Tens of thousands of Brits up and down the country make their home in uniquely named houses... But have you ever wondered which of those house names on special plaques are not so unique?
We’ve analysed every street in
the UK to reveal the most popular house and building names, and discovered what themes draw many of them together.
What are UK houses most commonly named after?
‘Orchard’ is officially the most popular house name in Britain, with 18,211 homes in the UK bearing this moniker, and over 17,000 of them situated in England. Find out the rest of the top 20 by expanding the list below.
18,211
1.
orchard
13,410
2.
rose
10,937
3.
oak
10,176
4.
victoria
9,973
5.
willow
9,528
6.
meadow
9,150
7.
white
8,268
8.
holly
7,101
9.
brook
6,427
10.
beech
expand
11.
ivy
6,234
12.
green
6,141
13.
elm
5,615
14.
yew
5,481
15.
cedar
5,271
16.
queens
5,260
17.
kings
5,118
18.
windsor
4,956
19.
jubilee
4,837
20.
woodside
4,780
18,211
1.
orchard
13,410
2.
rose
10,937
3.
oak
10,176
4.
victoria
9,973
5.
willow
expand
6.
meadow
9,528
7.
white
9,150
8.
holly
8,268
9.
brook
7,101
10.
beech
6,427
The most popular names per country
The most popular house name in England is also ‘Orchard’, with 17,167 homes or buildings going by an official title including this word. In Scotland, ‘Burnside’ is the most popular name for a house, with 1,132 house names
there containing this word.
Over in Wales, there are 777 houses and buildings with names containing the word ‘Rose’, making this floral moniker the most popular house name in the country. Houses going by ‘Arc’ are the
most popular in Northern Ireland: there are 478 house names containing this word.
1.
orchard
17,167
2.
rose
12,126
3.
oak
10,245
4.
willow
9,440
5.
victoria
9,371
6.
meadow
9,024
7.
white
8,504
8.
holly
7,914
9.
brook
6,760
10.
beech
5,960
11.
ivy
5,578
12.
green
5,570
13.
elm
5,312
14.
yew
5,162
15.
queens
5,127
16.
cedar
4,931
17.
kings
4,908
18.
jubilee
4,546
19.
windsor
4,376
20.
cherry
4,351
1.
England
2.
Scotland
3.
Wales
4.
Northern Ireland
- England
- Scotland
- Wales
- Northern Ireland
1.
orchard
17,167
2.
rose
12,126
3.
oak
10,245
4.
willow
9,440
5.
victoria
9,371
6.
meadow
9,024
7.
white
8,504
8.
holly
7,914
9.
brook
6,760
10.
beech
5,960
11.
ivy
5,578
12.
green
5,570
13.
elm
5,312
14.
yew
5,162
15.
queens
5,127
16.
cedar
4,931
17.
kings
4,908
18.
jubilee
4,546
19.
windsor
4,376
20.
cherry
4,351
1.
burnside
1,132
2.
woodside
661
3.
rose
495
4.
hillview
389
5.
rosebank
382
6.
rowan
373
7.
newton
352
8.
orchard
341
9.
seaview
340
10.
braeside
337
11.
bridgend
326
12.
kirkton
306
13.
victoria
297
13.
ivy
297
15.
springfield
289
15.
milton
289
17.
woodend
287
18.
sunnyside
286
19.
glen
274
20.
brae
270
1.
rose
777
2.
orchard
631
3.
oak
557
4.
hafod
511
5.
windsor
498
6.
victoria
470
7.
ty gwyn
466
8.
white
429
9.
green
420
10.
rock
393
11.
meridian
360
12.
ivy
359
13.
awelon
352
13.
brynhyfryd
352
15.
meadow
339
16.
brook
325
17.
garth
321
17.
willow
317
17.
st davids
317
20.
liberty
316
1.
arc
478
2.
bass
114
3.
claremont
105
4.
lisburn
101
5.
bradbury
98
6.
glen
90
6.
latharna
90
8.
portmore
88
9.
stranmillis
85
10.
cido
84
11.
russell
82
12.
grainne
80
13.
st brecans
78
14.
ross
75
15.
riverview
73
15.
omagh
73
15.
strand
73
18.
kilbroney
72
18.
orchard
72
20.
oaks
71
Most popular house name per historic county
After analysing the most popular house name in each historic county, we found that 42 of the county names can be categorised under ‘nature’, mostly consisting of flower names, or types of tree.
