Like posh names, here's my list, what else should make the cut?

[misstiggiwinkle]

Hi all,

Baby due in 6 weeks and we are stuck for names. I think it's compounded by the fact that ds1 didn't look anything like his planned name and ended up with something way down our short list - suits him perfectly though! He is a Freddie. We have a short, strong surname so first/middle names can afford to be a bit longer but anyway, here is my short list so far. What am I missing and do you have any favourites or good combinations? We'd like 2 middle names.

Octavia (Tavi/Occy)
Ottilie (Ottie)
Genevieve (Evie)
Beatrix (Bea)
Xanthe
Violet

Archibald (Archie)
Theodore (Theo)
Bertram (Bertie)
Ludo
Barnaby
Henry
Sebastian
Milo

Bear was quite posh until the other day .
I know a very posh man called Gary. It's all in the context...

From your list OP, I like;
Octavia Xanthe Violet (Tavi) and,
Ludo Theodore Henry
Suggestions;
Annaliese Rosabel Mary
Wilbur Lawrence Montgomery (Will)

I like Octavia and Ludo. Love some of the suggestions others have posted.

I can offer
Venetia
Olympia
Balthazar
Marmaduke
Ferdinand

Tatiana

Antonia

Honor

India

Wyndham
Charles

Chester
Staverton
Montgomery
Christian
Cuthbert
Tarquinn
Tristan
Jennifer
Miranda
Dorothy
Constance
Emmeline
Lavinia
Melesandie

Alban
Leopold
Tristram
Maud
Leonie

Otto
Dante

Ptolemy!

Domenic
William

I'd go with
Xanthe Violet
Barnaby Sebastian

And Romilly. Ptolemy and Romilly. But only if you are having twins.

I like Bea, Violet and Bertie

I like Tansy from the Tatler list

I agree Bertie is hard to pull off on a teenager and is a nn really on a grown man. Personally I'd go with wilbert and have Bertie as the nn

I know a little Octavia. She is shortened to Octie. Don't like it but it's better than Occy, please don't call her that!
Go for Genevieve, it's absolutely beautiful and Evie is a lovely nickname. I know a gorgeous one in her 20s who goes by Jen.

From your list:

Octavia
Ottilie
Genevieve
Beatrix
Violet

Theodore
Henry
Sebastian

Particular favourites from the Tatler list are
Debonaire
Koala
Power
Npeter
Wigbert

Some of these names! 😂😂

I love Xanthe but I certainly don't consider it a 'posh' name.

Ludo is different but I think it's a bit of a dogs name.

Theodore and Archibald are ok too but a bit done to death I'm afraid.

I quite like Alistair and Douglass... never though it would say that but I do!!!

Ariadne
Isolde
Mathilde
Leonora
Melisande
Alethea
Juno
Hellene
Penelope
Verity
Astrid

Theodore
Ambrose
Perriguin
Phineaus
Aloysius
Vivian
Fabian
Augustus
St John

Not quite sure what exactly makes a name 'posh' but I do seem to love most 'posh' names. I find them elegant, classic and timeless (rather than posh). Anyway, how about

Edmund
Marcus
Quentin
Miles
Austin

Clara
Florence
Arabella
Josephine

All the smartest people we know are named John, Phillip, Charles, Alice, Jo etc.
All of which go with Frederick.
Beatrix and Milo are my favorites from your list.

Leander
Yates
Augustus
Aubrey
Bartholemew
Julius
Albus

But John, Philip and Charles aren't what some us call 'posh' or 'elegant/cool'. They're a little dull imo. Nothing wring with them (and a lot better than some strange unique names) but not what the op is looking for, I think

Maybe we need to find another word for names that are cool, underused, classic, elegant etc?