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What Names - Male and Female - Do You Think of as Glamorous?

41 replies

LilyDivine · 22/04/2023 09:06

Are there any particular names which conjure up glamorous imagery for you, and if so what are they?

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Awwlookatmybabyspider · 22/04/2023 10:18

Female: Virginia. Cynthia. Anastasia. Natalia. Christina. Louisa. Izabella.
Tiffany. Stephanie. Azariah. Maria. Nicole. Vanessa. Claudia Suzannah.

Male: Xavier. Anton. Gabriel. Alexander. Vincent. Finbar. Guiseppe.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 22/04/2023 10:22

Jasmine. Elena. Sofia.

LadyEloise1 · 22/04/2023 10:40

Finbar - glamorous ShockShockShock
Irish Mumsnetters on here will know why I'm shocked.

DisforDarkChocolate · 22/04/2023 10:43

Nina for women.
No glamorous male names for me.

LadyEloise1 · 22/04/2023 11:22

Guy is sort of glamorous but would be deemed a bit pretentious where I live.
My dsons have very ordinary plain names.

ReadtheReviews · 22/04/2023 11:32

Italian female names for me. So Giada, Raphaella, etc
Male names, one from black and white Hollywood era so Cary, Devlin,

Smallonesaremorejuicy · 22/04/2023 11:37

Arabella
Rupert

GallopingGreen · 22/04/2023 11:49

Finbar??? I'm Irish and really cannot see that on the glamorous levels of Xavier. Anton. Gabriel. Alexander. Vincent. Giuseppe.

This actually made me laugh here Grin

Mamette · 22/04/2023 11:54

I don’t think a name can be glamorous by itself because you necessarily attach it to an actual person. I mean, Finbar would not make my list of potentially glamorous names as real life Finbars are all in their 80s in my world.

It would have to be something like Shehazerade (sp?) because I know none in reality.

The most glamorous people I know are called ordinary names like Mary and Gillian.

RobertaTheRotund · 22/04/2023 12:20

Vanessa always makes me think of a glamorous woman.

For men, maybe Gabriel

KirstenBlest · 22/04/2023 12:58

@Mamette , Scheherazade. I know one, but although she's lovely, I wouldn't say she was glamorous, but she goes by a nn.

Glamorous is a bit open to interpretation. The names are often linked to a glamorous person but might not seem so glamorous on someone else.

MakeMineADouble81 · 22/04/2023 13:04

I think Isabel and Oliver sound like an elegant couple!

TheWildOnesRunningWithTheDogs · 22/04/2023 13:12

Natasha always has quite a glamorous air, to my mind.

Mumofgirls2017 · 22/04/2023 13:41

Harry
phoenix
jude
rafe
zach
rocco
evan
seth

celine
camilla
vivienne
serena
annabelle
aurelia
margot
felicity
tallulah

midsomermurderess · 22/04/2023 13:46

Eve. It has a cool, elegant simplicity, despite the world currently being awash with Evies, Avas, etc.

LilyDivine · 22/04/2023 16:03

Thanks, everyone.

I know glamorous names are subjective. I like hearing everyone's take on it though.

I am not Irish, and can totally understand the glamorous appeal of Finbar. Just goes to show it all boils down to what you've been exposed to and your own personal experiences. Giuseppe is gorgeous.

So many lovely, lovely names. Many thanks everyone x

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Ellmau · 22/04/2023 16:08

Saskia
Lara
Larissa

Raphael
Jasper
Rufus
Hugo

elizabethdraper · 22/04/2023 16:12

Finbar😂

ScruffMuffin · 22/04/2023 16:16

Marilyn
Seraphina

Benedict
Rafferty

GeraltsBathtub · 22/04/2023 16:18

Very surprised by some of these - surely Oliver and Alexander are bog standard names!
Cleopatra was my first thought…

Derrymum123 · 22/04/2023 16:29

Rufus
Rupert
Xander
Charles

Margot
Martha
Cecilia
Rosanna

LilyDivine · 22/04/2023 23:08

Thanks 😊

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salamithumbs · 22/04/2023 23:46

Anthea
Anastasia
Bianca
Camellia
Elettra
Fabiana
Gabriella
Ginevra
Iliana
Ilsa
Ilaria
Iolanthe
Juliana
Lorena
Rosaria
Rosalind
Rowena
Sophia
Saskia
Seraphina
Valentina
Viviana/ Vivienne
Viola
Valeria
Zara

Can't think of any boys!! I think some names like Sebastian, Theodore, Alexander etc sound posh but not exactly glamorous iyswim...

Maybe for boys, Clint, Leonardo and Ace 😂

LilyDivine · 23/04/2023 14:52

Thanks for all these.

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LilyDivine · 23/04/2023 20:56

For what it's worth, I think of these names as quite glamorous

Valentina
Gwendoline
Greta

Laslo

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