The following names are the names most indicative of the upper class in Britain over the last thirty years based on peerage birth announcements compared with national statistics. In other words, these names are uncommon choices in Britain except for among the upper class where they are well used. The Brits call these posh names, while to Americans these may feel simply British or Eurostyle.
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Algernon - "moustached man"
Pronunciation: AL-ger-non
Gender: Male
Origin: French
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Allegra - "joyous"
Gender: Female
Origin: Italian
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Anoushka - "grace"
Gender: Female
Origin: Russian, diminutive of Ann
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Antonia - "priceless one"
Gender: Female
Origin: Latin
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Arabella - "yielding to prayer"
Gender: Female
Origin: Latin
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Araminta - "defender"
Gender: Female
Origin: Invented hybrid name from Arabella and Aminta
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Archibald - "truly brave"
Gender: Male
Origin: Teutonic
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Artemis - unknown meaning
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Greek mythology name
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Atalanta - unknown meaning
Gender: Female
Origin: Greek mythology name
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Aubrey - "elf ruler"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: English from French version of German Alberic
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Augusta - "great, magnificent"
Gender: Female
Origin: Feminine variation of Augustus
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Augustus - "great, magnificent"
Gender: Male
Origin: Latin
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Barnaby - "son of consolation"
Gender: Male
Origin: English variation of Barnabas, Aramaic
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Benedict - "blessed"
Gender: Male
Origin: Latin
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Bertram - "bright raven"
Gender: Male
Origin: German
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Calypso - "she who hides"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Greek
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Camilla - "young ceremonial attendant"
Gender: Female
Origin: Latin
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Candida - "white"
Gender: Female
Origin: Latin
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Casper - "treasurer"
Gender: Male
Origin: Dutch form of Jasper, Persian
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Caspian - unknown meaning
Gender: Male
Origin: Place name
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Cecily - "blind"
Gender: Female
Origin: Feminine variation of Cecil
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Clarissa - "bright, clear"
Gender: Female
Origin: Elaboration of Clara
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Claudia - "lame; enclosure"
Gender: Female
Origin: Feminine variation of Claude
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Coco - unknown meaning
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Spanish and French pet name
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Cordelia - "heart; daughter of the sea"
Gender: Female
Origin: Latin; Celtic
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Cosima - "order, beauty"
Pronunciation: KO-see-mah
Gender: Female
Origin: Italian feminine variation of Cosmo, Greek
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Cosmo - "order, beauty"
Gender: Male
Origin: Italian from Greek
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Digby - "town by the ditch"
Gender: Male
Origin: Norse
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Fabian - "bean grower"
Gender: Male
Origin: Latin clan name
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Felix - "happy, fortunate"
Gender: Male
Origin: Latin
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Fergus - "man of force"
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish and Irish
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Flora - "flower"
Gender: Female
Origin: Latin
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Giles - "young goat"
Pronunciation: jiles
Gender: Male
Origin: Greek
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Guy - "guide, leader"
Gender: Male
Origin: French
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Hebe - "youth"
Pronunciation: hee-bee
Gender: Female
Origin: Greek
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Hector - "holding fast"
Gender: Male
Origin: Greek
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Henrietta - "estate ruler"
Gender: Female
Origin: Feminine variation of Henry
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Hero - "demi-god"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Greek
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Horatio - "hour, time"
Gender: Male
Origin: English variation of Latin Horatius
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Hugo - "mind, intellect"
Gender: Male
Origin: Latinised form of Hugh
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Humphrey - "peaceful warrior"
Gender: Male
Origin: German
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India - unknown meaning
Gender: Female
Origin: Place name, from the River Indus
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Inigo - "fiery"
Gender: Male
Origin: Basque, medieval Spanish variation of Ignatius
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Iona - unknown meaning
Pronunciation: eye-own-uh
Gender: Female
Origin: Scottish place name
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Ivo - "yew wood, archer"
Gender: Male
Origin: German
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Jago - "supplanter"
Pronunciation: jay-go or yay-go
Gender: Male
Origin: Spanish and Cornish variation of Jacob
