Looking For Ridiculously Grand Names!

As some of you may know, I’m trying to have more fun with my name lists, and I’ve been doing this by exploring different name styles that I like (both for my real and guilty pleasure lists). During this process, I realized that I have an affinity for overly pretentious and dramatic names, so I’d love to hear suggestions based on that!

Nearly all of the names on this list are unusual, a little too grand to use in real life (for my personal taste!), and don’t particularly have intuitive nicknames—all things I wouldn’t normally love for my list, but I’m really enjoying them!

So, as the title says, I am looking for name suggestions that are ridiculously grand, studiously academic, and dramatically posh.

So far, I have:
[name_m]Astrophel[/name_m]
[name_u]Augustine[/name_u]
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_m]Balthasar[/name_m]
[name_m]Bartholomew[/name_m]
[name_f]Clemency[/name_f]
[name_f]Clemensia[/name_f]
[name_f]Constance[/name_f]
[name_u]Constantine[/name_u]
[name_m]Coriolanus[/name_m]
[name_m]Cornelius[/name_m]
[name_m]Ignatius[/name_m]
[name_u]Leviathan[/name_u]
[name_u]Montgomery[/name_u]

I am also thinking of adding [name_m]Beaumont[/name_m], [name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m], [name_u]Peregrine[/name_u], and [name_m]Percival[/name_m], but I am not sure about them quite yet!

Thank you in advance for any suggestions. I can’t wait to hear what you all have in mind!

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a few that hopefully fit the brief…

adrasteia / aristeia
amadeus
aristotle
artemisia
athenais
aurelius
aurembiaix
beowulf
calathea / calithea
cleopatra
constantia (you have constance and constantine already, but even grander…?)
corisande
estelita
fitzwilliam
flaviana
florentina
laurentia
luciana
lucretia
melisande
michelangelo
nicodemus
octavia
perenelle
perpetua
philomena
pomeline
romulus
thalassa
theodosia
vasilisa
vincenza
wolfgang

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:joy: i love this description !

ideas

asterion
cenerentola
meridian
nymeria
jeannot
abyssinia
endelienta
rousseau
liselotte
vincentia
sosthenes
orinthia
archimedes
pasqualina
bonaventure
delphinium
narcissus
androcles
parthenia
bennington
ernestine
methuselah
daedalus
almondine
pyramus
ethelinda
ballantine
douceline
theodoric
hyperion
florissa
pembroke
berengaria

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Fun!

I’ll throw in the suggestions:

[name_m]Galahad[/name_m]
[name_m]Archimedes[/name_m]
[name_f]Leontine[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophronia[/name_f]
[name_m]Mercutio[/name_m]
[name_m]Ozymandias[/name_m]
[name_f]Desdemona[/name_f]
[name_f]Leocadia[/name_f]
Rosfrith
[name_f]Corinthia[/name_f]
[name_u]Odysseus[/name_u]
[name_m]Adalberto[/name_m] / Adalberta
[name_f]Hortensia[/name_f]
[name_m]Horatio[/name_m]
[name_f]Calpurnia[/name_f]
Hareton
Zerubbabel
[name_f]Bathsheba[/name_f]
[name_m]Hieronymus[/name_m]
[name_m]Renatus[/name_m]
[name_m]Tertius[/name_m]
[name_f]Coppelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Arianell[/name_f]

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This is my style!

