Privately Educated Names

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What comes to your mind...

I disagree with nothing modern. In my DDs school there’s Kai & Sienna.

They all have normal names that you’d find in a state school I would imagine
Eva
Lily
Poppy
Sophia
Willow
Erin
Hugo
Willian
Samuel
Sebastian
Jacob
Noah
Luca

The ones I know:
Lucy
Isla
Amelie
Jessica
India
Anna
Daisy
Morgan
Freya

@BrilliantBetty

Nothing very modern. Biblical names or long standing popular choices.

Peter Phillips eldest daughter Savannah??

She is undoubtedly at private school and 18th in line to the throne.

Savannah isn't an old classic.

My private school friends were called:

Charlotte
Verity
Hannah
Victoria
Annie
Rebecca

Totally normal

Anya, Ariya, Bella, Jess, Sofia, Zara, Adam, Ash, Ben(ny), Joe, Mo, Farideh, Zaki, Faaris, Josh, Zain, will, Oscar,

Very culturally mixed school.

People I know who've been / go to private school: Catherine, Lucy, Rachel, Arthur, Sidney. Nothing too remarkable really.

Rupert

Flora, Octavia, India
Achilles (no joke), Hugo, Caspar

Along with the classic names of Henry, Charlotte, Edward, Frederick, Catherine etc

From my big name school in the late 80s - many many many variants of Victoria and Charlotte, lots of Ellas and Ellies, and some outliers - Ophelia, Wilhelmina and Hermione spring to mind

Well mine were privately educated - Ben, Rosie, Lizzie

My boys go to a public school (which for some reason everyone refers to as 'Private School' on MN 😬)

There is not a single Tarquin in the whole school, so that's a complete myth.

Their friends have normal names like Oscar, Will, Henry, Jack, Ollie, Ned, Miles, Charlie, Toby etc.

There are however a lot of nicknames used (completely mad ones at times which stick) and lots of surnames used to refer to each other as well.

My DC went to the local comp and they have some friends with "posh" names eg Jeremy, Melchior, Jemima. Most of their friends have "ordinary" names. Lots of Ellies, Oliver, Alex (male), Sam, Luke, Katie, Charlotte, Zoe etc.

Friends of mine with dc at private schools have names such as:

Harry (x2)
Tom
Daniel
Rosie
Ella
Nicholas
Edward
Holly
Luke (x2)
Oliver
Lisa
Beth
Sarah
Victoria
Charlotte
Henry

So quite traditional names on the whole but not particularly "posh".

They are nice names except for Achilles, I can't get my head around that one. Very nice indeed and not that unusual as to cause mick taking (except for Achilles :-)).

Actually I looked up Achilles, I knew he was a Greek something but forgot quite what:
"In Greek mythology, Achilles or Achilleus was a hero of the Trojan War, the greatest of all the Greek warriors, and is the central character of Homer's Iliad. He was the son of the Nereid Thetis and Peleus, king of Phthia."

Not all bad then but I wouldn't use it for a son of mine. Or Hermes.

My previous post was addressed to Juno. I see others have posted since.

The ones I know are

Josie
Mollie
Emily

Benjamin
Harry
Luke

What, do you think they’re a different species?

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Feesahoy Smallerclasses
Yachtie McSkipass
Aspiratia

That sort of thing?

EmmaGrundyForPM Wed 28-Jul-21 15:28:11
My DC went to the local comp and they have some friends with "posh" names eg Jeremy, Melchior, Jemima. Most of their friends have "ordinary" names. Lots of Ellies, Oliver, Alex (male), Sam, Luke, Katie, Charlotte, Zoe etc.
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Not one of those is posh, they are all ordinary and pleasant names which you hear everywhere, except perhaps for Melchior which, in English, means a large wine bottle. There is a Dutch footballer called Melchior, and Melchior was one of the three wise men in the Bible. I haven't come across any Melchiors but I know Hebrew names are very popular at the moment, they are good too.

Roly
Monty
Agatha
Maude

Harry
Henry
Oscar
Oliver
Sebastian
Hugo
Hugh
Elliott
Albert
Charlie
George
With a double barrelled surname.

Anna
Felicity
Marie
Emma
Gracie
Poppy
Matilda

Farron
Louis
Hugo
Duncan
Maxwell
Laurence

No first hand experience, but most of the people I’ve met from private school just had very standard names (Henry, Jonathan, James, Natsha, Emma…) some with less common nicknames (e.g. Jonnie and Jonty rather than John, and then some crazy nicknames too), and then the odd incredibly posh or elaborate name (Piers, Quentin etc). Those seem to be the exception though.

From memory, circa 2018ish

Jonty
Robert
Sam
Tom
Cameron
William
Matthew
Elliot
Henry
James

Charlotte
Emily
Tracey
Becky
Amy
Florence
Katie

@Maggiesfarm I said all the rest of the names (apart from Jeremy, Jemima and Melchior) were ordinary (imo) so I'm not sure what your comment refers to?

Emma
Sophie
Felicity
Victoria
Charlotte
Grace

Oliver
Hugo
Cameron
William
Henry
Tom
Harry

Some of My DCs friends
Oliver
Annabelle
Emma
Evie
Alfie
Ted
Holly
Annis
Awais
Hareem
Zuran
Jack
Chloe
Daniel
Amelia