What are the hip Londoners & jet set calling their 2012 babies?

[YummyMummybee]

Just wondering what the posh Londoners & jet setters are calling their new babies as these are always the names that trickle into the main stream in a few months. A friend of mine is a midwife in a private London hospital & she said the following are really gaining popularity

Boy

• Arlo

-Otto -Casper

Girls
-Fleur
-Ottolie(never heard this before!!!)
-Florence

She said in the upper class William, Edward still used commonly for boys as middle names. Charlotte, Isabella, Poppy for girls

Can you add anymore up & coming names?I'm sure there are plenty of threads like this I'm just too lazy to look!!!) Find it fascinating & I love the way high society types get away with names the majority of us find somewhat bizarre!!!

Botticelli

I know a family in Paris with

Virgil
Ulysses

Troy was probably made popular through HSM

Jacob (Jake), Agnes & Joe.
And that's it - the rest of my cool London friends have decided not to have children but to carry on hanging out in art galleries, bars, launch parties, and, ohh, wistful...

But you know what, of my non-jet-setty London friends (heheh) -
1 Cosmo
1 Hal
1 Raffael
2 Freddies

So, I'm not sure - maybe cooler people are going towards more solid names.

My prediction for the next set of 'cool' names for girls would be strong, capable,1940s/50s , slightly jolly hockey sticks and/or masculine/unisex eg
Lesley
Margot
Hester
Paddy
Phyllis

Actually I agree about names becoming more 'strong' after the recent 'cutesy' trend.

I love Hester. Can definitely imagine Margot too, but can't imagine the others yet.

Vivien
Otis
Aristotle (Artie)
Lucien

YY Vivien

there's a Hester at my ds2's (London) nursery.

I quire like Elspeth actually which is a similar kind of name I think.

@ Orla being a well known euphemism for oral sex No it isn't!

Pamela
Cynthia

are also very sensible girls.

Slyvia has become the next big thing here.

Exactly linerunner.

fairies are you are fan also of

Unity
Nancy
Jessica
Diana

Marrying fascists apart, they sound quite capable.

I'd love to use Nancy as Nancy Mitford is just to die for, but a friend has already used the name. JK Rowling called her daughter Jessica after Jessica Mitford, but it's such a popular name now, I would have to avoid it.

Don't forget the other Mitford sister, Deborah (Debo) - the only one still alive - I reckon Deborah is due a revival at some point.

Anyone considering the name Unity probably needs their heads looked at, though - not someone you'd want to be named after, a very tragic and misguided life.

I am predicting a surge in girls called Olympia.

Mi4 - fab idea! Olympic themes names!

How about -

Ringo
Torch
Track
Podium
Medal
Javelin
Ceremony
Gold
Stadium/Stadia
Hurdle
Discus
Record
Arena

???!!!

Mi4 - fab idea! Olympic themes names!

How about -

Ringo
Torch
Track
Podium
Medal
Javelin
Ceremony
Gold
Stadium/Stadia
Hurdle
Discus
Record
Arena

???!!!

Quite like Stadia

Pro. like Nadia

Olympic names excellent. I add
Stratford

Coronation street type names seem to be popular.

DP mixes with trendy/arty Hoxton types and recently there's been

Girls:
Jean x 2
Agnes
Elsie
Beatrix

boys:
Norman
Stan
Raymond

Love Satsuma alternative to Clementine
Criteria
Scalene
Aquafer