family lived in Buckley, Greater Manchester in Rochdale for many centuries. They gave their name to Buckley Hall a manorhouse found within the locality. Their name is said to derive from ""bleak hill"" and they can be traced back to a ""Geoffrey de"