All
England
Scotland
Wales
Hover over a historic county on the map to reveal its most popular house name.
Category of name:
nature
42
name or locational
23
scottish origin
8
welsh origin
5
colour
3
religion
2
royalty
2
english origin
1
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- List
All
England
Scotland
Wales
Hover over a historic county on the map to reveal its most popular house name.
Category of name:
nature
42
name or locational
23
scottish origin
8
welsh origin
5
colour
3
religion
2
royalty
2
english origin
1
Themes
There are 17,299 houses in the UK with the name ‘Rose’ in their official title – that’s more than any other house name in the flower category.
Choose another theme below to view the most popular UK house names in that
category.
-
Flowers
-
Colours
-
Disney
-
Writers
-
Trees
-
Harry Potter
-
Royalty
-
Emotions
-
Lord of the Rings
-
Downton Abbey
1.
rose
13,410
2.
cherry
6,759
3.
maple
4,720
4.
pear
2,414
5.
apple
1,968
6.
lilac
1,829
7.
magnolia
1,676
8.
daisy
1,110
9.
orchid
676
10.
campion
603
11.
lily
537
12.
camellia
524
13.
violet
430
14.
iris
356
15.
quince
329
16.
azalea
319
17.
larkspur
306
18.
aster
267
19.
tulip
262
20.
snowdrop
238
1.
white
9,150
2.
red
6,299
3.
green
6,141
4.
lime
2,810
5.
silver
2,421
6.
blue
2,392
7.
black
1,875
8.
olive
686
9.
brown
668
10.
coral
563
11.
plum
523
12.
gray
467
13.
teal
441
14.
azure
292
15.
ivory
236
16.
fuchsia
221
17.
yellow
160
18.
wheat
132
19.
orange
123
20.
cyan
43
1.
jasmine
2,185
2.
belle
1,591
3.
aurora
752
4.
percy
437
5.
hook
384
6.
ariel
359
7.
lumiere
323
8.
rex
239
9.
scar
211
10.
sullivan
204
1.
milton
2,591
2.
dickens
1,566
3.
byron
1,401
4.
blake
1,136
5.
chaucer
1,107
6.
holmes
820
7.
austen
812
8.
hardy
717
9.
shakespeare
712
10.
swift
686
11.
orwell
578
12.
wordsworth
567
13.
fleming
549
14.
fitzgerald
534
15.
pullman
505
16.
burns
433
17.
eliot
349
18.
beckett
241
19.
golding
225
20.
ballard
197
1.
oak
10,937
2.
willow
9,973
3.
holly
8,268
4.
beech
6,427
5.
elm
5,615
6.
ash
5,566
7.
yew
5,481
8.
cedar
5,271
9.
maple
4,720
10.
sycamore
4,134
11.
rowan
3,904
12.
hawthorn
2,591
13.
hazel
1,830
14.
poplars
1,760
15.
box
1,595
16.
juniper
1,205
17.
alder
1,101
18.
hornbeam
618
19.
blackthorn
617
20.
lindens
428
1.
phoenix
3,662
2.
crouch
262
3.
potter
141
4.
gaunt
45
5.
dursley
44
6.
firenze
24
7.
longbottom
14
8.
grindelwald
9
9.
gryffindor
6
10.
hedwig
5
11.
norbert
3
12.
hogwarts
2
12.
hufflepuff
2
1.
victoria
10,176
2.
royal
6,876
3.
elizabeth
5,805
4.
abbey
5,623
5.
crown
5,321
6.
queens
5,260
7.
kings
5,118
8.
windsor
4,956
9.
william
4,869
10.
jubilee
4,837
11.
tudor
4,743
12.
george
4,223
13.
alexandra
4,183
14.
rowan
3,904
15.
york
3,776
16.
wellington
3,756
17.
albert
3,053
18.
warwick
2,361
19.
edward
2,272
20.
princess
2,175
1.
hope
2,325
2.
sweet
409
3.
light
335
4.
heart
272
5.
joy
150
6.
happy
128
7.
bright
105
8.
love
74
9.
dark
42
10.
wonder
40
1.
rivendell
1,012
2.
buckland
660
3.
shire
629
4.
rohan
138
5.
arwen
17
6.
bilbo
13
7.
hobbiton
12
8.
baggins
9
9.
aragorn
8
10.
galadriel
6
10.
brandywine
6
10.
tolkien
6
13.
elrond
5
13.
fangorn
5
15.
