Otto, rollo, Humphrey….or similair

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We are due with our little boy (brother to Rupert, Ophelia and Tabitha) but I’m struggling with boys names!

would love suggestions for:
• nicknames for Humphrey (not keen on humps!)
• full name for Rollo (Rowland has been suggested but husband hates it)
• upper class names similair to the above - ideally somethings that slightly unique but not too out there!

Jerome

Rollo is a name and a lot nicer than Roland, Orlando is a nice idea though

Humphrey is too much like Humpty Dumpty

Lysander
Tristram
Dashiell
Ignatius
Augustus
Corin
Rafe
Guy
Diggory
Cassian
Caspian
Casper
Josiah
Rufus
Giles
Gideon
Tobias
Barnabas
Laurence
Ernest
Walter
Francis
Philip nn Pip
Alistair
Sebastian
Lucian
Fabian
Julius
Justin
Caius
Cornelius
Louis
Edmund
Hamish
Hector

.. might be others

I suspect the people who get exercised on other threads about “chav” names are the same ones getting exercised on this thread about upper class names. The rest of us happily accept that tastes differ and make suggestions accordingly

You could have someting like Alexander as a middle and nn Hal? Bit of stretch maybe?!

Rollo could be short for Rowan Oliver or something in the same way.

barnaby
montgomery
hugo
victor
frederick
francis
ernest
wilfred
leopold
quentin

Tobias
Sebastian
Quentin
Raphael
Tristan

I know a Roly (Roland) and a Humphrey and I think both names
are awful, as is pp’s suggestions of Hector (which I have taken the piss out of a friend for having as his middle name) and Lysander (which shortens to lice).
Albert
Alexander
William
Wilfred
Peter
Sebastian
Xavier
Hugh
Edward
Laurence

Cosmo (middle name Dibs)

Btw the most upper class people I know (aristos) are William and Oliver.

as is pp’s suggestions of Hector (which I have taken the piss out of a friend for having as his middle name)

Is Hector really that bad?

Once he’s 50+ he’ll probably be able to pull it off but it sounds ridiculous on a young person yes (my friend is 28 and we’ve been friends for 10 years).

I know two Hectors, a little boy (probably about 6 years old) and a gorgeous little baby. I think it's an absolutely adorable name!

Hector should have siblings called Zsazsa and Kiki and be fond of gardening.

Yewtree?

Monty?
Not keen on the whole class thing though

If you like

Otto and Rollo then other O names, maybe Iolo?

Other posh unusual names I don’t think we’ve had yet

Florian
St John

Rollo and Humphrey just make me think of baby elephants, may as well go with Dumbo.

You want to sound upper class 🙄 couldn’t think of anything worse but not my circus, not my monkeys.

It must depend where you are in Britain. In Scotland, the name `Hector’ wouldn’t cause sniggering and piss taking. I think we are not so consumed with class and the manifest anxiety about it you see so commonly on here.

Hugo
Herbert
Tobias
Sebastian
Frazer

*Other posh unusual names I don’t think we’ve had yet

Florian*

Florian is super common in Germany.

How about Orlando?

Orlando seems very Disney like to me.

@Lilacsunflowers , Lando is likely to have become a lot more popular.
Rupert the Bear, Ophelia (disney), Tabitha Twichett, ...

Concern about class is incredibly parochial.

I think the OP is long gone