[name_m]Maximilian[/name_m]
[name_m]Emilian[/name_m]
[name_f]Honorata[/name_f]
[name_u]Endellion[/name_u]
[name_f]Euphemia[/name_f]
[name_m]Isidore[/name_m]
[name_m]Aloysius[/name_m]
[name_u]Thaddeus[/name_u]
[name_f]Thaïs[/name_f]
[name_f]Faustina[/name_f]
[name_m]Wulfric[/name_m]
[name_f]Eulalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Annunziata[/name_f]
[name_m]Melchior[/name_m]
[name_f]Scholastica[/name_f]
[name_m]Philemon[/name_m]
[name_m]Irenaeus[/name_m]
[name_f]Hedwig[/name_f]
[name_m]Stanislaus[/name_m]
[name_m]Marius[/name_m]
[name_f]Jadwiga[/name_f]
[name_f]Isidora[/name_f]
[name_f]Leocadia[/name_f]
[name_m]Ptolemy[/name_m]
[name_m]Wolfram[/name_m]
[name_f]Katarina[/name_f]
[name_f]Morwenna[/name_f]
[name_m]Barnabas[/name_m]
[name_f]Hermione[/name_f]
[name_m]Cosmas[/name_m]
[name_m]Casimir[/name_m]
[name_f]Immaculata[/name_f]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_m]Silvanus[/name_m]
[name_m]Nicanor[/name_m]
[name_m]Cajetan[/name_m]
[name_m]Joachim[/name_m]
[name_m]Corentin[/name_m]
Everilda
[name_m]Caradoc[/name_m]
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m]
[name_f]Remedios[/name_f]
[name_f]Hildegard[/name_f]
[name_m]Alphonsus[/name_m]
[name_m]Athanasius[/name_m]
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f]
[name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]
[name_m]Boniface[/name_m]
[name_f]Eudoxia[/name_f]
[name_m]Cyprian[/name_m]
[name_f]Marguerite[/name_f]
[name_u]Hyacinth[/name_u]
[name_f]Jacinta[/name_f]
[name_m]Lazarus[/name_m]
[name_m]Nicander[/name_m]
[name_f]Dymphna[/name_f]
[name_m]Theophilus[/name_m]

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[name_f]Temperance[/name_f]
[name_f]Boudicca[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassiopeia[/name_f]
[name_f]Alexandrina[/name_f]
[name_f]Antonella[/name_f]
[name_f]Antoinette[/name_f] / Antoinetta
[name_f]Stellamaris[/name_f]
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f]
[name_f]Zipporah[/name_f] / [name_f]Tzipporah[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmanuella[/name_f]
[name_f]Sheherazade[/name_f]
[name_f]Apollonia[/name_f]

Don’t overlook [name_m]Beauregard[/name_m] (I love it but can’t actually use it lol)
[name_m]Maximiliano[/name_m]
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m]
[name_u]Ellington[/name_u]
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_m]Ozymandias[/name_m]

Hopefully these help :slight_smile:

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Alexandriana
[name_m]Athanasius[/name_m]
Fredenandus
Hipparchia
[name_m]Maximilianus[/name_m]
[name_m]Napoleone[/name_m]
[name_f]Penthesilea[/name_f]
Sapientia
Saturnina

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[name_m]Aloysius[/name_m]
[name_m]Ebenezer[/name_m]
[name_m]Leofric[/name_m]
[name_m]Melchior[/name_m]
[name_m]Philemon[/name_m]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u]
Rameses
[name_m]Valentinian[/name_m]

[name_f]Antigone[/name_f]
[name_u]Christobel[/name_u]
[name_f]Euphemia[/name_f]
[name_f]Hildegard[/name_f]
[name_f]Iphigenia[/name_f]
[name_f]Jocasta[/name_f]
[name_f]Menodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Olympia[/name_f]
Peronel
Roswitha
[name_f]Scheherazade[/name_f]
[name_f]Theophania[/name_f]

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[name_f]Penthesilea[/name_f]
[name_u]Calloway[/name_u]
[name_f]Xaviera[/name_f]
[name_m]Quintavius[/name_m]
[name_u]Gossamer[/name_u]
[name_f]Andressa[/name_f]
[name_m]Excalibur[/name_m]
[name_m]Beresford[/name_m]
[name_m]Dietrich[/name_m]
[name_f]Aristeia[/name_f]
[name_m]Deucalion[/name_m]
[name_m]Godfrey[/name_m]
[name_m]Thelonious[/name_m]
[name_f]Augustina[/name_f]
[name_f]Omarosa[/name_f]

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[name_m]Balthasar[/name_m]
[name_m]Audamar[/name_m]
[name_m]Casimir[/name_m]
[name_m]Galileo[/name_m]
[name_m]Ludovic[/name_m]
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_m]Tennyson[/name_m]
[name_m]Theseus[/name_m]
[name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]
[name_u]Willoughby[/name_u]
[name_m]Wolfram[/name_m]
[name_m]Valerian[/name_m]

