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Total toff/posh boys names anyone?

229 replies

LetItGlow · 11/06/2016 18:47

I really like them! But, the ones I can think of have to many fault, despite my love for them.

Piers - reminds me too much of Piers Morgan

Rupert - Reminds me of Rupert the bear, plus, you can only shorten it to Roo!

Any ideas?

P.S, please not Tarquin

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cecinestpasunepipe · 11/06/2016 19:27

Diggory

Tiggeryoubastard · 11/06/2016 19:26

Kenneth and Rafferty? Fuck no.

manicinsomniac · 11/06/2016 19:23

Hmmm, I don't know if you can generalise about 'posh/toff' names any more than you can when people ask about 'chav' names.

Instinctively, I would give the stereotypical answers of Rupert, Montgomery, Ptolemy etc too. But, I'm not convinced that's actually reality (well, there might be a general correlation between some names and social class but there are also too many exceptions to be able to call them exceptions.)

I've worked in a 'posh' school for 10 years. We've had boys called:
Ptolemy, Sebastian, Frederick, Jason, Dylan, Gavin, Rupert, Cosmo, Darren, Connor, Orlando, Lysander, Hugo, Zak, Hughie, Wilkie, Alfie, Jonty, Riley, Montgomery, Rafi, Bailey, Maximillian, Jordan and Ferdi. Plus plenty of others that are usually categorised one way or the other. Of course, the majority have been called James, Samuel, Daniel, Oliver, Oscar, Noah, George and Thomas, just like everywhere else.

daisydalrymple · 11/06/2016 19:22

Baldrick
Oswald
Alistair
Archibald
Randolph
Montague
Kenneth
Reginald
Hubert
Xavier
Bartholomew
Cuthbert
Gideon
Hector
Giles
Rafferty
Cuthbert
Jeremy
Horatio
Tarquin

hollyisalovelyname · 11/06/2016 19:17

Theodore
Guy
Algie
Alfie

hollyisalovelyname · 11/06/2016 19:15

Charles
Andrew
Edward
William
Harry

Salene · 11/06/2016 19:15

Alfred
Rufus
Wilfred
Fergus
Hunter
Charles
Barnaby

GastonsPomPomWrath · 11/06/2016 19:15

Montague
Bertram
Finnian
Randolph
Llewellyn
Rafferty
Hector
Digory
Horatio

strawberrypenguin · 11/06/2016 19:13

Horatio - considered it for DS1 for a while.

twirlypoo · 11/06/2016 19:12

Rafferty
Hector
Fergus
Theodore

BikeRunSki · 11/06/2016 19:12

Benedict
Peregrine
Sinjun (St John)
JP/CJ etc it doesn't really matter what the initials actually stand for!

LetItGlow · 11/06/2016 19:12

Murphy Boris is fab GrinWineWine

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Winifredgoose · 11/06/2016 19:11

Lucian
Ptolemy (sweet boy I know with nick name toly)
Felix
Rufus
I think Piers is really nice though.

MurphysChild · 11/06/2016 19:10

Giles
Justin
Spencer
Darius
Boris Grin

maggiethemagpie · 11/06/2016 19:10

thaddeus

SenoritaViva · 11/06/2016 19:10

Huckleberry
Francis
Somerset

Peppapogstillonaloop · 11/06/2016 19:06

Rufus

LottieDoubtie · 11/06/2016 19:05

Edward- is common as in quite popular. It's not common as in 'common'.

Rupert- easily shortened to Roo or Roops (phonetic) or bear.

Sebastian
Hugo
Saint-John
Luca

Bombaybunty · 11/06/2016 19:05

Ptolemy
Cameron
Edmund
Jasper
Montgomery
Berrigan

Keithyoustink · 11/06/2016 19:05

I know several Benedicts all in their late teens - they are all very posh and extremely likeable.

Also 2 teenage Jonathans who are known as Jonty.

StillNoFuckingEyeDeer · 11/06/2016 19:04

Rollo
Barnaby
Benedict
St. John

chanice · 11/06/2016 19:03

Oscar
Lucas
Caesar

Yika · 11/06/2016 19:02

I love Piers.

Hugh is v posh to my ears (in a good way).

Benedict
Marcus

katemiddletonsnudeheels · 11/06/2016 19:02

Ooh I love peregrine! I love Hugo too but it doesn't go with my surname.

I knew a very posh boy at university called Nicholas - not sure if it's 'toff' though!

LetItGlow · 11/06/2016 19:02

NCV it's not so much that I can't shorten it, it's the fact that people may very well shorten it to Roo Blush not very manly

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