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The Georgian Era of British history is a period which takes its name from, and is normally defined as spanning the reigns of the first four Hanoverian kings of Great Britain who were all named George: George I, George II, George III and George IV.

Georgian society and its preoccupations were well portrayed in the novels of writers such as Henry Fielding, Mary Shelley and Jane Austen, characterized by the architecture of Robert Adam, John Nash and James Wyatt and the emergence of the Gothic Revival style.

The flowering of the arts was most vividly shown in the emergence of the Romantic poets, principally through Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth, Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Blake, John Keats, Lord Byron and Robert Burns. Their work ushered in a new era of poetry, characterized by vivid and colorful language, evocative of elevating ideas and themes.

Baby Girl Names:

1. Iona

Meaning: From the Isle of Iona; Origin: Scottish

2. Lydia

Meaning: From Lydia; Origin: Greek

3. Jane

Meaning: God is gracious; Origin: English

4. Eliza

Meaning: Short form of Elizabeth; Origin: Hebrew

5. Torie

Meaning: Short form of Victoria (victorious); Origin: English

6. Hannah

Meaning: Grace; Origin: Hebrew

7. Anne

Meaning: Gracious; Origin: Hebrew

8. Mary

Meaning: Bitter; Origin: Hebrew

9. Caroline

Meaning: Beautiful; Origin: French

10. Emma

Meaning: Universal; Origin: Latin

Baby Boy Names:

1. Grainger

Meaning: Farmer of Grain; Origin: English

2. Holmes

Meaning: Island River; Origin: English

3. Watson

Meaning: Walter’s Son; Origin: English

4. Briggs

Meaning: Bridge Dweller; Origin: English

5. Asa

Meaning: Born in the Dawn; Origin: Hebrew

6. Morris

Meaning: Dark-Skinned; Origin: English

7. Adam

Meaning: Son of the Earth; Origin: Hebrew

8. Weston

Meaning: From the West; Origin: English

9. Elton

Meaning: From the Olde Towne; Origin: English

10. Norton

Meaning: From the Northern Town; Origin: English