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Posh Baby Names

by Eleanor Nickerson, British Baby Names

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 Baby Names, while to Americans these names may feel simply British or Eurostyle...which may feel posh or wealthy or upper class.

If you're looking to invest your baby's name with a touch of class, consider these posh baby name choices.

Herbert

Meaning: bright army

Origin:German
1020
Giles

Meaning: young goat

Origin:Greek
1073
Benedict

Meaning: blessed

Origin:Latin
410
Digby

Meaning: town by the ditch

Origin:Norse
935
Montague

Meaning: pointy hill

Origin:French
1234
Willoughby

Meaning: farm near the willows

Origin:English
1599
Bertram

Meaning: bright raven

Origin:German
1602
Marmaduke

Meaning: devotee of Maedoc

Origin:Irish
1666
Candida

Meaning: white

Origin:Latin
3179
Anoushka

Meaning: grace

Origin:Russian, diminutive of Ann
1603
Algernon

Meaning: moustached man

Origin:French
1147
Origin:Medieval English variation of Tristan, “noise or sorrowful"
4908
Sholto

Meaning: sower

Origin:Scottish from the Gaelic
1109
Torquil

Meaning: Thor's cauldron

Origin:Scottish from Norse
1831
Origin:English saint's name
4360
Clementine

Meaning: mild, merciful

Origin:French feminine version of Clement, Latin
27
Felix

Meaning: happy, fortunate

Origin:Latin
6
Hugo

Meaning: mind, intellect

Origin:Latinized form of Hugh
8
Otto

Meaning: wealthy

Origin:German
15
Ralph

Meaning: wolf-counsel

Origin:English from German
147