Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Somerset

Gender

Male

Origin

English
from the summer settlers

Syllables

3

Themes

  • Surname

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Somerset

Pronunciation

s(o)-mer-set, som(e)-rset

Famous People

Writer Somerset Maugham

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 1998 (rank #2898, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1998 (rank #3843, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
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Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence