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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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ViviPru · 13/01/2012 17:41

YY Vivien Wink

WoollyHead · 13/01/2012 17:25

Vivien
Otis
Aristotle (Artie)
Lucien

PippiLongBottom · 13/01/2012 17:17

I love Hester. Can definitely imagine Margot too, but can't imagine the others yet.

hugebump3 · 13/01/2012 15:23

Actually I agree about names becoming more 'strong' after the recent 'cutesy' trend.

fairieswearboots · 13/01/2012 14:44

My prediction for the next set of 'cool' names for girls would be strong, capable,1940s/50s , slightly jolly hockey sticks and/or masculine/unisex eg
Lesley
Margot
Hester
Paddy
Phyllis

zumm · 13/01/2012 14:12

But you know what, of my non-jet-setty London friends (heheh) -
1 Cosmo
1 Hal
1 Raffael
2 Freddies

So, I'm not sure - maybe cooler people are going towards more solid names.

zumm · 13/01/2012 14:06

Jacob (Jake), Agnes & Joe.
And that's it - the rest of my cool London friends have decided not to have children but to carry on hanging out in art galleries, bars, launch parties, and, ohh, wistful...

hugebump3 · 13/01/2012 10:41

Troy was probably made popular through HSM

Bonsoir · 13/01/2012 10:35

I know a family in Paris with

Virgil
Ulysses

EssentialFattyAcid · 13/01/2012 06:38

Botticelli

LineRunner · 12/01/2012 22:19

Assonance
Bathos
Similee
Meta-Thor

KenDoddsDadsDog · 12/01/2012 19:57

Onomatopoeia

PercyFilth · 12/01/2012 19:34

Galileo
Hyperion
Parthia
Troy
Roberto
Shergar ...

guinealady · 12/01/2012 19:20

These ones are from America, but I swear they are real:

Meta
Axiom

LineRunner · 12/01/2012 19:16

Lintel
Cornice
Gable
Pelmet
Joist

hugebump3 · 12/01/2012 18:24

We're neither hip nor in London but some recent births include
Florence
Mabel
Isabella
Stanley
Benedict

SlinkingOutsideInSocks · 12/01/2012 18:20
Grin
Staverton · 12/01/2012 14:34

Faireswearboots Grin

fairieswearboots · 12/01/2012 14:30

Mirena
Candida
Melaena
Helica

BarryShitpeas · 12/01/2012 10:59

There are 2 Ottillie's in our school!

New babies are Nadia, William, Conrad.

mopsyflopsy · 12/01/2012 10:46

I hadn't thought of oral when I read/hear orla, but now do Grin

SlinkingOutsideInSocks · 12/01/2012 09:26

Do not think of oral sex when I hear Orla, and I have no vested interest either way in the name.

KenDoddsDadsDog · 12/01/2012 06:48

Strange to see Orla/ Orlaith in there as in Ireland it's such a trad name. And I don't think of oral when I look at mine eurochick
There are a lot of names on here that have made it up north in droves. So not quite as hipster as people think. Know loads of Marthas, Marnis, Arthurs, Raphaels, Benedicts.

TheCokeMachine · 11/01/2012 21:54

Terrence and Agatha

tostaky · 11/01/2012 16:27

Definitely in London? not sure I am hip though?
Here are the names of the babies we know

Atlas
Roman
Aurel
Loris
Noham
Alois
Anton
Adrien
Alex
Rafael
Yuzkiel
Ciaran

Rose
Elise
Althea
Lauren
Lila
Astrid