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Names for boys (aristocratic/posh/fancy)

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RellyRoad9 · 06/02/2021 11:11

Hi All!
Looking for a fancy sounding middle name for our son.
We're from a family who're used to really quite fancy names - but we chose to go for something pretty middle of the road by their standards for our boy. Because of this, it'd be great to find a sophisticated middle name for him instead.
And before you start with comments about 'posh' and upper class and 'why would you want your son to have a posh name' and all the class warrior stuff, there's no need. Preferences are preferences and we don't need to get into a debate on the ridiculous class system in this country, we get it.
Names we considered Hugo, Montgomery, Rafferty, etc. Nothing too extreme like Ptolemy or anything - they're not THAT posh!
DS name begins with L.
Thanks for your help :-)

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Crankley · 07/02/2021 20:01

If you want posh AND different:

Ichabod

Jay1289 · 07/02/2021 17:26

I know it’s a cartoon character but I love the names Sterling or Archer

Trillo · 07/02/2021 17:05

How posh are we talking?

Peerage posh? If so, choose the name of a king, or one of Jane Austen’s brothers.

Grandfather grew up dirt poor but made a mint and sent his sons - including your husband - to public school posh? Sholto, Cosmo, Hugo, Inigo, Jago.

Country gentry but not quite posh? One of Jesus’s disciples.

NoAuthorityHereJackieWeaver · 07/02/2021 11:34

Go to the Telegraph’s birth announcement section.

Plenty of posh names there (and ones who sound as if they’ve been named for a favourite golden retriever)

DavidsSchitt · 07/02/2021 09:16

Did someone really just suggest Cyril?! 😂

Ihopeyourcakeisshit · 07/02/2021 09:10

Hello OP
Posh here
Love it Grin

midsomermurderess · 07/02/2021 09:09

Mungo's the patron Saint of Glasgow. Is it posh?

timeisnotaline · 07/02/2021 08:21

@LindaCartersBun

Think of the posh men I know:

Gilbert
Gideon
StJohn (Singe-un)
Edgar
Nicholas (never Nick!)

@LindaCartersBun do you actually know a st John? What is he like? What are his family’s names like? I’m quite jealous, I love it but would never dare use it!!
TramaDollface · 07/02/2021 06:29

Hello OP.
Posh here.
I have a Sebastian, and a Gabriel.

Vinceypie · 07/02/2021 05:58

My wife and I love the name Hugo but we just aren't posh enough to pull it off haha!

MrWendel · 07/02/2021 05:53

OP, why not just look back through both sides of the family tree when choosing names, to find something classic that you like? Confused

Inarightpickleandpreserve · 07/02/2021 05:49

Anyone mentioned Mungo yet

Retrogal · 07/02/2021 05:36

I've always thought Basil is due a revival

Sendingasurprise · 07/02/2021 05:33

Tristram

Shampops · 07/02/2021 05:22

@KarmaNoMore

I’m surprised nobody has mentioned Titus.

... But it might sound a bit pretentious if you are not part of the right circle.

the right circle being the Flavian dynasty?
Alondra · 07/02/2021 05:18

Raphael
Alexandre
Xavier
Alphonse
Fernando

KarmaNoMore · 07/02/2021 04:50

I’m surprised nobody has mentioned Titus.

... But it might sound a bit pretentious if you are not part of the right circle.

salsmum · 07/02/2021 04:42

Floyd
Benedict
Bertram

alexdgr8 · 07/02/2021 04:39

that will help with tracing the bloodline. for pedigree.

alexdgr8 · 07/02/2021 04:38

how about using your own family name, or your mother's ?

alexdgr8 · 07/02/2021 04:34

Jeremiah

Theoldwoman · 07/02/2021 04:28

What might be your posh might not be mine but here goes...

Benjamin
Lincoln
Cameron
Ewan
Fraser
Tobias
Sebastian

Claricethecat45 · 07/02/2021 04:25

Orlando

mathanxiety · 07/02/2021 02:51

Don't limit yourself to Anglo names. There is plenty of inspiration from other places:

Otto
Maximilian
Casimir
Florian
Stanislaus
Lucian
Constantine
Leofric
Leander
Urban
Alban
Ignatius
Conrad
Anselm
Valentine
Basil
Herbert
Abelard
Faustus
Dunstan
Claude
Archibald
August
Sigmund
Cyril
Cassius
Valdemar
Orlando
Lorenzo
Maurice
Gerald
John-Philip
Rainier
Valerian
Gustav
Tancred
Ossian

You need two middle names though.

Shmithecat2 · 07/02/2021 01:03

The 2 poshest men I know (proper upper class) are called Simon and Jamie....

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