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What are the hip Londoners & jet set calling their 2012 babies?

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YummyMummybee · 09/01/2012 14:02

Just wondering what the posh Londoners & jet setters are calling their new babies as these are always the names that trickle into the main stream in a few months. A friend of mine is a midwife in a private London hospital & she said the following are really gaining popularity

Boy

  • Arlo
-Otto -Casper

Girls
-Fleur
-Ottolie(never heard this before!!!)
-Florence

She said in the upper class William, Edward still used commonly for boys as middle names. Charlotte, Isabella, Poppy for girls

Can you add anymore up & coming names?I'm sure there are plenty of threads like this I'm just too lazy to look!!!) Find it fascinating & I love the way high society types get away with names the majority of us find somewhat bizarre!!!

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TheRealMrsHannigan · 19/01/2012 14:58

Hewlitt
Cisco
Packard
Postit
Moleskin
Canon
Scissor

Grin
Krustyandthekids · 19/01/2012 14:43

I don't know any 'hip' londoners but here in Cambridgeshire there are lots of classic old school names like Edward and Christopher but some more unusual, usually double-barrelled, like Elsie-May and Ella-Rose.

There's also the really, really old school lot with Mabel, Grace and Peter.

Neither of my boys' names have been mentioned on this thread.... yet Hmm

LineRunner · 19/01/2012 14:09

Hawkeye
Daniel
Cora
Madeleine
Alice
Magwa

Actually, they're rather good.

LadyWellian · 19/01/2012 13:57

Harpic
Domestos
Toilet-Duck

PollyParanoia · 19/01/2012 13:46

I'm with Lapsed and Fairies here, I reckon that Enid Blyton solid 40s names are in for a revival - Susan, Frances, Mary, Peter - a bit Narnia, a bit Ladybird.
I'm in an 'edgy' part of London and in our v mixed primary school I've noticed that it's the non ahem hipster type kids who have the most outlandish names. I think unusual names have become a bit declasse because everybody's trying to outdo each other, therefore 'proper' names will become classier. They will seem more timeless, but as discussed, we're all subject to the forces of fashion, subconsciously or otherwise, when baby naming.

cxj75 · 19/01/2012 13:31

I haven't even got a baby on the way but Edie is lovely. I had an Aunt Edie... I think some of the what I think of as 70s names are starting to come back - I suppose it's the next generation thing - Kevin and Maxine being two I was surprised by recently. Can't remember where I heard them though so can't say on their hip quotient...

gloriahoneybum · 19/01/2012 13:09

Timotei
Pantene
Treseme
Loreal
Voseen
Wash'n'go Grin

LineRunner · 19/01/2012 12:05

Spiller
Zenith
Bandana (unisex)

Dottymcdot · 19/01/2012 12:00

Jarvis
Casper
Hugo
Leo
Marcus

Kitty
Sienna
Pearl
Ella
Eliza
Ava
Florence
Millicent

LineRunner · 19/01/2012 10:47

Christingle
Gently
Connemara
Nebula

Pembroke
Tudor
Thorn
Frisson

wondawoman1 · 19/01/2012 10:17

DH and I both celtic so would like celtic names-so far for a boy we like Hamish, but my family not keen :-(
Roddy I love but my DH Doesnt :-(
Isla for a girl but my one already in family
DH likes.......wait for it .........Poppy , Summer, India for girls.

BlueChampagne · 17/01/2012 14:07

Tahoma
Verdana
Garamond
and of course, Wingdings

LapsedPacifist · 17/01/2012 13:53

Most of these were fellow pupils at school in the 1960s Blush. I mssed out the (then) ubiquitous Karen, Sarah, Julie, Sandra, Clare and Louise as being just a tad TOO ordinary. I'm on the list too! Smile

I don't believe that DS (15) has EVER known a contemporary with one of the these names Shock.

tummytickler · 17/01/2012 09:43

Me too lapsedpacifist most of my list can be found on your list! Always gets slated on here though!

JestersHat · 17/01/2012 09:34

Me too, good list lapsedpacifist. Nice names but without going so far as the harsh/ugly ones which a few people are now going for.

yellowflowers · 16/01/2012 23:16

I like loads of those lapsedpacifist!

LapsedPacifist · 16/01/2012 23:13

Strong, sensible non-twee or Victorian skivvy girls names due for a revival:

Caroline
Jennifer
Susan/Susannah
Julia
Miranda
Elizabeth/Elspeth
Deborah
Virginia
Julia
Kimberley
Lavinia
Pauline
Diane
Rosalind
Maria
Hilary
Melanie
Christina
Phillipa
Jacqueline
Angela
Rosemary
Jayne
Ruth
Constance
Miriam
Gabrielle

TheCrunchUnderfoot · 16/01/2012 21:57

Plinth
Tasered
Whiggit
Poody
Crumpelina

Juicer
Stymie
Prog-Rock (makes a change from Sarah-Jane, they mistakenly thought)

NormanTebbit · 16/01/2012 20:58

Nanuk ( although spellcheck gives 'Banjo' which is an effin brilliant name)

Odin

Unis

Jonah

StiffyByng · 16/01/2012 20:57

I live in London but am not cool. I have an Edith, after my grandmother, and would love to have a Phyllis.

My cool friend went for Bruno and Monty.

mousyMouse · 16/01/2012 20:54

ha. got it :o

yellowflowers · 16/01/2012 20:38

i went to a hip London singing class today and the babies there were Wiliam, Charlie and Maggie. I reckon Maggie is due a comeback now Thatcher a distant memory (for some people - not for me, I shall forever remember her awfulness)

LineRunner · 16/01/2012 16:17

mousy, If you get the link in my last list I'll buy you a '99.

mousyMouse · 16/01/2012 16:16

are you listing real names or are you really taking the piss :o

LineRunner · 16/01/2012 16:14

Hudson
Hicks
Apone
Frost
Gorman
Vasquez
Ripley