The UK's Top 50 house names from the Halifax House Names Survey 2003

1. The Cottage 2. Rose Cottage 3. The Bungalow 4. The Coach House 5. Orchard House 6. The Lodge 7. Woodlands 8. The Old School House 9. Ivy Cottage 10. The Willows 11. The Barn 12. The Old Rectory 13. Hillside 14. Hillcrest 15. The Croft 16. The Old Vicarage 17. Sunnyside

18. Orchard Cottage 19. Yew Tree Cottage 20. The Laurels 21. The Old Post Office 22. The Gables 23. The Hollies 24. The Beeches 25. The Firs 26. Woodside 27. Meadow View 28. The Stables 29. The White House 30. Holly Cottage 31. Willow Cottage 32. Highfield 33. The Haven 34. Springfield

35. Fairview 36. White Cottage 37. Mill House 38 The Orchard 39. Treetops 40. Primrose Cottage 41. The Granary 42. The Nook 43. Corner Cottage 44. School House 45. Greenacres 46. The Old School 47. Honeysuckle Cottage 48. Lilac Cottage 49. Wayside 50. Oaklands

house nameAnimals and birds

Badgers Cottage, Cuckoo Cottage, Curlew Cottage, Dolphin Cottage, Fox Hollow, Kestrels, Magpies, Mole End, Nightingale Cottage, Robin Hill, Rookery Nook, Squirrels Leap, Swallow Barn, The Jays and Two Hoots

Trees Orchard House, The Orchard, Woodlands, Treetops, Oaklands, The Willows, Yew Tree Cottage, The Laurels, The Hollies, The Beeches and The Firs.

house namePlants and flowers Rose Cottage, Primrose Cottage, Honeysuckle Cottage and Lilac Cottage.

Locations and views Hillside, Hillcrest, Sunnyside, Woodside, Meadow View and Fairview.

house nameHistorical The Coach House, The Old School House, The Old Rectory, The Old Vicarage, The Old Post Office, Mill House, The Granary and The Grange

Fairytales and Old Favourites Thimble Cottage, Pippins, The Little House, The Nutshell, Whispers, Wishing Well Cottage and The Nest.

Holidays and beauty spots Ambleside, Blencathra, Eskdale, Rydal, Tarn Hows, Windermere, Larmona, Tresco and Kynance.

AUSTRALIAN: MOST POPULAR

Admiral's Rest Blue Peter Driftwood Heathmere Little Brook Quarterdeck Sea Light Seaholme Stillwater Tricklebrook Watergate Waterworks Bay Cottage By the C Glenbrook Jolly Roger Loch Ness Ripple Cove Sea Shanty Seaspray The Anchorage Waterbank Waterside Bayside Clearbrook Gracemere Lakeside Middle Watch Rippleside Sea-breeze Seaview The C Syde Waterford Waterview Bayview Creekside Grasmere Lakeview Ocean Glory Riverlands Seacrest Seven Seas The Mooring Waterfront Waterwheel

AUSTRALIAN: OTHER POPULAR NAMES

Abbeville Airedale Allowah Anukana Arondale Auvergene Bay Light Bellbrae Bentong Boandyne Boomerang Brox Calypso Carringbush Chastleton Colbinabbin Coolooli Corrabert Cunalong Donny Brook Dundullimal Eclipse Entally House Fenagh Fontenoy Frogmore Gembrook Glen Rock Goathland Gwynonwy Hauroto Huon Jonkeri Katajuta Kiltullagh La Bassee Leightwood Lushwood Mairoa Melody Haven Moondai Nerinnan Nutcote Perricoota Purulia Rheola Rosemerta Seronak Aber Dare Albermarle Alpha Cottage Ardbeg Arrandoon Baileglas Beaufort Beltana Bimbah Boera Boree Cabonne Bugunanu Caradoc Casallenroc Cheviot Coodra Cottage Coomboona Corry Darnlee Drumcondra Dunraven Ediebelle Eucla Fern-Nook Fouilly Gardenhurst Ghalia Glenbervie Golden Pond Haiwara Hillhome Hymettus Kagadis Katoomba Kiota La Mascotte Lime's Grove Macquarie Mawarra Merrimeade Mouquet Nerrena Oceana Pholiota Raffles Ripondale Rosewyn Shadow Wood Acton Brae Aldersyde Ambergate Argo Askeaton Barbreck Bedarra Ben Gairn Birdbrooke Boniedoun Borough (The) But And Ben Carida Cavan Cobbindale Coogee Coonac Cracau Das Kluge Haus Drumkeeran Earlsbrae Eeyeuk Eulameet Finn Barr Four Seasons Garryowen Glen Cairn Glendarwel Gougane Barra Harilda Hinemoa Illabarook Kalkabury Kelynark Kuringai Labassa Linnbrae Macroom Mawollock Miamyn Mulberry Hill New Castle Oribetxea Pine Grove Ramornie Rippon Lea San Juan Shenandoah Agecroft Hall Aliki Amberwood Ariel Aurora Barwondale Belhelvie Benlomond Birrihlee Bookanan Bou Saada Cadagi Carrdhu Chartres Cobbles (The) Cookinburra Cootamundra Wattle Cressbrook Deep Dene Duncraig Ebenezer Ellamanna Everglades Floraville Four Winds Gaticar Glen Druid Glenlui Gurthahuma Harley Hopgood Ivynook Kappi-Jarri Kialla Kyeamba Langi Lilli Lough-Erin Maelstrom Mellowood Moncastel Narambla Nosnilloc Panshanger Poligolet Red-Lau Rongatea Sandlewood Somerstreet

Sonama Streanshalh Talaska Terra Nova Tiro Aoana Underwood Violetta Waitara Wapengo Wexford Wonga Wyalong Yellowstone

Sonata Surf Side Tandrarook Terregles Tommhanah Upton Grey Waanyarra Wandai Waranga Wildwood Woorigoleen Wyaralong Yuulong

Spency Croft Taggerty Taralea Tilaura Tooaree Valley High Wagin Wandledene Wendandi Winmarleigh Wren Haven Wynnum Zanetta

Stoneywall House Takapuna Tea Tree Hill Tintern Ultima Vignacourt Wainona Wandobah Werndew Wiridgil Wyahla Yamarla

AUSTRALIAN: WATER AND SEA

Admiral's Rest Blue Peter Driftwood Heathmere Little Brook Quarterdeck Sea Light Seaholme Stillwater Tricklebrook Watergate Waterworks Bay Cottage By the C Glenbrook Jolly Roger Loch Ness Ripple Cove Sea Shanty Seaspray The Anchorage Waterbank Waterside Bayside Clearbrook Gracemere Lakeside Middle Watch Rippleside Sea-breeze Seaview The C Syde Waterford Waterview Bayview Creekside Grasmere Lakeview Ocean Glory Riverlands Seacrest Seven Seas The Mooring Waterfront Waterwheel