If there’s one British baby names trend that Berries all over the world have embraced full-heartedly, it’s the old upper class practice of giving children two middle names.

Rooted in royalty as a way to honor a raft of vaulted relatives, the multiple-middle-name practice was pegged by one visitor to our pages as being “very posh and a bit snobby.”

But it’s also a way for name lovers to indulge their enthusiasm by using more of their favorites on fewer children. Americans who give their babies two middle names are often simply packing more name power into one extended appellation. They may also (as my husband and I were, when we named our daughter Rory Elizabeth Margaret) be adding extra middle names to honor both sides of the family at the same time.

Judging from the birth announcements in the London Telegraph, three-barreled British names are distinct in a couple of important ways:

— Flow is not a factor. American baby namers often look for middle names that maximize “flow”: a progression of sounds and syllables that are pleasing to the ear. For the Brits, what matters is to pick names with the right connections, flow be damned. So a name that encompasses discordant styles like Nancy Honor Moone or moves at a two-two-two trot such as Hector Felix Horace is fine, given the relatives who are being honored.

— Anything goes. We tend to think of the Brits as being relatively conventional, name-wise, using only traditional proper names such as Elizabeth and Charles. But in practice and as evidenced by the examples that follow, a range of diverse choices can go into the multi-name mix: nicknames such as Annie and Willie, distinctly ethnic choices such as Bronislav and Ichihashi, and surnames such as Stenhouse and Coleridge.

— Eccentricity reigns. Given the naming choices detailed above, the end result is often names that have an eccentric air, as if the three choices were picked at random from a baby naming bag. But we think these names, rooted more in meaning and family than in an air-brushed ideal of style, can ultimately be more charming.

Now on to the real goodies: the real British baby names, 20 for girls and 20 for boys, from recent London Telegraph birth announcements.

Alice Poppy Belinda

Annie Isabel Meredith

Antigone Clementine Millicent

Beatrice Beverley Kit

Cecilia Catherine Ida

Cressida Helena Christine

Elizabeth Flavia Mary Clifford

Honor Nancy Moone

Ilona Dawn Jean

India Jemima Alice

Indigo Rose Honor

Isla Rosie Ichihashi

Lucinda Veryan Stewart

Mina Victoria Ruby

Ophelia Elizabeth Princess

Orla Naomi Florence

Polly Martha Rosemary

Rose Virginie Finovola

Tallulah Diana Phina

Tilly Elizabeth Amelia

Archibald Digby Duncan

Auberon Samuel Bronislav

Bertie Pepys Willie

Digby Herbert Emery

Freddy Ian Kim

Hector Felix Horace

Henry Charles Allan William

Hugo Arpad Lucius

Humphrey Arthur Edward

Jasper John Dexter

Joash Simon Hector

Kit Hallifax Charles

Maximilian Cassius Stenhouse

Ned Benjamin Holland

Orlando Sebastian Rees

Otto Rupert Coleridge

Peregrine James Kingham

Rafe Harry Hassan

Ranulph Patrick Guy

Wilfred Piers John

This adorable birth announcement by Tiny Prints.