eriador
4
16.
gandalf
3
16.
isengard
3
16.
minas tirith
3
19.
boromir
2
19.
osgiliath
2
1.
talbot
1,522
2.
kent
1,345
3.
stuart
1,273
4.
blake
1,136
5.
dower
784
6.
pelham
643
7.
grantham
620
8.
barrow
616
9.
parker
511
10.
mason
400
11.
harding
285
12.
crawley
220
13.
clarkson
212
14.
highclere
207
15.
bates
176
16.
baxter
167
17.
brancaster
114
18.
nugent
80
18.
aldridge
80
20.
obrien
70
1.
rose
13,410
2.
cherry
6,759
3.
maple
4,720
4.
pear
2,414
5.
apple
1,968
6.
lilac
1,829
7.
magnolia
1,676
8.
daisy
1,110
9.
orchid
676
10.
campion
603
11.
lily
537
12.
camellia
524
13.
violet
430
14.
iris
356
15.
quince
329
16.
azalea
319
17.
larkspur
306
18.
aster
267
19.
tulip
262
20.
snowdrop
238
How much is a name worth?
The combined approximate value of all houses with ‘Oak’ included in their official title is more than £12 billion, while UK homes named after ‘Wellington’ are worth the most on average (£360,058).
Use the toggles below
to view the top 20 house names ranked by collective total value and average value, or find out if your name appears in the top 20 most valuable people’s names as house names lists.
House Names
People's Names
Total Value
Average Value
1.
oak
£12,530,362,298
2.
brook
£11,170,311,524
3.
green
£10,725,339,729
4.
rose
£10,490,953,671
5.
ash
£10,267,332,063
6.
stone
£9,418,020,498
7.
elm
£6,352,119,304
8.
orchard
£6,229,879,721
9.
kings
£6,162,645,993
10.
white
£6,142,266,135
11.
meadow
£5,585,406,893
12.
willow
£4,884,110,515
13.
beech
£4,690,251,011
14.
spring
£4,052,334,458
15.
lane
£3,395,266,153
16.
queens
£2,895,294,627
17.
cedar
£2,635,127,569
18.
haven
£2,331,586,642
19.
cherry
£2,142,737,807
20.
oaks
£1,930,170,064
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Tens of thousands of Brits up and down the country make their home in uniquely named houses... But have you ever wondered which of those house names on special plaques are not so unique?
We’ve analysed every street in
the UK to reveal the most popular house and building names, and discovered what themes draw many of them together.
What are UK houses most commonly named after?
‘Orchard’ is officially the most popular house name in Britain, with 18,211 homes in the UK bearing this moniker, and over 17,000 of them situated in England. Find out the rest of the top 20 by expanding the list below.
18,211
1.
orchard
13,410
2.
rose
10,937
3.
oak
10,176
4.
victoria
9,973
5.
willow
9,528
6.
meadow
9,150
7.
white
8,268
8.
holly
7,101
9.
brook
6,427
10.
beech
expand
11.
ivy
6,234
12.
green
6,141
13.
elm
5,615
14.
yew
5,481
15.
cedar
5,271
16.
queens
5,260
17.
kings
5,118
18.
windsor
4,956
19.
jubilee
4,837
20.
woodside
4,780
18,211
1.
orchard
13,410
2.
rose
10,937
3.
oak
10,176
4.
victoria
9,973
5.
willow
expand
6.
meadow
9,528
7.
white
9,150
8.
holly
8,268
9.
brook
7,101
10.
beech
6,427
The most popular names per country
The most popular house name in England is also ‘Orchard’, with 17,167 homes or buildings going by an official title including this word. In Scotland, ‘Burnside’ is the most popular name for a house, with 1,132 house names
there containing this word.
Over in Wales, there are 777 houses and buildings with names containing the word ‘Rose’, making this floral moniker the most popular house name in the country. Houses going by ‘Arc’ are the
most popular in Northern Ireland: there are 478 house names containing this word.
1.
orchard
17,167
2.
rose
12,126
3.
oak
10,245
4.
willow
9,440
5.
victoria
9,371
6.
meadow
9,024
7.
white
8,504
8.
holly
7,914
9.
brook
6,760
10.
beech
5,960
11.
ivy
5,578
12.
green
5,570
13.
elm
5,312
14.
yew
5,162
15.
queens
5,127
16.
cedar
4,931
17.
kings
4,908
18.
jubilee
4,546
19.
windsor
4,376
20.
cherry
4,351
1.
