Private school names- infants

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Noticing how names trend in interested if anyone works at or has dc at private fee paying infant school or kindergarten ? Eg Oscar used to be 'posh' now it's not
Wondered what might be next?
The more Eton or Cheltenham ladies the better!!

Yes, I do (well, I work in the prep section but we have an attached infant school and 2 of my children have been through it so far)

We have a wide range of names to be honest, nothing that really stands out as a norm.

A random selection of names currently or recently there (deliberately picked from a range of past/current pupils, ages and classes and not chosen anything too unique for obvious reasons!)

Ava, Darcey, Lauren, Tiffany, Melissa, Charlotte, Beatrice, Nina, Sara, Antigone, Nyari, Evie

Hugo, Charlie, Bertie, Angus, Gabriel, Tom, Jeremy, Toby, Billy, Lewis, Digby, Roka, Tito, Luke

At least 14 of those names are represented in my dc's state preschool/year 1 classes, or the children's siblings. Not a posh village at all!

I have 2 DC at private school and we have:

Camilla, Octavia, Natalia, Clementine, Antigone, Lucia, Harriet and Hetty

Toby, Hugo, Caspar, Digby, Bertie, Jonty and Sebastian

I bet you've cherry picked the most stereotypical names there though, Iloveadrianmole Do you not have a full range of names if you look across the whole cross section?

Not much different in my own experience. More traditional, classic 'boring' (as they're termed by a few bright sparks) names, is the only real difference. Also that you'll get the occasional very unusual or erudite name, or unusual with a family connection. Not so many of the very trendy name or made-up spellings. Though it depends on the private school, they vary so so much.

I'm guessing you;re thinking of upper classes setting the trend for the 'next big thing' Freakonomic style. I think that's bunkum, especially nowadays.

I was thinking similar, manic. Most popular name for girls is probably Sophie, in middle/upper circles, in my experience. Previously would have been Jane or Sarah.

We don't have many more pupils- tiny school not on mainland UK.

We have a couple of Charlottes and an Isabella too. In the boys we have an Alastair and an Alexander.

What a strange OP - I'm curious as to why you want to know?

I find it interesting that the names of current or old boys in my husband's OE publications change little over the years.
No obvious trends at all.

Pratically all my husbands school pals have nick names though.Not one is just Henry , George or Alexander.

Most of the girls at ours are called Imogen, Amelia or Ellie. There are only a few really posh names. For the boys, Archie, Harry, Oliver, Tom, etc. Only one Rafe, a few Hugos and a Torquil.

I help coach a year 3 girls' hockey team- we have Evangeline, Isabelle, Eloise, Charlotte, Helena, Marie, Madeline, and a couple of Indian and Chinese girls whose names are quite unique so I won't disclose them here!

Not sure if those are all that posh though.

OP- you'll be fine with with any name that begins with K. Hyphenated names are good too. And it's considered particularly good form to take a traditional name and change the spelling.

Yes, Bertrand has it spot on, OP.

Dad's classes were quite traditional type names, nothing much that really stood out as different. : Emily, Ellie, Alexandra, Olivia, Sophie, Katie, Grace, etc.

I live in Cheltenham and the only girls I actually know at the Ladies College are called Harriet and Freya. I teach at a bog-standard comp and we also have girls called Freya and Harriet.

Nursery and Year R names:

Alayna, Alexandra, Amara, Alice, Anoushka, Audrey, Claudia, Cleo, Emily, Emma, Emmeline, Eva, Grace, Hannah, Hester, Imaara, Ines, Lexie, Maia, Mia, Mila, Olivia, Phoebe, Safiya, Selina, Sofia, Sophie, Stella, Violet, Zara

Adam, Alex, Angus, Archie, Arthur, Edward, Eshan, Ewan, Fred, Fergus, George, Harrison, Harry, Hugo, Jake, Jensen, Joseph, Krish, Leo, Lucas, Miles, Milo, Nathaniel, Nicholas, Omar, Paul, Peter, Philip, Ryan, Sebastian, Thomas, Zain,

My DDs have friends at out-of-school clubs who go to some of the posher prep and pre-prep schools. Names include Charlotte, Bethany, Emma and Imogen. They have friends at their own (state) school with the same names.

At my dad's not private but posh school she had one classmate whose name stood out among the Emilys and Emmas. Frankly, I used to use it as avery slightly reassuring indicator that you could, despite appearances to the contrary,get into the school if you weren't as middle class as Waitrose hummus.

Then for 6th form she announced that the name she had used for the previous 5 years was a name she had chosen to call herself at the age of 10, and she was going to change back to her "proper" name- which was Sophia.............

Never seen Antigone before, how do you say it? ( state school educated and teacher here!)

cosmic

I think it's anne-tihg-ohn-knee if that makes sense. The ending like Persephone.

I would pronounce it An - tig - oh - nee.

Cross post - I wasn't disagreeing with IsIt, I meant the same!

Thanks, don't think I've come across it.

Antigone sounds like an infectious disease. I still wonder why the OP wants to know.

Bertrand I like your style!