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Classic and elegant names for boys and girls!

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SpongeBobGrannyPants · 29/06/2018 13:02

Looking for girls and boys names that work well from birth to old age, suit any profession, from a shop worker through to a Prime Minister and are elegant, classic and not too faddish. It's the million dollar question I expect but I'm struggling a bit!

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MariaMadita · 18/07/2018 11:14

David, Louis, William, Henry, Sebastian, Ant(h)ony, Alexander, Jonathan, Thomas, Matthew, Andrew, Victor, George, John, Patrick, Alastair, Michael.

Victoria, Alexandra, Anna/Hannah, Louisa/e, Elizabeth, Flora, Catherine, Jane, Charlotte, (H)Elena, Sophia, Eleanor, Mary/Maria, Alice, Caroline, Josephine.

Flamingosnbears · 17/07/2018 22:10

Louise/a
Charles/Charlie

CathyandHeathcliff · 17/07/2018 20:50

Alexander
Archie
Frederick
William
James
Clarence
Jonathan
Bertie
Alfred
Edward
Arthur

Elizabeth
Anna
Charlotte
Emily
Helen
Martha
Isabella
Alice
Catherine
Lucy
Florence

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SpongeBobGrannyPants · 17/07/2018 18:54

Forgot to come back and thank you all for these. We're still undecided but a few more on the shortlist.

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LongtimeLurker29 · 30/06/2018 11:28

Felicity

kaytee87 · 30/06/2018 11:27

James
Matthew
Emma
Elizabeth

StrawberryCat · 30/06/2018 11:08

I'm trying to think.of less obvious suggestions...

Jasmine
Helena
Laura
Gabriella
Bianca
Jennifer
Tamsin
Genevieve
Georgia
Beth
Celia

Jonah
Sean
Simon
Oscar
Hamish
Jarrod
Brendon
Emmit
Dean
Richard
Drew

daisypond · 29/06/2018 20:02

Margaret and Marjorie are both very old classic names, but not common these days. They're nice and probably due a comeback.

Fwend · 29/06/2018 19:49

Elizabeth, Alice.

George, Henry.

FizzyGreenWater · 29/06/2018 19:38

Anna, Josephine

Leo, Alexander

needtogiveitablow · 29/06/2018 19:18

We have Matt and Kate (Matthew and Katherine). We chose these for exactly the same reasons as the OP suggests!

DoubleNegativePanda · 29/06/2018 19:17

I've just spotted my own name which is thrilling, as nobody EVER suggests my name Grin

daisypond · 29/06/2018 19:06

Julia. Helena. Alice. Mary. Elizabeth. Catherine. Eleanor. Marianne. Jane.
Edward. Edgar. William. Charles. Alexander. Alastair. John. Matthew. Sebastian. Hugo. Robert. Rupert.

biscoffbaby · 29/06/2018 16:04

Dahlia ( pronounced Dahl-ia)

hildabaker · 29/06/2018 15:15

John and Jane. Works with any other names, can't shorten them, timeless, classic and elegant.

GRW · 29/06/2018 15:08

James, Daniel, William, Thomas
Helen, Sarah, Elizabeth, Catherine, Anna

IggyAce · 29/06/2018 14:10

Rebecca, Alice, Charlotte,
Alexander, Sebastian, James, Peter.

lunatunes · 29/06/2018 14:00

Francesca

MorrisDancingViv · 29/06/2018 13:46

Caroline
James

Lookingforspace · 29/06/2018 13:28

For boys, I’d say, Alexander, John, James, Edward, Tom, Michael, Daniel, Patrick, Henry, William.

For girls, Elizabeth, Catherine, Eleanor/Elinor, Isobel, Frances, Caroline, Hannah, Josephine

But there’s many more that are ‘classic’ and suit young and old alike.

roseblossom75 · 29/06/2018 13:27

Isaac
Caleb
Theodore
Elijah
Reuben

Clara
Rosanna
Eliza
Emmeline
Cerys
Heidi
Cecilia
Jocelyn

billysboy · 29/06/2018 13:26

Michael
Emma
Joanna
Freddy

Disfordarkchocolate · 29/06/2018 13:25

Elizabeth, Alice or Sylvie for a girl. Andrew, Hector or Will(iam) for a boy.

Schmoochypoos · 29/06/2018 13:23

Alexandra, Elizabeth, Claudia, Juliet, Catherine

Anthony, Joseph, Edward, Nicholas

JuJu2017 · 29/06/2018 13:21

Oliver, George,
Edith, Harriet

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