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posh/ pretentious boys names ?!

492 replies

isitseptemberyet · 13/08/2016 12:07

Looking for help with 'snobby' boys names ! Apparently that's the type my OH and I like! We like Hugo & Leonard atm but really want something we Love, have nine weeks left,
would really appreciate any suggestions :)

OP posts:
NellMcBride · 14/08/2016 21:44

Ianto? More Welsh than posh, but Ianto Bentley sounds rather good :-)

Leggytadpole · 14/08/2016 21:49

Barnaby.

MissElizaBennettsBookmark · 14/08/2016 21:54

I know a Xenophon, a Tristan, a Paris (whose brother is called Troy), a Giles and a Hereward

I'm not posh at all, but they are Smile

Marysunshine · 14/08/2016 21:54

Using surnames as Irish names is a Scottish tradition ( usually the mothers maiden name) but lots of names on here considered posh are very common in Scotland.

Marysunshine · 14/08/2016 21:55

'surnames as first names' I mean........auto correct again

LobsterQuadrille · 14/08/2016 21:58

Aloysius

LuluJakey1 · 14/08/2016 21:59

'Boy' as in Boy Mulcaster in 'Brideshead Revisited'.

witsender · 14/08/2016 22:00

I know a lovely little boy called Hercules. He has a lot to live up to.

pollymere · 14/08/2016 22:05

Hugo, Elijah?

LuluJakey1 · 14/08/2016 22:07

How about definitely not 'posh' names.
Jayden
Caiden
Tyreece
Tyrone
Liam
Mason

HateSummer · 14/08/2016 22:09

Scarlet

ChardonnayKnickertonSmythe · 14/08/2016 22:10

Oh no, would be all wrong for my purposes.
I'm only here because I'm choosing a puppy name.

Imagine calling a pug Jayden. i'll get savaged here.

MrsKoala · 14/08/2016 22:22

I know a Cesarion. That's considered quite out there.

My boys first names have been mentioned but their middle names are:
Clement
Floros
Aurelius

If i had another boy i would like:
Tristan
Valentine
Jocelyn

I would really really like Jean-Baptiste, but that's too much even for me!

Lillithxxx · 14/08/2016 22:26

Spencer
Gabriel
Dominic

Auntpodder · 14/08/2016 22:28

By far the poshest family I know (a several castles sort of thing) have sons called John, Richard, Edward etc

Ankleswingers · 14/08/2016 22:31

Horatio
Wilbur
Archibald
Hector
Julian

NoMudNoLotus · 14/08/2016 22:40

Arlo is an extremely old British not at all posh or pretentious name.

idlevice · 14/08/2016 22:40

Both DP's first name and surname are on here! Also both DS's first names.

Duncan
Olaf
Llewellyn
Wilbur
Wilberforce
Wolfgang
Lance
Leopold
Selwyn

(only one of these was a possible name for DS2)

LuluJakey1 · 14/08/2016 22:44

Yes, Aunt we have some very posh friends- family estate in Scotland with castle - the names in their family are Alistair, William, Iain, Douglas and Hugh.

Zhabr · 14/08/2016 22:50

Another Forsyte Saga name-Publius Valerius Dartie. "Imagine a cross between a pickle and a Forsyte..."His name was later changed to Val because of the bullying. The reason for such usual name was "craving for distinction".

Iloveowls2 · 14/08/2016 23:29

Came across an Horatio at a prestigious cathedrals Sunday school once. Ptolomy is a good one (rubbish when learning to spell though)

Marymoosmum14 · 14/08/2016 23:41

William
Edward
Charles
Oscar
Thomas
Spencer
Sebastian
Rupert
Atticus
Theodore
Tristan
Montgomery
Cecil
Horatio
Bertram
Bertrand
Benedict
Melvin
Timothy
Carlton
Barnaby
Fergus

Marymoosmum14 · 14/08/2016 23:41

Richard

Alleycat1 · 14/08/2016 23:46

Wynford, Cedric, Pargetter (not sure of spelling but it is the name of my partner's manor house dwelling cousin despite being a trade).

Member251061 · 14/08/2016 23:53

Liam
Ricky
Jordan
Tyler
Chase