England
2.
Scotland
3.
Wales
4.
Northern Ireland
- England
- Scotland
- Wales
- Northern Ireland
1.
orchard
17,167
2.
rose
12,126
3.
oak
10,245
4.
willow
9,440
5.
victoria
9,371
6.
meadow
9,024
7.
white
8,504
8.
holly
7,914
9.
brook
6,760
10.
beech
5,960
11.
ivy
5,578
12.
green
5,570
13.
elm
5,312
14.
yew
5,162
15.
queens
5,127
16.
cedar
4,931
17.
kings
4,908
18.
jubilee
4,546
19.
windsor
4,376
20.
cherry
4,351
1.
burnside
1,132
2.
woodside
661
3.
rose
495
4.
hillview
389
5.
rosebank
382
6.
rowan
373
7.
newton
352
8.
orchard
341
9.
seaview
340
10.
braeside
337
11.
bridgend
326
12.
kirkton
306
13.
victoria
297
13.
ivy
297
15.
springfield
289
15.
milton
289
17.
woodend
287
18.
sunnyside
286
19.
glen
274
20.
brae
270
1.
rose
777
2.
orchard
631
3.
oak
557
4.
hafod
511
5.
windsor
498
6.
victoria
470
7.
ty gwyn
466
8.
white
429
9.
green
420
10.
rock
393
11.
meridian
360
12.
ivy
359
13.
awelon
352
13.
brynhyfryd
352
15.
meadow
339
16.
brook
325
17.
garth
321
17.
willow
317
17.
st davids
317
20.
liberty
316
1.
arc
478
2.
bass
114
3.
claremont
105
4.
lisburn
101
5.
bradbury
98
6.
glen
90
6.
latharna
90
8.
portmore
88
9.
stranmillis
85
10.
cido
84
11.
russell
82
12.
grainne
80
13.
st brecans
78
14.
ross
75
15.
riverview
73
15.
omagh
73
15.
strand
73
18.
kilbroney
72
18.
orchard
72
20.
oaks
71
Most popular house name per historic county
After analysing the most popular house name in each historic county, we found that 42 of the county names can be categorised under ‘nature’, mostly consisting of flower names, or types of tree.
All
England
Scotland
Wales
Hover over a historic county on the map to reveal its most popular house name.
Category of name:
nature
42
name or locational
23
scottish origin
8
welsh origin
5
colour
3
religion
2
royalty
2
english origin
1
- GB Map
- List
All
England
Scotland
Wales
Hover over a historic county on the map to reveal its most popular house name.
Category of name:
nature
42
name or locational
23
scottish origin
8
welsh origin
5
colour
3
religion
2
royalty
2
english origin
1
Themes
There are 17,299 houses in the UK with the name ‘Rose’ in their official title – that’s more than any other house name in the flower category.
Choose another theme below to view the most popular UK house names in that
category.
-
Flowers
-
Colours
-
Disney
-
Writers
-
Trees
-
Harry Potter
-
Royalty
-
Emotions
-
Lord of the Rings
-
Downton Abbey
1.
rose
13,410
2.
cherry
6,759
3.
maple
4,720
4.
pear
2,414
5.
apple
1,968
6.
lilac
1,829
7.
magnolia
1,676
8.
daisy
1,110
9.
orchid
676
10.
campion
603
11.
lily
537
12.
camellia
524
13.
violet
430
14.
iris
356
15.
quince
329
16.
azalea
319
17.
larkspur
306
18.
aster
267
19.
tulip
262
20.
snowdrop
238
1.
white
9,150
2.
red
6,299
3.
green
6,141
4.
lime
2,810
5.
silver
2,421
6.
blue
2,392
7.
black
1,875
8.
olive
686
9.
brown
668
10.
coral
563
11.
plum
523
12.
gray
467
13.
teal
441
14.
azure
292
15.
ivory
236
16.
fuchsia
221
17.
yellow
160
18.
wheat
132
19.
orange
123
20.
cyan
43
1.
jasmine
2,185
2.
belle
1,591
3.
aurora
752
4.
percy
437
5.
hook
384
6.
ariel
359
7.
lumiere
323
8.
rex
239
9.
scar
211
10.
sullivan
204
1.
milton
2,591
2.
dickens
1,566
3.
byron
1,401
4.
blake
1,136
5.
chaucer
1,107
6.
holmes
820
7.
austen
812
8.
hardy
717
9.