[name_f]Amaranta[/name_f]
[name_f]Bartolomea[/name_f]
[name_f]Bérénice[/name_f]
[name_f]Caledonia[/name_f]
Costanza
[name_f]Desdemona[/name_f]
[name_f]Euphrasie[/name_f]
[name_f]Fiammetta[/name_f]
[name_f]Galatea[/name_f]
[name_f]Hypatia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucrezia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ludovica[/name_f]
[name_f]Mélisande[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodosia[/name_f]
[name_f]Venetia[/name_f]
[name_f]Zenaida[/name_f]

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@morningflower Thank you for the suggestions! I’ve added [name_f]Artemisia[/name_f], [name_f]Constantia[/name_f], [name_m]Fitzwilliam[/name_m], [name_f]Florentina[/name_f], [name_f]Perpetua[/name_f], [name_f]Philomena[/name_f], [name_m]Romulus[/name_m], and [name_m]Wolfgang[/name_m]!

@aiksx I’m glad you like it, haha! I added [name_m]Asterion[/name_m], [name_u]Meridian[/name_u], Nymeria, [name_f]Abyssinia[/name_f], [name_f]Orinthia[/name_f], [name_f]Delphinium[/name_f], [name_m]Narcissus[/name_m], [name_f]Ernestine[/name_f], [name_m]Daedalus[/name_m], [name_m]Theodoric[/name_m], and [name_m]Hyperion[/name_m] to the list. Thanks so much!

@Greyblue Thank you for the suggestions! I added [name_f]Leontine[/name_f], [name_f]Sophronia[/name_f], [name_m]Mercutio[/name_m], [name_m]Ozymandias[/name_m], [name_f]Corinthia[/name_f], [name_f]Hortensia[/name_f], [name_m]Horatio[/name_m], [name_f]Calpurnia[/name_f], [name_m]Hieronymus[/name_m], and [name_f]Coppelia[/name_f] to the list!

@VEL Your style is so fun! I added [name_m]Maximilian[/name_m], [name_f]Honorata[/name_f], [name_f]Euphemia[/name_f], [name_m]Isidore[/name_m], [name_m]Wulfric[/name_m], [name_m]Melchior[/name_m], [name_f]Scholastica[/name_f], [name_m]Irenaeus[/name_m], [name_f]Isadora[/name_f], [name_m]Ptolemy[/name_m], [name_f]Katarina[/name_f], [name_f]Morwenna[/name_f], [name_m]Barnabas[/name_m], [name_m]Cosmas[/name_m], [name_m]Casimir[/name_m], [name_u]Valentine[/name_u], [name_m]Corentin[/name_m], [name_m]Caradoc[/name_m], [name_m]Benedict[/name_m], [name_m]Athanasius[/name_m], [name_m]Cyprian[/name_m], [name_u]Hyacinth[/name_u], [name_m]Lazarus[/name_m], and [name_m]Theophilus[/name_m] to the list! Thanks for the suggestions.

@cms1512 Thank you for the suggestions! I added [name_f]Zipporah[/name_f], [name_f]Apollonia[/name_f], [name_m]Beauregard[/name_m], [name_m]Maximiliano[/name_m], [name_m]Benedict[/name_m], and [name_m]Ozymandias[/name_m] to the list!

@Johannaa I’ve added [name_m]Athanasius[/name_m], Mazimilianus, and Saturnina to the list! Thanks for the suggestions!

@marysia Thank you for the suggestions! I added [name_m]Ebenezer[/name_m], [name_m]Melchior[/name_m], [name_m]Valentinian[/name_m], [name_f]Euphemia[/name_f], [name_f]Iphigenia[/name_f], [name_f]Olympia[/name_f], and [name_f]Theophania[/name_f] to the list!

@Oreobunn I’ve added [name_u]Calloway[/name_u], [name_u]Gossamer[/name_u], [name_m]Excalibur[/name_m], [name_f]Aristeia[/name_f], [name_m]Thelonious[/name_m], and [name_f]Augustina[/name_f] to the list! Thank you for the suggestions!

@camellia1 Thank you for the suggestions! I added [name_m]Casimir[/name_m], [name_m]Theseus[/name_m], [name_m]Valerian[/name_m], [name_f]Amaranta[/name_f], [name_f]Caledonia[/name_f], [name_f]Constanza[/name_f], [name_f]Euphrasie[/name_f], [name_f]Hypatia[/name_f], [name_f]Lucrezia[/name_f], [name_f]Ludovica[/name_f], and [name_f]Venetia[/name_f] to the list!

