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

Indeed. That's why it's just "unlikely" rather than "no". When Queen Victoria used it, it wasn't known so much as the name of a major city but was probably a family name (the city was named after a member of a european royal family and I expect the princess was too). As a name it has been demoted a few ranks in the last 100+ years

I was talking about Beau, Sterling and Ramona, as per my post.

Exactly what I was thinking - apart from Adelaide - Queen Adelaide was the wife of William IV so probably acceptable in those circles. The Australian city was named after her. For more inspiration her full name is Adelaide Amelia Louise Theresa Caroline…

To PP who mentioned Bridgerton, great inspiration but some of the sibling names were not of the time!

https://nameberry.com/blog/bridgerton-names-fantasy-or-historic-reality

I'm certainly not "old money" (or any money to be honest 😆) but i did grow up in an area with lots of old money families. They all had/have pretty standard "classic" names to be honest... Henry, Charles, Harriet, Emily, William, Alexander, Charlotte, Elizabeth, Arthur, Thomas, James, Sebastian. The names seem to get passed down the generations (the odd Benedict, Peregrine and Grace appearing). Genuine "old money" families seem fairly traditional.....

@MidnightPatrol Queen Victoria's eldest daughter was Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa. She was known as 'Vicky' by the family.

Real old money will use any name they want as not shackled to societal opinion -
However:
Reinier
Diederik
Frederique
Meinoud
Tiberius
Otto
Willem
Peregrine
Walraven
Willoughby
Beatrix
Sophie
Aleida
Millicent
Adelheid
Genevieve

Yeah, the current royal family has Zara, Sienna, Savannah and Mia. Fairly big standard modern names.

Cornelius

Hector
Elspeth

Most old money folk tend to have timeless "classic" names which would also not cause surprise when they crop up in other classes (albeit less commonly). These are often names which feature in royal families across various generations.

So for girls:
Alexandra, Elizabeth, Catherine, Victoria, Charlotte, Eleanor, Beatrice.
Boys:
Edward, George, Henry, William, Charles, Alexander, Thomas, James.

If you want something a bit more unusual I've put some suggestions below. However the risk with those names is that they might suddenly catch a trend and become rapidly declasse. This is harder to predict than the classic names.

Girls: Antonia, Leonora, Helena, Camilla, Portia, Vanessa, Cassandra, Felicity, Rosamund, Juliet, Araminta.
Boys: Benedict, Randolph, Oswald, Peregrine, Sebastian, Fabian, Montague, Tristram, Tarquin, Hector, Julius/Julian.

I was going to agree, certainly not Lotta or Beau!.

@VaddaABeetch @TwoLeftSocksWithHoles
You’ve made my day

Lotta is a diminutive so if old money it would need to be short for a "proper name".

Plus - Archie, which is a very popular name in schools up and down the land!

Jennifer ( I love Jenny)
Ralph

Aubrey
Ernest
Hector
Christopher
Aloysius
Herbert

Clarissa
Pandora
Olympia
Francesca
Kitty
Tilly
Tara

@Aglassaday some of yours don't fit your category. Meredith, Ramona,Beau, Stirling, Cassius and Allegra leap out in particular.

Look at the royal family for inspiration.

I wouldn't say Beau was a sophisticated, old money name.

Tilly would be Matilda, Ginny would be Virginia. Archie is likey to be Archibald.

I can't think of anything more gauche than trying to ape "sophisticated old money". Lots of the names don't fit that category. Just choose a name you like and be yourself.

If you want a name that will fit in anywhere and with anyone, then choose something classic like a King's/Queen's name or a Saint's name. But one that is still used. Not Ethelred or similar.

Your list doesn't look like 'sophisticated, old money names'

Love it!

Penny
Bob

I think you have enough (fab) names already, you don't need more, just to cut down your current list! Here's my chop, mainly because they don't meet my definition of your criteria.

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

Rose
Jilly / Jill
Eleanor
Pamela
Diane
Victoria