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    These are the most popular British baby names in each UK city

    Where does yours lie?

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    By Delphine Chui
    Published 2 June 2017 In Features

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    Where does yours lie?

    What's in a name? Without quoting Shakespeare too much, what you're called or what you call your baby can tell you a lot about when you might cross a milestone in your life. For example, these names are likely to be fitter and these names are predicted to get pregnant this year.

    We've already seen the trendiest baby names of this year and even, the poshest baby names (thanks for that George and Charlotte), and now it seems that names are regional too.

    Character Cottages and parenting website Bounty surveyed over 350,000 baby names around the UK to match the most popular names with the baby's residing city. Some names, like Olivia and Jack, were popular across the UK while others like Muhammed were very London-centric. Here are the full results:

    Most popular names in England

    Sunderland

    Charlie and Amelia

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    James and Jessica

    Carlisle

    Max and Emily

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    Ripon

    Oliver and Amelia

    York

    George and Jessica

    Lancaster

    Aiden and Emily

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    Leeds

    Jack and Amelia

    Preston

    Olivia and Amelia

    Bradford

    Oliver and Amelia

    Hull

    Oliver and Emily

    Salford

    Aaron and Isabelle

    Wakefield

    Thomas and Amelia

    Liverpool

    Joseph and Isabella

    Manchester

    Harry and Amelia

    Sheffield

    Jacob and Amelia

    Chester

    Harry and Chloe

    Stoke-on-Trend

    Jacob and Olivia

    Wolverhampton

    Jack and Lily

    Nottingham

    Oliver and Olivia

    Lincoln

    Charlie and Amelia

    Birmingham

    Alfie and Amelia

    Lichfield

    Harry and Olivia

    Worcester

    Jack and Amelia

    Coventry

    Noah and Amelia

    Leicester

    Charlie and Isla

    Peterborough

    Jack and Amelia

    Ely

    Jack and Emily

    Norwich

    Jack and Amelia

    Hereford

    Jake and Poppy

    Derby

    Charlie and Olivia

    Cambridge

    Oliver and Sophie

    St Albans

    James and Olivia

    Gloucester

    Alfie and Amelia

    Oxford

    Jack and Emily

    Chelmsford

    George and Amelia

    Bath

    Jack and Amelia

    London

    Muhammed and Amelia

    Canterbury

    Oliver and Poppy

    Winchester

    Harry and Phoebe

    Salisbury

    Oliver and Chloe

    Chicester

    Oliver and Mia

    Brighton

    Oscar and Eyle

    Portsmouth

    George and Amelia

    Southampton

    Harry and Amelia

    Wells

    Oliver and DAisy

    Exeter

    Jack and Amelia

    Plymouth

    Oliver and Lily

    Truro

    Harry and Amelia

    Most popular names in Northern Ireland

    Arnagh

    Jack and Emily

    Belfast

    Jacob and Amelia

    Derry

    James and Emily

    Usburn

    Harry and Emily

    Newry

    Ryan and Grace

    Most popular names in Scotland

    Aberdeen

    Jack and Sophie

    Dundee

    Sebastian and Poppy

    Edinburgh

    Jack and Olivia

    Glasgow

    Lewis and Olivia

    Inverness

    Oliver and Olivia

    Perth

    Tom and Ellidh

    Stirling

    Noah and Ellie

    Most popular names in Wales

    Bangor

    Osian and Amelia

    Cardiff

    Jacob and Olivia

    Newport

    Jacob and Amelia

    St David's

    Jacob and Emily

    St Asaph

    Osian and Evie

    Swansea

    Charlie and Amelia

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