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Maybe…
[name_m]Julius[/name_m]
[name_m]Algernon[/name_m]
[name_f]Florentina[/name_f]
[name_m]Florizel[/name_m]
[name_f]Titania[/name_f]
[name_f]Callidora[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurembiaix[/name_f]
[name_f]Orinthia[/name_f]
[name_m]Arcturus[/name_m]
[name_u]Antares[/name_u]
[name_m]Rasalas[/name_m]
[name_m]Spartacus[/name_m]
[name_m]Caratacus[/name_m]
[name_f]Dulcibella[/name_f]
[name_f]Venetia[/name_f]
[name_f]Valencia[/name_f]
[name_f]Aquitaine[/name_f]
[name_f]Quintara[/name_f]
[name_m]Bertrand[/name_m], [name_m]Bertram[/name_m], [name_m]Beltrano[/name_m]
[name_f]Sydania[/name_f]
[name_m]Figaro[/name_m]
[name_m]Irenaeus[/name_m]
[name_f]Arkadina[/name_f]

more

[name_f]Arethusa[/name_f]
[name_f]Antigone[/name_f]
[name_f]Celestina[/name_f]
[name_f]Petronilla[/name_f]
[name_m]Cosmin[/name_m], [name_f]Cosmina[/name_f]
[name_f]Maxima[/name_f]
[name_f]Leodora[/name_f], [name_m]Leopold[/name_m], [name_f]Leocadia[/name_f], [name_f]Leontyne[/name_f]
[name_m]Napoleon[/name_m]
[name_f]Valkyrie[/name_f]
[name_m]Tarquin[/name_m]
[name_m]Perequin[/name_m]
[name_m]Boniface[/name_m]
[name_m]Kenelm[/name_m]
[name_m]Cassius[/name_m]
[name_m]Valentinian[/name_m]
[name_m]Beauregard[/name_m]
[name_m]Wenceslaus[/name_m]
[name_m]Romario[/name_m]
[name_u]Odysseus[/name_u]
[name_f]Ottilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosegold[/name_f]
[name_f]Flordelis[/name_f]
[name_m]Heliodor[/name_m], [name_m]Liodor[/name_m]
[name_m]Cornelius[/name_m]
[name_m]Coleridge[/name_m]
[name_f]Iphigenia[/name_f]
[name_m]Faramond[/name_m]
[name_m]Rupheo[/name_m]
[name_f]Contessa[/name_f]
[name_m]Timaeus[/name_m]
Almiesan
[name_f]Gardenia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ardesia[/name_f]
[name_f]Elixane[/name_f]
[name_f]Phyllida[/name_f]
[name_m]Herbsaint[/name_m]
[name_m]Alabaster[/name_m]
[name_m]Malaquias[/name_m]
[name_m]Bensiabel[/name_m]
[name_m]Cymbeline[/name_m]
[name_f]Marchesa[/name_f]
[name_m]Carnelian[/name_m]
[name_f]Trinity[/name_f]
[name_f]Tresillian[/name_f]
[name_m]Brennus[/name_m], [name_m]Brencis[/name_m]
[name_m]Bessarion[/name_m]

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Consider any repeats a second vote!

[name_m]Desmond[/name_m]
[name_m]Tiberius[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilhelm[/name_m]
[name_m]Ulysses[/name_m]
[name_m]Percival[/name_m]
[name_u]Auberon[/name_u]
[name_m]Wolfgang[/name_m]
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_m]Clement[/name_m]
[name_m]Beauregard[/name_m]
[name_m]Winton[/name_m]
[name_m]Heathcliff[/name_m]
[name_m]Fitzwilliam[/name_m]
[name_m]Amadeus[/name_m]
[name_m]Mercutio[/name_m]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_m]Tennyson[/name_m]
[name_u]Willoughby[/name_u]
[name_m]Alastair[/name_m]
[name_m]Dionysus[/name_m]
[name_m]Silvanus[/name_m]
Xenophilius

