I recently saw a post asking of a name seemed upper class while many felt that it did, it seemed the exact opposite to me. So now I’m curious as to what other people see as upper class or rich names. What names do you consider as upper class or have a wealthy vibe to them? What are the names of the wealthy people you know? Any names that just seem well to do?
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Girls-
[name]Matilda[/name]
Envangeline
[name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Ambrosia[/name]
[name]Valentina[/name]
[name]Victoria[/name]
[name]Sylvia[/name]
[name]Olivia[/name] -
Boys-
[name]Linus[/name]
[name]Barron[/name]
[name]Magnus[/name]
[name]Declan[/name]
[name]Carter[/name]
[name]Bronson[/name]
Some of these names that I have associated these as ‘upper class’ are ‘snooty’ and are becoming more popular, meaning they’ll no longer associate as such.
I think there’s a lot of difference between US/UK on this. I often see [name]Freya[/name], [name]Imogen[/name] and [name]Harriet[/name] suggested as ‘upper class’ names on here but I certainly don’t think they are. Here are some that I wouldn’t be surprised to see in the latest birth announcements in the Torygraph:
[name]Jemima[/name]
[name]Rosamund[/name]
[name]Cressida[/name]
[name]Hermione[/name]
[name]Hyacinth[/name]
[name]Clementine[/name]
[name]Lucinda[/name]
[name]Octavia[/name]
[name]Hebe[/name]
[name]Marguerite[/name]
[name]Constance[/name]
[name]Cecilia[/name]
[name]Amabel[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name]
[name]Florence[/name]*
[name]Penelope[/name]
[name]Araminta[/name]
[name]Ophelia[/name]
[name]Cosima[/name]
[name]Ottilie[/name]
[name]Camilla[/name]
*Sort of. Becoming more commonplace now.
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Oh I should add that the people that I know that would be considered wealthy, or above upper class, have very normal names oddly enough. Those names are [name]Brent[/name], [name]Scott[/name], [name]Amanda[/name], [name]Ian[/name], [name]Bertie[/name], [name]Wayne[/name], [name]Sarah[/name], [name]Gabrielle[/name] (the only one that seems to fit ‘upper class’ in my eyes), [name]Grace[/name]. It seems those that I know that are middle class tend to try to have the snooty high end names. Lol. Like [name]Carter[/name], [name]Magnus[/name] and [name]Olivia[/name].
I have no idea what constitutes a “rich” name, but here are the names of some people I know who were born into wealth.
[name]Winnie[/name] [name]Rose[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Alex[/name]
[name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Julia[/name]
[name]Jessalyn[/name]
[name]Concetta[/name]
[name]Nicola[/name]
[name]Lolita[/name] (her father is a mega-celebrity)
[name]Margo[/name]
[name]Leah[/name]
[name]Theodore[/name]
[name]India[/name]
[name]Zoe[/name]
[name]Sarah[/name]
[name]Holly[/name]
[name]Stephen[/name] (x2)
[name]Brooke[/name]
[name]Jason[/name]
[name]Elisa[/name]
[name]Amelia[/name]
[name]Colin[/name]
[name]Emmett[/name]
[name]Genevieve[/name]
[name]Henry[/name]
[name]Peter[/name]
[name]Silas[/name]
[name]Cyan[/name]
(I went to school with a LOT of rich kids.)
