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Edward
Thomas
Robert
George
Michael
Peter
Matthew
Jonathan

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Elizabeth
Hannah
Emily
Catherine
Jennifer
Rebecca
Rachel
Emma
Helen

Elizabeth
Victoria
Georgia
Alice
Ann / Anne
Catherine / Katherine

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Henry
William
Charles
Albert
George
John
Thomas

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For the longer names, you could even use a NN. Thomas could be Tom, Katherine could be Kathy, Kate, or Katie, John could be Johnny, etc.

Ethan? has TH that the children will learn to pornounced and the name could help

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Milo?

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simple John? Johnny?

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Ian maybe? or Sean?

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girls:

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Freya

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Ruby

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Grace

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Gillian (soft G) is typically English, since it evolved in England as a form of Juliana and was exported to the USA relatively late. Although not much used for babies at the moment it has a quintessential English feel.
I also suggest Tamsin (the s is pronounced like a z). Like the overused Jennifer it originated in Cornwall (Tamsin is a form of Thomasina) and spread to the rest of England.
A boy's Cornish name is Denzil.
Marmaduke is a Yorkshire name (but for some curious reason is not very popular!!!).

This message was edited 12/3/2008, 12:35 AM

You can always name it Harry. The Harry Potter connection can't hurt and it's very typical in my opinion.

I'd look at the most common names given children born in England and Wales in 2003 and choose one of them that fits your other criteria:

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

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

George

LOL, I'm German and our English teacher did exactly the same. I don't even remember what the puppet looked like anymore, but I do remember that his name was Alf. I have no idea why, it's not even a typical English name. I also know that she used the same puppet in other classes, and it was called Nancy in one of them. I do think that's a name that we would consider pretty English, as it's not one of those names that has really crossed over (like Jennifer, Jessica, Mandy, Cindy, etc.).