shakespeare
712
10.
swift
686
11.
orwell
578
12.
wordsworth
567
13.
fleming
549
14.
fitzgerald
534
15.
pullman
505
16.
burns
433
17.
eliot
349
18.
beckett
241
19.
golding
225
20.
ballard
197
1.
oak
10,937
2.
willow
9,973
3.
holly
8,268
4.
beech
6,427
5.
elm
5,615
6.
ash
5,566
7.
yew
5,481
8.
cedar
5,271
9.
maple
4,720
10.
sycamore
4,134
11.
rowan
3,904
12.
hawthorn
2,591
13.
hazel
1,830
14.
poplars
1,760
15.
box
1,595
16.
juniper
1,205
17.
alder
1,101
18.
hornbeam
618
19.
blackthorn
617
20.
lindens
428
1.
phoenix
3,662
2.
crouch
262
3.
potter
141
4.
gaunt
45
5.
dursley
44
6.
firenze
24
7.
longbottom
14
8.
grindelwald
9
9.
gryffindor
6
10.
hedwig
5
11.
norbert
3
12.
hogwarts
2
12.
hufflepuff
2
1.
victoria
10,176
2.
royal
6,876
3.
elizabeth
5,805
4.
abbey
5,623
5.
crown
5,321
6.
queens
5,260
7.
kings
5,118
8.
windsor
4,956
9.
william
4,869
10.
jubilee
4,837
11.
tudor
4,743
12.
george
4,223
13.
alexandra
4,183
14.
rowan
3,904
15.
york
3,776
16.
wellington
3,756
17.
albert
3,053
18.
warwick
2,361
19.
edward
2,272
20.
princess
2,175
1.
hope
2,325
2.
sweet
409
3.
light
335
4.
heart
272
5.
joy
150
6.
happy
128
7.
bright
105
8.
love
74
9.
dark
42
10.
wonder
40
1.
rivendell
1,012
2.
buckland
660
3.
shire
629
4.
rohan
138
5.
arwen
17
6.
bilbo
13
7.
hobbiton
12
8.
baggins
9
9.
aragorn
8
10.
galadriel
6
10.
brandywine
6
10.
tolkien
6
13.
elrond
5
13.
fangorn
5
15.
eriador
4
16.
gandalf
3
16.
isengard
3
16.
minas tirith
3
19.
boromir
2
19.
osgiliath
2
1.
talbot
1,522
2.
kent
1,345
3.
stuart
1,273
4.
blake
1,136
5.
dower
784
6.
pelham
643
7.
grantham
620
8.
barrow
616
9.
parker
511
10.
mason
400
11.
harding
285
12.
crawley
220
13.
clarkson
212
14.
highclere
207
15.
bates
176
16.
baxter
167
17.
brancaster
114
18.
nugent
80
18.
aldridge
80
20.
obrien
70
1.
rose
13,410
2.
cherry
6,759
3.
maple
4,720
4.
pear
2,414
5.
apple
1,968
6.
lilac
1,829
7.
magnolia
1,676
8.
daisy
1,110
9.
orchid
676
10.
campion
603
11.
lily
537
12.
camellia
524
13.
violet
430
14.
iris
356
15.
quince
329
16.
azalea
319
17.
larkspur
306
18.
aster
267
19.
tulip
262
20.
snowdrop
238
How much is a name worth?
The combined approximate value of all houses with ‘Oak’ included in their official title is more than £12 billion, while UK homes named after ‘Wellington’ are worth the most on average (£360,058).
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to view the top 20 house names ranked by collective total value and average value, or find out if your name appears in the top 20 most valuable people’s names as house names lists.
House Names
People's Names
Total Value
Average Value
1.
oak
£12,530,362,298
2.
brook
£11,170,311,524
3.
green
£10,725,339,729
4.
rose
£10,490,953,671
5.
ash
£10,267,332,063
6.
stone
£9,418,020,498
7.
elm
£6,352,119,304
8.
orchard
£6,229,879,721
9.
kings
£6,162,645,993
10.
white
£6,142,266,135
11.
meadow
£5,585,406,893
12.
willow
£4,884,110,515
13.
beech
£4,690,251,011
14.
spring
£4,052,334,458
15.
lane
£3,395,266,153
16.
queens
£2,895,294,627
17.
cedar
£2,635,127,569
18.
haven
£2,331,586,642
19.
cherry
£2,142,737,807
20.
oaks
£1,930,170,064
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