Having grandparents who live in one of the fanciest upper class cities in Denmark where all the rich people come to holiday in the summer (but turns plain as a pikestaff in winter time), I would say that these names are very commonly heard among the upper class (totally copy-pasted this from my post in the boys thread, but yeah):
[name]Agnes[/name]
[name]Alma[/name]
[name]Anna[/name]
[name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Dagmar[/name]
[name]Ellen[/name]
[name]Eloise[/name]
[name]Elvira[/name]
[name]Esther[/name]
[name]Helene[/name]
[name]India[/name]
[name]Ingeborg[/name]
[name]Ingrid[/name]
[name]Johanne[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Mathilda[/name]
[name]Ofelia[/name]
[name]Palma[/name]
Regitze
[name]Rose[/name]
[name]Rosemarie[/name]
Boys:
[name]Leopold[/name]
[name]Vincent[/name]
[name]Walter[/name]
[name]Eugene[/name]
[name]Harvey[/name]
[name]Ulysses[/name]
[name]Hubert[/name]
[name]Wilbert[/name]
[name]Radcliffe[/name]
[name]Albert[/name]
Girls:
[name]Eugenia[/name]
[name]Cynthia[/name]
[name]Alberta[/name]
[name]Mariana[/name]
[name]Minerva[/name]
[name]Frances[/name]
[name]Edith[/name]
[name]Dorothy[/name]
[name]Agatha[/name]
[name]Jillian[/name]
[name]Wilhelmina[/name]
[name]Cecelia[/name]
I attended a prep school with many wealthy, well-connected students. The names tended to be either classics or family names. There were very few trendy names or unique spellings. I agree with a previous poster in that most of the truly wealthy people have “normal” classic names (with the exception of vintage family names), while its the more middle class/upper middle class individuals I know that have the “snotty” names
Popular names of students were (now in their 20s/30s):
[name]Catherine[/name]/[name]Katherine[/name]
[name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Martha[/name]
[name]Patricia[/name]
[name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Frances[/name]
[name]Julia[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Amelia[/name]
[name]James[/name]
[name]John[/name]
[name]George[/name]
[name]Alexander[/name]
[name]William[/name]
I’m nearly a year late but I went to a private school that had international boarders:
(These will all be girl names)
[name_f]Winnie[/name_f]
[name_f]India[/name_f]
[name_f]Melody[/name_f]
[name_u]Sydney[/name_u]
Hannah(such a common one)
[name_f]Adalyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucille[/name_f]
[name_f]Savannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Destiny[/name_f]
[name_f]Elise[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_u]Indigo[/name_u]
[name_f]Rachel[/name_f] and [name_f]Jessica[/name_f] make me think of powerful women who wear blazers and stylish sunglasses and carry fancy handbags. Not sure why this comes to mind 
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Also just realized this, but you weren’t just a year late, you were eight years late!
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I would recommending reading Telegraph birth announcements from the UK for ‘posh’ name inspiration. @jessicalucy has kindly been sharing them in this thread if you fancy taking a look!
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Its [name_f]Jessica[/name_f] Jung for me so…
Shhh we don’t talk about that
Girls
[name_f]Vivienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Arabella[/name_f]
[name_u]Antonia[/name_u]
[name_f]Virginia[/name_f]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f]
[name_f]Dianna[/name_f]
[name_f]Camilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
Boys
[name_m]Percival[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_m]Ignatius[/name_m]
[name_m]Cornelius[/name_m]
[name_m]Hector[/name_m]
I am sure there are others but these are the ones I can think of for now.
Maddelena / [name_f]Maddalena[/name_f]
[name_f]Arabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Alina[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] / [name_f]Elisabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Vivienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Frances[/name_f]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
Very much depends where you’re from I think, in the UK I’d say there’s some really obvious ones like:
[name_m]Tarquin[/name_m]
[name_f]Araminta[/name_f]
[name_f]Arabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Lettice[/name_f]
[name_u]Spencer[/name_u]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
[name_m]Horatio[/name_m]
[name_m]Montague[/name_m]
[name_f]Tatiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Allegra[/name_f]
[name_m]Digby[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_f]Camilla[/name_f]
[name_m]Cosmo[/name_m]
[name_f]Leonora[/name_f]
[name_m]Barnaby[/name_m]
[name_m]Humphrey[/name_m]
[name_f]Cressida[/name_f]
Anything beginning with Fitz…
And some nicknamey names that reek of public school like:
[name_f]Minty[/name_f]
[name_f]Bunny[/name_f]
[name_m]Topher[/name_m]
[name_f]Bitsy[/name_f]
[name_m]Raffy[/name_m]
[name_m]Jonty[/name_m]
[name_f]Millie[/name_f] (swear almost every other girl at prep school is called [name_f]Millie[/name_f], usually short for [name_f]Camilla[/name_f] or [name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
I met two kids the other day called [name_m]Raffy[/name_m] and Otty short for [name_m]Rafferty[/name_m] and [name_f]Ottilie[/name_f], they were insanely posh children, dressed like royals! Nothing wrong with this though, our style is pretty similar!
If you’re looking for a fun read that’s sort of about this exact same topic, you should check out Freakonomics! One of the chapters is about names, and they do an analysis of names by the socioeconomic background of the family over time, and show that names that were called “high-end” at one point in time, eventually move along to the middle and then lower classes as the trend picks up. Very interesting! They also classify names by the level of education of the mother and other such factors.
The book itself is from the early 2000s, so I suppose the data is a bit dated and wouldn’t include current trends, but it’s a fascinating read nonetheless!