Baby Names 2017: Tatler Releases List Of 'Poshest Names Known To Man'

You've most definitely not heard of all of these before.

If you’re looking for a baby name that’s a little more upmarket this year, Tatler has done the research for you.

The high-end magazine has released a list of 26 girls’ names and 26 boys’ names, which they believe should be made popular again.

“We’ve picked out some of the poshest names known to man,” the article on their website states.

“These are the real deal. Some are even centuries old. Let’s make them popular again!”

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Some names on the lists aren’t as unusual as you’d expect.

For girls there is Una, Alfreda and Nancy, and for boys: John, David and Kenneth.

But the lists are also littered with names that are so fancy you’ve probably not even heard of them all before (we certainly hadn’t).

Think Koala, Npeter (where the ‘N’ is silent) and Ra.

Poshest girls’ names:

  • Alfreda

  • Blanche

  • Czar-Czar

  • Debonaire

  • Estonia

  • Figgy

  • Gethsemane

  • Hum

  • Idabelle

  • Jori

  • Koala

  • Lark

  • Monaveen

  • Power

  • Queenie

  • Rara

  • Scar

  • Tansy

  • Vervain

  • Yellow

Poshest boys’ names:

  • Aubyn

  • Barclay

  • Euripides

  • Fenston

  • Gustav

  • Hickman

  • Innsbruck

  • Ludlow

  • Mao

  • Npeter (the ‘N’ is silent)

  • Ormerod

  • Quail

  • Ra

  • Stourton

  • Uxorious

  • Victory

  • Wigbert

  • Yak

  • Zebedee

Do any of them take your fancy? For the full list of names visit Tatler.

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