Sophisticated old money names

[Aglassaday]

Hi everyone

I am looking for sophisticated or old money style names both boys and girls, I think that’s the right word for my style but correct me if I’m wrong

these are ones I like so far so you know my style:

girls:
Ramona
Estella
Meredith
Clementine
Lotta
Adina
Elena
Adelaide
Seraphina
Pippa
Cecelia
Ada
Daphne
Allegra
Rosa
Cara
Alice
Emilia

boys:
Hugo
Ralph
Jasper
Beau
Sterling
Julian
Hector
Cassius
Felix
Otis
Wilfred

Not sure if got right but

romilly
rosalind
henrietta
clara
aurelia
eloise
rosanna
juliet
josephine
tallulah
theodora
astrid
cordelia
cecilia
genevieve
marigold
beatrice

montgomery
ludovic
leopold
franklin
frederick
theodore
rufus
rupert
tobias
silas
elias
cassian
vincent

Maybe look up Evelyn Waugh characters for inspiration.

Violet
Louisa
Eloise
Alexandra
Cressida
Georgia
Georgina
Laetitia
Annabel
Marianne
Henrietta
Florence
Octavia

Ivo
Sebastian
Tristan
Orson
Horatio
Francis
Otto
Henry

It’s Cecilia with an i not a second e.

Pandora
Harriet
Henrietta
Fenella
Antonia
Claudia

Peter
Jonathan
Gregory
Benedict
Edmund
Charles
Marcus

Caroline
Angus

Elizabeth
Philip
Anne
Edward

Elizabeth

Sorry, forgot to add...what about those characters from Bridgerton

Penelope
Eloise
Daphne

Can't remember the rest...

I was going to suggest Jilly Cooper, but yep 👍

Edwina
Anna/Anne
Joanna
Catherine
Elisabeth
Belinda
Victoria
Mary
Alexandra
Georgina

John
Edward
Charles
Hugh
Geoffrey
Malcolm
Victor
Simon
William
Roger

Some great suggestions so far, thank you everyone

Victoria
Clementine
Harriet
Elizabeth
Georgiana
Caroline
Phillipa
Sarah
Alice

James
Philip
Nigel
Henry
Edward
George
Leo
Hugo
Rupert

Not sure I'd consider many of your suggestions old money names.... Ramona?? Lotta??Adelaide?? Beau?? Sterling??? (well I suppose it's money) Otis ?? Otis Ferry definitely new money.

Ariadne
Cressida
Persephone
Felicity
Clarissa

Wilbur
Winston
Humphrey
Rupert
Roderick

Several of the names on your list in the OP do not belong in this category.

Ramona - no
Estella - Estelle maybe
Lotta - as a nickname for Carlotta
Adelaide - unlikely
Seraphina - no
Pippa - only as a nickname for Philippa
Allegra - no
Emilia - more likely Amelia

Beau - unlikely
Sterling - no
Felix - unlikely
Otis - no
Wilfred - no

Casper
Jasper

I wondered if OP was in the US? I agree you wouldn’t find anyone from the British upper class called Beau, Ramona or Sterling.

Honestly I’ve never met anyone with those names, they strike me as very blue-collar American (and nothing wrong with that, except for Beau which is awful they are perfectly nice names).

Tanner
Bob
Florin
Groat

I think a lot of your shortlisted names are actually quite contemporary/trendy at present. I think there are two categories of 'posh' names - not sure which, if either, would be 'old money'.

1. Very conventional, probably royalty inspired Ideas: Alice, Anne, Alexandra, Beatrice, Charlotte, Caroline, Diana, Elizabeth, Florence, Harriet, Henrietta, Isabel, Joanna, Jane, Katherine, Louisa, Matilda, Mary, Margaret, Rose, Rosemary, Sophia, Victoria

Albert, Arthur, Andrew, Alexander, Charles, Christopher, Edward, Frederick, George, Henry, Hal, James, John, Louis, Michael, Nicholas, Philip, Peter, Richard, Stephen, Sebastian, Victor, William

2. fancy/frilly/horsey/a bit different Ideas: Angelica, Araminta, Arabella, Allegra, Antigone, Cassandra, Clarissa, Cordelia, Cressida, Evangeline, Felicity, Fenella, Francesca, Georgina, Gabriella, Genevieve, Hermione, Isadora, Juliette, Jocasta, Jacinta, Larissa, Lavinia, Miranda, Millicent, Madeleine, Natalia, Ophelia, Octavia, Persephone, Philippa, Penelope, Rosalie, Rosanna, Saskia, Tassita, Tabitha, Tallulah, Tamara, Thalia, Vanessa

Atticus, Barnaby, Cyrus, Crispin, Claude, Fabian, Hugh, Hugo, Leonardo, Maximilian, Montgomery, Rafferty, Ralph, Rollo, Rupert, Orson, Ptolemy, Phineas, Solomon, Theodore, Vincent, Xavier

Loadsamoney
Rollinginit
Furcoatandno
Moremoneythensense
Pennywise

Jolyon
Digby

@Saschka you may be right.
@Aglassaday are you wanting US American or UK British? (Even within each of those countries there will be strong regional variations)

Is this for naming characters in a book or are you actually naming a baby? Understanding why you want "old money style names" would help. Generally the families in question will name their children to honour much-respected aunts and uncles, grandparents and godparents so while there will be some churn as different families mix and match, the names to suggest will depend on the family tree of the individual.

But this thread reminded me of this snippet from a recent article, which is a prime example of "tell me your family has shitloads of money without telling me"

I disagree. A lot of those are old money posh like OP is asking for. Felix, Wilfred, Philippa, Emilia, Allegra definitely are.

Queen Victoria’s eldest daughter was called Adelaide.