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Jemima - "dove"
Gender: Female
Origin: Hebrew
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Jonty - "gift of Jehovah"
Gender: Male
Origin: Diminutive of Jonathan
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Kit - "bearer of Christ"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: English, diminutive of Christopher or Katherine
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Kitty - "pure"
Gender: Female
Origin: English, diminutive of Katherine
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Leonora - unknown meaning
Gender: Female
Origin: Italian diminutive of Eleonora or Eleanor
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Leopold - "brave people"
Gender: Male
Origin: German
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Lettice - "joy, gladness"
Gender: Female
Origin: English variation of Letitia
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Lucinda - "light"
Gender: Female
Origin: Variation of Lucia
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Ludovic - "famous warrior"
Gender: Male
Origin: English and Scottish variation of Ludwig
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Lysander - "liberator"
Gender: Male
Origin: Greek
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Magnus - "greatest"
Gender: Male
Origin: Latin
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Marina - "from the sea"
Pronunciation: ma-REEN-a
Gender: Female
Origin: Latin
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Marmaduke - "devotee of Maedoc"
Gender: Male
Origin: Irish
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Maud - "battle mighty"
Gender: Female
Origin: Variation of Matilda
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Miranda - "marvellous"
Gender: Female
Origin: Latin
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Montague - "pointy hill"
Gender: Male
Origin: French
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Montgomery - "man power"
Gender: Male
Origin: Norman
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Mungo - "my pet"
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish nickname
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Octavia - "eighth"
Gender: Female
Origin: Latin
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Olympia - "from Mount Olympus"
Gender: Female
Origin: Greek
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Ophelia - "help"
Gender: Female
Origin: Greek
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Orlando - "famous throughout the land"
Gender: Male
Origin: Italian variation of Roland
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Ottilie - "prosperous in battle"
Pronunciation: ott-till-ee
Gender: Female
Origin: Feminine variation of German Otto
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Otto - "wealthy"
Gender: Male
Origin: German
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Pandora - "all gifted"
Gender: Female
Origin: Greek
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Perdita - "lost"
Gender: Female
Origin: Latin
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Primrose - "first rose"
Gender: Female
Origin: English flower name
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Ralph - "wolf counsel"
Gender: Male
Origin: English from German
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Rollo - "wolf"
Gender: Male
Origin: Latin form of Rolf
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Romilly - "man of Rome"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: English
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Rosalind - "pretty roses
Gender: Female
Origin: Latin
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Rosamund - "horse protection"
Gender: Female
Origin: German
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Rufus - "red head"
Gender: Male
Origin: Latin
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Rupert - "bright fame"
Gender: Male
Origin: German variation of Robert
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Sholto - "fruitfulness, fertility"
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish from the Gaelic
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St John - unknown meaning
Pronunciation: SIN-jin
Gender: Male
Origin: English saint's name
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Tabitha - "gazelle"
Gender: Female
Origin: Aramaic
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Tarquin - "citizen of Rome"
Pronunciation: tar-kwin or tar-kin
Gender: Male
Origin: Roman clan name
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Tatiana - unknown meaning
Gender: Female
Origin: Russian from Latin family name
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Theodora - "gift of God"
Gender: Female
Origin: Feminine variation of Theodore
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Tobias - "God is good"
Gender: Male
Origin: Greek from Hebrew
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Torquil - "Thor's cauldron"
Pronunciation: TOR-kil
Gender: Male
Origin: Scottish from Norse
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Tristan - "noise or sorrowful"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Celtic
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Tristram - "noise or sorrowful"
Gender: Male
Origin: Medieval English variation of Tristan
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Venetia - unknown meaning
Gender: Female
Origin: Italian place name
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Verity - "truth"
Gender: Female
Origin: Latin
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Wilbur - "resolute, brilliant"
Gender: Male
Origin: German
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Wilfred - "desires peace"
Gender: Male
Origin: English
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Willoughby - "farm near the willows"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: English
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Xanthe - "golden, yellow"
Pronunciation: ZAN-thee
Gender: Female
Origin: Greek
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