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Flamingosnbears · 28/07/2021 13:45

What comes to your mind...

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ZednotZee · 28/07/2021 23:34

Well back in the nineties it was;
Jennifer/Jenny
Rebecca/Becky
Alexandra/Alex
Eleanor
Sophie
Laura
Rachael
Victoria/Vicky
Sarah
Joanne
Hannah
Verity

Nothing unusual at all.

KaptainKaveman · 28/07/2021 23:29

Don't forget Mam'zelle, Carlotta and Queenie lalliella Wink

Lalliella · 28/07/2021 23:06

Darrell
Sally
Gwendoline
Alicia
Mary-Lou
Betty
Daphne
Felicity

Maggiesfarm · 28/07/2021 22:49

@Seashor

My son’s private school; Alister, Rupert, William, James, John, Sebastian
They are good names, not out of the ordinary. I know and have known some of each. I'm not sure that they are more 'private school' than state though, however it's not something to which I've given much thought. I gave my two quite ordinary, classic names because 1. I liked the names and 2. I didn't want them to have the mick taken out of them; so no Aphrodites or Honeysuckles from me (though I do actually quite like those names).

Nice to see 'John' on your list. It's not so popular these days except as a second name, though you do still see Jonathan, shortened to 'Jon'. It's a good solid name (my nephew is a John), nobody would ever complain about being called John.

TatianaBis · 28/07/2021 22:17

80s. Mixture of Sophie, Emma, Kate, Emily, Joanna, Camilla, Becky, Sarah etc and Araminta, Venetia, Anoushka, Allegra, Felicia etc and Hero, Dido, Topaz, Xanthe, Oriel

MooseBreath · 28/07/2021 22:03

Children I know of who are privately educated:

Hugo
Sebastian
George
Monty
Barnaby
Arthur
Edward

Holly
Dorothy
Charlotte
Lily
Monique

Seashor · 28/07/2021 20:29

My son’s private school;
Alister,
Rupert,
William,
James,
John,
Sebastian

dannydyerismydad · 28/07/2021 20:21

Monty
Felix
Alexander
Theo
Jude
Rupert
David
Isaac

Matilda
Harriet
Florence
Hetty

MojoJojo71 · 28/07/2021 19:54

In my experience mostly the same as state educated children although I haven’t come across any crazy spellings at my DD’s school

IsThePopeCatholic · 28/07/2021 19:40

Why?

Hoppinggreen · 28/07/2021 19:38

Some of My DCs friends
Oliver
Annabelle
Emma
Evie
Alfie
Ted
Holly
Annis
Awais
Hareem
Zuran
Jack
Chloe
Daniel
Amelia

Pepsi9090 · 28/07/2021 19:36

Emma
Sophie
Felicity
Victoria
Charlotte
Grace

Oliver
Hugo
Cameron
William
Henry
Tom
Harry

EmmaGrundyForPM · 28/07/2021 19:28

@Maggiesfarm I said all the rest of the names (apart from Jeremy, Jemima and Melchior) were ordinary (imo) so I'm not sure what your comment refers to?

LunaNorth · 28/07/2021 19:15

From memory, circa 2018ish

Jonty
Robert
Sam
Tom
Cameron
William
Matthew
Elliot
Henry
James

Charlotte
Emily
Tracey
Becky
Amy
Florence
Katie

Winwins · 28/07/2021 19:10

No first hand experience, but most of the people I’ve met from private school just had very standard names (Henry, Jonathan, James, Natsha, Emma…) some with less common nicknames (e.g. Jonnie and Jonty rather than John, and then some crazy nicknames too), and then the odd incredibly posh or elaborate name (Piers, Quentin etc). Those seem to be the exception though.

FedNlanders · 28/07/2021 17:37

Anna
Felicity
Marie
Emma
Gracie
Poppy
Matilda

Farron
Louis
Hugo
Duncan
Maxwell
Laurence

Killergigglebunnies · 28/07/2021 17:26

Harry
Henry
Oscar
Oliver
Sebastian
Hugo
Hugh
Elliott
Albert
Charlie
George
With a double barrelled surname.

BettyAndFrank · 28/07/2021 16:59

Roly
Monty
Agatha
Maude

Maggiesfarm · 28/07/2021 16:56

EmmaGrundyForPM Wed 28-Jul-21 15:28:11
My DC went to the local comp and they have some friends with "posh" names eg Jeremy, Melchior, Jemima. Most of their friends have "ordinary" names. Lots of Ellies, Oliver, Alex (male), Sam, Luke, Katie, Charlotte, Zoe etc.
.......
Not one of those is posh, they are all ordinary and pleasant names which you hear everywhere, except perhaps for Melchior which, in English, means a large wine bottle. There is a Dutch footballer called Melchior, and Melchior was one of the three wise men in the Bible. I haven't come across any Melchiors but I know Hebrew names are very popular at the moment, they are good too.

FittedSheet · 28/07/2021 16:56

What, do you think they’re a different species?

Privatia Privilegia
Feesahoy Smallerclasses
Yachtie McSkipass
Aspiratia

That sort of thing?

Enko · 28/07/2021 16:52

The ones I know are

Josie
Mollie
Emily

Benjamin
Harry
Luke

Maggiesfarm · 28/07/2021 16:51

My previous post was addressed to Juno. I see others have posted since.

Maggiesfarm · 28/07/2021 16:51

They are nice names except for Achilles, I can't get my head around that one. Very nice indeed and not that unusual as to cause mick taking (except for Achilles :-)).

Actually I looked up Achilles, I knew he was a Greek something but forgot quite what:
"In Greek mythology, Achilles or Achilleus was a hero of the Trojan War, the greatest of all the Greek warriors, and is the central character of Homer's Iliad. He was the son of the Nereid Thetis and Peleus, king of Phthia."

Not all bad then but I wouldn't use it for a son of mine. Or Hermes.

EmmaGrundyForPM · 28/07/2021 15:28

My DC went to the local comp and they have some friends with "posh" names eg Jeremy, Melchior, Jemima. Most of their friends have "ordinary" names. Lots of Ellies, Oliver, Alex (male), Sam, Luke, Katie, Charlotte, Zoe etc.

Friends of mine with dc at private schools have names such as:

Harry (x2)
Tom
Daniel
Rosie
Ella
Nicholas
Edward
Holly
Luke (x2)
Oliver
Lisa
Beth
Sarah
Victoria
Charlotte
Henry

So quite traditional names on the whole but not particularly "posh".

Yrevocsid · 28/07/2021 15:18

My boys go to a public school (which for some reason everyone refers to as 'Private School' on MN 😬)

There is not a single Tarquin in the whole school, so that's a complete myth.

Their friends have normal names like Oscar, Will, Henry, Jack, Ollie, Ned, Miles, Charlie, Toby etc.

There are however a lot of nicknames used (completely mad ones at times which stick) and lots of surnames used to refer to each other as well.

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