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RellyRoad9 · 06/02/2021 11:11

Hi All!
Looking for a fancy sounding middle name for our son.
We're from a family who're used to really quite fancy names - but we chose to go for something pretty middle of the road by their standards for our boy. Because of this, it'd be great to find a sophisticated middle name for him instead.
And before you start with comments about 'posh' and upper class and 'why would you want your son to have a posh name' and all the class warrior stuff, there's no need. Preferences are preferences and we don't need to get into a debate on the ridiculous class system in this country, we get it.
Names we considered Hugo, Montgomery, Rafferty, etc. Nothing too extreme like Ptolemy or anything - they're not THAT posh!
DS name begins with L.
Thanks for your help :-)

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Fivemoreminutes1 · 06/02/2021 11:34

Tarquin
Rupert
Cuthbert
Xavier
Piers
Benedict
Tobias
Barnabas
Jeremiah
Edwin
Spencer
Archibald
Charles
Magnus
Montague
Laurence

RellyRoad9 · 06/02/2021 11:36

@Fivemoreminutes1

Tarquin Rupert Cuthbert Xavier Piers Benedict Tobias Barnabas Jeremiah Edwin Spencer Archibald Charles Magnus Montague Laurence
Thank you for these!
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bitliketonyhares · 06/02/2021 11:37

Tarquin 💯 Is the poshest name of all time.

RedLlama · 06/02/2021 11:38

Jonty

IthinkIm · 06/02/2021 11:39

I love Ptolemy. I know a gorgeous one.

What about Horacio?

RellyRoad9 · 06/02/2021 11:42

@bitliketonyhares

Tarquin 💯 Is the poshest name of all time.
For sure! That one is a bit much for us!
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ChiefClerkDrumknott · 06/02/2021 11:45

The truly upper class/aristos tend to go very classic

Edward
William
Charles
Henry
Frederick
Louis
Richard
George
Alexander
Phillip
Edmund
Andrew
John

TinyCake · 06/02/2021 11:46

Albert

TinyCake · 06/02/2021 11:47

Look at royal names and see if you like one?

TinyCake · 06/02/2021 11:47

Ethelred

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 06/02/2021 11:48

When I was a child there were brothers in our village named Phineas and Kingsley.

LouNatics · 06/02/2021 11:51

Julian
Randolph
Augustus
Sebastian
Clement
Gabriel
Aubrey

impressivelycunty · 06/02/2021 11:52

Spudulike (pronounced Spud-yoo-licka) Grin

RosesAndHellebores · 06/02/2021 11:55

Tristan
Gawain
Horatio
Xavier
Magnus
Caspar
Edwin
Gabriel
Hector
Zachary
Alysious
Jolyon
Jeremy
Julian

cameocat · 06/02/2021 12:07

st John (pronounced sinjohn)

LindaCartersBun · 06/02/2021 12:09

Think of the posh men I know:

Gilbert
Gideon
StJohn (Singe-un)
Edgar
Nicholas (never Nick!)

Weedsnseeds1 · 06/02/2021 12:11

Jago
Torquil
Merlin

MechantGourmet · 06/02/2021 12:12

John
Phillip
Francis

Iwantmychairback · 06/02/2021 12:16

First thought was Tarquinius. But if that is too posh how about Tegwen?
(Or Tegwin, Tegwyn etc)

midsomermurderess · 06/02/2021 13:20

It amuses that Rafferty of considered posh.

Bigoldmachine · 06/02/2021 13:41

The two poshest people I’ve ever met have been

Peregrine (Perry)
Piers

I’ve recently met babies called
Isambard (Izzy)
Balthazar (Bazzie)

ILoveStickers · 06/02/2021 13:51

Poshest people I've met (who weren't called Tom or something, and excluding those with exceedingly rare names):

Jago
Hugo
Hugh
Augustine
Matthias
Darius

I also reckon a Roman name is pretty fancy.
Tarquin
Julian
Julius
Augustus
Marcus
Lucius
Magnus
Marius

ILoveStickers · 06/02/2021 13:52

Ooh, also,

Benedict

Tuscadero · 06/02/2021 14:29

Rafferty is an Irish surname. I'm not sure how it came to have posh name status. Maybe because it's got Victorian villain sound to it?

For a quite posh but not excessively posh middle name what about Miles?

RellyRoad9 · 06/02/2021 14:42

@Tuscadero

Rafferty is an Irish surname. I'm not sure how it came to have posh name status. Maybe because it's got Victorian villain sound to it?

For a quite posh but not excessively posh middle name what about Miles?

Miles is nice. I always liked Giles but can't escape the thought of Giles Brandwreth!
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