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What sort of person do you see when you hear these names?

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HeatherC1985 · 07/06/2021 11:00

Following on from the threads of what is this person like by their name! We have decided not to find out about the sex of our first baby. So our options are down to Sebastian/ Hugo/ Henry or Frances/ Tabitha / Elizabeth.
Lighthearted! Who do you see as a grown up with any/all those names?

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MaMelon · 07/06/2021 11:35

Wouldn’t think anything about the girls names really. Frances was quite popular a while back here in Scotland, so lots of middle aged Frances/Francis/Frankie boy!

The boys names are fairly upper middle class - I’d reserve judgement until I met their parents.

zyx12 · 07/06/2021 11:31

Like Sebastian and Henry, good names for kids as well as an adult. Frances and Elizabeth are my mother's first and middle names, plus my grandma's first name so I'd struggle to imagine them as anything else! Not sure I'm madly keen on Tabitha as Tabby is too feline.

For the avoidance of doubt, none of my opinions are in any way rational but meant in a light hearted way...

LadyCatStark · 07/06/2021 11:31

The boys names: all privately educated, loud rugby players. Wear pink shirts with the collars up and a floppy hair cut.

Frances/ Tabitha: again privately educated, horsey, wears a lot of stripy clothing from Joules etc.

Elizabeth: could be anything really.

junemoon01 · 07/06/2021 11:26

Agree with what @Serpenta said re class.

Sebastian/ Hugo/ Frances – Made In Chelsea

Henry – Nice enough. Henry Hoover.

Tabitha – tabby cat

Elizabeth – ok, classic, English, good nicknames

Serpenta · 07/06/2021 11:23

I'd assume that the parents were very upper middle class, or if not, wanting to give that impression that they were.

Hugo - bit of a braying public schoolboy sort. Might be nice chap, but definitely brays
Sebastian - more of an international feel. Works in finance
Henry – posh sporty type. Rugby internationals are his religion
Frances – posh bluestocking
Tabitha - posh hippy
Elizabeth – one of those everywoman names