[name_f]Aphrodite[/name_f]
[name_f]Galadriel[/name_f]
[name_f]Appoline[/name_f]
[name_f]Perpetua[/name_f]
[name_f]Zephyrine[/name_f]
[name_f]Boudicca[/name_f]
[name_f]Nefertiti[/name_f]
[name_f]Cleopatra[/name_f]
[name_f]Delphinium[/name_f]
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f]
[name_f]Artemisia[/name_f]
[name_f]Desdemona[/name_f]
[name_f]Calpurnia[/name_f]
[name_f]Antigone[/name_f]
[name_f]Valkyrie[/name_f]
Nymphadora
[name_f]Narcissa[/name_f]
[name_f]Demelza[/name_f]
[name_f]Septima[/name_f]

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[name_f]Abyssinia[/name_f]
Amelissia
[name_f]Astoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Aureliana[/name_f]
[name_f]Caprina[/name_f]
[name_f]Cressida[/name_f]
[name_f]Emeraude[/name_f]
[name_f]Genoveva[/name_f]
[name_f]Giovanetta[/name_f]
[name_f]Hildegard[/name_f]
[name_u]Hyacinth[/name_u]
[name_f]Leocadia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucrezia[/name_f]
[name_f]Mireille[/name_f]
Pasqualina
[name_f]Perdita[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophronia[/name_f]
[name_f]Tekla[/name_f]
[name_f]Valenciana[/name_f]
[name_f]Vasilia[/name_f]
[name_u]Vivendel[/name_u]

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@EdgeOfTheMeadow Thank you for the suggestions! I added [name_m]Algernon[/name_m], [name_f]Florentina[/name_f], [name_m]Florizel[/name_m], [name_f]Orinthia[/name_f], [name_m]Arcturus[/name_m], [name_u]Antares[/name_u], [name_m]Irenaeus[/name_m], Artehusa, [name_f]Celestina[/name_f], [name_m]Cosmin[/name_m], [name_f]Cosmina[/name_f], [name_f]Valkyrie[/name_f], [name_m]Tarquin[/name_m], [name_m]Perequin[/name_m], [name_m]Cassius[/name_m], [name_m]Valentinian[/name_m], [name_m]Beauregard[/name_m], [name_m]Wenceslaus[/name_m], [name_f]Flordelis[/name_f], [name_m]Heliodor[/name_m], [name_m]Cornelius[/name_m], [name_f]Iphigenia[/name_f], [name_f]Gardenia[/name_f], [name_m]Herbsaint[/name_m], [name_m]Malaquias[/name_m], and [name_m]Carnelian[/name_m]. This whole list was amazing!

@LoneStar Thank you for the suggestions! I added [name_m]Tiberius[/name_m], [name_m]Wilhelm[/name_m], [name_m]Percival[/name_m], [name_m]Wolfgang[/name_m], [name_m]Clement[/name_m], [name_m]Beauregard[/name_m], [name_m]Heathcliff[/name_m], [name_m]Fitzwilliam[/name_m], [name_m]Mercutio[/name_m], [name_u]Valentine[/name_u], [name_m]Alastair[/name_m], [name_m]Silvanus[/name_m], [name_f]Perpetua[/name_f], [name_f]Zephyrine[/name_f], [name_f]Delphinium[/name_f], [name_f]Desdemona[/name_f], [name_f]Calpurnia[/name_f], [name_f]Antigone[/name_f], [name_f]Valkyrie[/name_f], [name_f]Narcissa[/name_f], and [name_f]Septima[/name_f]!

@RaeElleMcGraunke Thank you for the suggestions! I added [name_f]Abyssinia[/name_f], [name_f]Caprina[/name_f], [name_f]Cressida[/name_f], [name_f]Hildegard[/name_f], [name_u]Hyacinth[/name_u], [name_f]Perdita[/name_f], [name_f]Sophronia[/name_f], and [name_u]Vivendel[/name_u]!

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Some more suggestions:

[name_f]Viridis[/name_f]
Aspasia
[name_f]Christiana[/name_f]
Lycidas
[name_m]Apollinaire[/name_m]
[name_f]Tryphena[/name_f]
[name_f]Ismeria[/name_f]
[name_f]Casiphia[/name_f]
[name_m]Benvolio[/name_m]
[name_m]Nazarius[/name_m]
[name_f]Dovizia[/name_f]

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Thanks for the reply! I’m really liking [name_f]Viridis[/name_f], [name_m]Apollinaire[/name_m], Isomeric, [name_m]Nazarius[/name_m], and [name_f]Dovizia[/name_f]!