Classic and elegant names for boys and girls!

[SpongeBobGrannyPants]

Looking for girls and boys names that work well from birth to old age, suit any profession, from a shop worker through to a Prime Minister and are elegant, classic and not too faddish. It's the million dollar question I expect but I'm struggling a bit!

James. Tom. Leo. William. Ben.
Anna. Emma. Emily. . Kate

Also struggling with this!!

Christopher
James
Daniel
Joseph
William
Thomas
Anna
Katherine
Louise
Hannah

Oliver, George,
Edith, Harriet

Alexandra, Elizabeth, Claudia, Juliet, Catherine

Anthony, Joseph, Edward, Nicholas

Elizabeth, Alice or Sylvie for a girl. Andrew, Hector or Will(iam) for a boy.

Michael
Emma
Joanna
Freddy

Isaac
Caleb
Theodore
Elijah
Reuben

Clara
Rosanna
Eliza
Emmeline
Cerys
Heidi
Cecilia
Jocelyn

For boys, I’d say, Alexander, John, James, Edward, Tom, Michael, Daniel, Patrick, Henry, William.

For girls, Elizabeth, Catherine, Eleanor/Elinor, Isobel, Frances, Caroline, Hannah, Josephine

But there’s many more that are ‘classic’ and suit young and old alike.

Caroline
James

Francesca

Rebecca, Alice, Charlotte,
Alexander, Sebastian, James, Peter.

James, Daniel, William, Thomas
Helen, Sarah, Elizabeth, Catherine, Anna

John and Jane. Works with any other names, can't shorten them, timeless, classic and elegant.

Dahlia ( pronounced Dahl-ia)

Julia. Helena. Alice. Mary. Elizabeth. Catherine. Eleanor. Marianne. Jane.
Edward. Edgar. William. Charles. Alexander. Alastair. John. Matthew. Sebastian. Hugo. Robert. Rupert.

I've just spotted my own name which is thrilling, as nobody EVER suggests my name

We have Matt and Kate (Matthew and Katherine). We chose these for exactly the same reasons as the OP suggests!

Anna, Josephine

Leo, Alexander

Elizabeth, Alice.

George, Henry.

Margaret and Marjorie are both very old classic names, but not common these days. They're nice and probably due a comeback.

I'm trying to think.of less obvious suggestions...

Jasmine
Helena
Laura
Gabriella
Bianca
Jennifer
Tamsin
Genevieve
Georgia
Beth
Celia

Jonah
Sean
Simon
Oscar
Hamish
Jarrod
Brendon
Emmit
Dean
Richard
Drew

James
Matthew
Emma
Elizabeth

Felicity

Forgot to come back and thank you all for these. We're still undecided but a few more on the shortlist.