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Telegraph baby names...

What do they indicate? Does it predict future trends?

What’s your thoughts? High end? Or down market? Or just Tory?

I was about to say that's one heck of an unusual name 😂

I thought you were calling your baby Telegraph for a minute then

Sometimes Buzzfeed or similar will compile a list of the wackiest Telegraph names and so many of the names just seem ridiculous to me. But wealthy, posh Telegraph announcing types get away with ridiculous, in a way that Amanda and Paul from down the road can't, because people think 'oh aren't they charmingly eccentric'.

But a lot of people in the UK like to mimic the posh and wealthy so the names do filter down eventually.

Seem pretty normal names to me

Mostly unexciting and unremarkable though

Just Tory.

The vibe I get is: Classy, sometimes quirky (and who cares if anyone doesn't like that?) and presumably mostly Tory if they've picked the Telegraph.

I thought this was another ridiculous name suggestion - can’t decide if it would have been better or worse than ‘Tree’

The baby name blog that compiles all of the Telegraph announcements is quite interesting - it’s pretty firmly upper middle class I’d say with some randoms thrown in

I don't think it would make a nice name, but then would Times, Guardian, Observer or Independent? I'd not mention tabloids but (Liverpool) Echo wouldn't be too bad.

I think it’s quite upper class people that do the announcements so a lot of kids that will be going to private school! Not sure if they necessarily indicate name trends, however I’ve noticed a lot of Florence and Ottilies on there which are on the up at the moment!

I often see these names in the Telegraph BAs: Hector, Hugo, Willa, Ottilie, Flora, Wilfred, Ophelia, Leander, Honor, Arabella, Wilbur, Leonora, Cecily, Beatrice and Florence.

Some of those will probably become mainstream if they aren’t already.