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Fancy, Elegant, Sophisticated Baby Names

Fancy baby names are those elegant, sophisticated choices that have a posh, upscale feel. Fancy names are those that go beyond the merely long and elaborate. Fancy baby names are rare, precious, almost too dressed-up for everyday use. And true, the modern Antonina might be better known as Toni while Ozymandias would inevitably be called Oz. But perhaps you love the idea of giving your baby an elaborate fancy name on the birth certificate, to keep in reserve in case one ever finds oneself meeting royalty. Here is our complete collection of fancy names for boys and girls, many of them with more down-to-earth short forms.

Celeste

Meaning: heavenly

Origin:Latin
512
Esmeralda

Meaning: emerald

Origin:Spanish and Portuguese
361
Valencia

Meaning: brave, strong

Origin:Spanish
742
Primrose

Meaning: first rose

Origin:English flower name
301
Colette

Meaning: people of victory

Origin:French, short form of Nicole, feminine variation of Nicholas, Greek
210
Aurelius

Meaning: the golden one

Origin:Latin
43
Ignatius

Meaning: fiery

Origin:Latin
122
Aloysius

Meaning: famous warrior

Origin:Latin
165
Augustus

Meaning: great, magnificent

Origin:Latin
216
Cornelius

Meaning: horn

Origin:Latin
228
Thaddeus

Meaning: gift of God

Origin:Aramaic, meaning unclear, possibly from Theodore
238
Amadeus

Meaning: lover of God

Origin:Latin
253
Tiberius

Meaning: of the Tiber

Origin:Latin
255
Cosmo

Meaning: order, beauty, universe

Origin:Greek, Italian, English
82
Evander

Meaning: bow warrior; strong man

Origin:Scottish; Greek
47
Gideon

Meaning: hewer; or, having a stump for a hand

Origin:Hebrew
68
Alistair

Meaning: defending men

Origin:English spelling of Alasdair, Scottish version of Alexander
72
Raphael

Meaning: God has healed

Origin:Hebrew
70
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Origin:Latin, Roman clan name
754
Gulliver

Meaning: glutton

Origin:Irish
1561