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Upper class baby names

78 replies

lovetpwonder · 30/07/2018 21:58

Not to be confused with crushed velvet sofa and annual holiday to Dubai names Grin (inspired by another poster).

Hit me with your upper class/well to do baby girl names that are still used today!

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missmouse101 · 30/07/2018 22:00

Fenella, Arabella, Eleanore

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Fucksgiven · 30/07/2018 22:05

Why does this matter to you? If you were upper class you would call your child what you like and not give a hoot

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Banterlope · 30/07/2018 22:06

Chlamydia, Cuntella, Turbot

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GinIsIn · 30/07/2018 22:06

Thanks @MissMouse101 Grin

I have a soft spot for Araminta but DH vetoed it....

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cushioncovers · 30/07/2018 22:07

Banter GrinGrin

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HeyDolly · 30/07/2018 22:08

Ophelia
Serephenia
Persephone

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lovetpwonder · 30/07/2018 22:08

Fucks But that's not true, is it?

I've never met a rich and old money Hallie-Mai Wink

Although funnily enough, the richest and poshest person I've ever met was called John...

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Fucksgiven · 30/07/2018 22:10

So are you old money and posh or wanting to be pretentious? Call your kid a name you like.

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Itsear · 30/07/2018 22:11

Boys name with a ‘wet’ vibe. Cuthbert, Rupert, Peregrine, Timothy etc.

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DannyDogg · 30/07/2018 22:12

Alotta-Fagina or Jenna-Talia

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Banterlope · 30/07/2018 22:12

Hyphenate all three, job done. Nowt posher

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MarthasGinYard · 30/07/2018 22:13

Jocasta le plume puffball

Henrietta Dubois phlange a rillo

Cosima Urqhuart Upwardly Smytherooni

Cordelia Phwar Phwar Rha Oiks erson

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WellErrr · 30/07/2018 22:13

Something like Victoria but then never call them that, use an hilarious nickname like Tory or Tocky or Bumble.

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Cbeebiesrehab · 30/07/2018 22:14

I’ve met a few Arabellas and they definitely have not fit the description.

However the little Ophelia I knew certainly did!

St John is one I feel speaks to a certain class. Maybe Tarquin?
Girls names are much harder I think.

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AudreyBillingham · 30/07/2018 22:15

Posh people calls their girls Cuthbert and Timothy?!

Fucksgiven - I think you really do give too many fucks Grin

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Dioskouri · 30/07/2018 22:16

Chlamydia, Cuntella, Turbot

Turbot made me laugh out loud. Grin

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Itsear · 30/07/2018 22:17

Camilla, Lucinda, Octavia, Bunty

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Elephantgrey · 30/07/2018 22:17

There was a documentary on last night about the artist Tacita Dean her brother is called Ptolemy and her sister is called Antigone but gets called Tiggy for short. Those are the sort of names you can only pull off if you are properly posh.

Having said that most aristocrats have very classic names like Charles James etc.

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Fucksgiven · 30/07/2018 22:18

Audrey - not a single one.

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BroomstickOfLove · 30/07/2018 22:23

Fairly normal classic names but with quirky shortening originating from a child's mispronunciation. Or something a bit foreign, after a great-aunt.

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Shadowboy · 30/07/2018 22:35

I have taught Bunny, Clementine, Ophelia, Wren, Rupert, Peregrine, Caleb, Winter, Alexander, Hugo.... ole hen I remember more will add. These were all at a private boarding school so more likely to have money than not.

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DollyDayScream · 30/07/2018 22:36

Pick a Mitford name if you care about that sort of thing.

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farfallarocks · 30/07/2018 22:42

So agree with the child mispronounciation nick name!
It doesn’t matter what the official name is, you just use a nick name darling.
Ducky, shrimpy, bumble, minty, button.
You get the gist.

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lecossaise · 30/07/2018 23:04

Candida. Obviously you are refined enough to know it means bright white. Only the plebs would think of a yeast infection.

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manicinsomniac · 30/07/2018 23:21

idk if there's a set rule on what names the upper classes use or even what constitutes the upper classes. But I have taught in a private boarding school for more than a decade and have taught such a mixture of names, from all stereotyped categories and cultures. A selection for illustration:

Antigone, Sydney, Anastasia, Georgina, Harriet, Rebecca, Chantelle, Dakota, Jemima, Fenella, Atlanta, Hailie, Sarah, Charlotte, Deborah, Rhiannon, Iona, Amelia, Chloe, Nina, Carmen, Tallulah, Lili-Kitty, Millicent, Henrietta, Skye, Macarena, Chelsey, Arabella, Adesuwa, Christiana, Lola, Ellie, Clemency, Ava, Sorcha, Phoebe, Tongqiao, Fabia, Amreeta, Amber

Bailey, Ptolemy, George, Riley, Montgomery, Harrison, Rafi, Hugo, Hugh, Gennardy, Shea, Oluwatoni, Sebastian, Albert, Daniel, Cosmo, Frederick, Orlando, Gavin, Leopoldo, Toby, Felix, Charlie, Alfie, Ibrahim, Phineas, London, Teddy, Oliver, Maximillian, Laurence, Drew, Ashton, Jolyon, Arthur, Hardy, Guy, Lawson

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