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[Opinions] UK BAs including Ptolemy, Horatio and Tarka
by Mireio (Anna21)
5/11/2014, 4:22 PM
From The Times and The Telegraph newspapers. Siblings in parentheses. Girls:Cosima Caroline Heather (Alexandra, Victoria)
Lavinia Anne Philippa Fox
Cecilia Aletta Mary (Letitia)
Emily Scarlett Christian Victoria (Coco)
Margareta Maria Loveday 'Greta'
Dina Beatrice (Rufus)
Henrietta Blythe
Edith Sarah (Lucas)
Ottilia Mary (Rollo)
Greta Winifred Grace
Susannah Catriona Emily Clifford (Eliza)
Maud Stella
Lois Claudia
Allegra Winter
Sophia Caroline Jean Sundara
Penelope Wren (Maple Violet)
Ava Mirabelle Mary (Rocco)
Cecily Alexandra
Orli Suzanne
Summer Genevieve Daisy (Willow, Skye)
Agatha Sybil (James Peregrine, Benjamin William)
Iris Miriam Tova (Dora)
Saskia Anne Penelope (Cleo)
Polly Ella Phyllis
Sukey Clementine Orsa Ann
Anita Bettina Carolyn
Margot Elinor Plum (Lauren, Ottilie)
Iona Marine
Elektra Esmeralda (Dorothy, Wulfstan, Cleopatra)
Flora Araminta (George)
Primrose Leonora (Fred)
Rosie Bluebell
Anoushka Stella Birdie
Lillica Nancy Carnell
Xanthe Rose MacLaren
Tara Alexandra Rohaise (Isla)Boys:Otto Tamniarn Joseph (Luca)
Felix Roscoe Frederick (Elowen)
Elis Huw (Rodric)
Pip Thomas (Noah, Dylan)
Epaminondas George (Athena, Lara)
Aubrey William Frederick
Zachariah Alexander
Fergus Martin Maxwell
Alexander Livingstone
Hamish Arthur Hepburn
Rex Hugh Anthony
Callaghan Jocky Clinton (Sabrina)
Alexander (Anna, Maria, Ekaterina)
Oscar Bear Willoughby (Monty)
Rafferty Ralph
Horatio Elisha Hazard (Calista)
Jasper Andrew Abraham (Alex, Artemis, Hector)
Arthur Oran James (Ursula)
Solomon Faris Bertrand Abulhoul
Herbert William Hope (Andalucía, Bianca and Constantina)
Rollo (Honor)
Otis James (Elsa, Alexa)
Benjamin Jago Hester
Tadgh Alfred
Rafferty Moses (Zebedee Leif and Huxley Abraham)
Hector Mark Hubert
William James D'Arcy (Emily)
Ivor Charles Robert (Martha)
Bartol Ford Louis Oppenheim (Tekla and Conrad)
Brook George Percival Weld
Tarka William (Misty, Myla)
Jonathan Humphrey
Xavier Aloysius
Lowen Keir (Matisse)
Jago Alexander Conor
Christopher Thomas St. Quintin (Johnny)
Tiberius Jonathan
Cosmo William Henry
Barnaby Bryan Roland
Ptolemy Douglas Austin
Lorcan Sebastian
Hector Sylvester
Bertram Aubrey Finbar
Ludovic Henry Nicholas Raphael (Arthur)
Tarka William Cameron (Orlando, Iona)
Milo Florian Paton
Seth Lamorna Fisher (Freddie)
Reginald Hugh Rivers
Wilfred Evelyn

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- wbbuff
5/12/2014, 9:33 AM
Is it sad that I want to move to England just because they have amazing names. At least that way I could hopefully have future son and daughter-in-laws with normal names and not things like Jaxxsyn and Maticynn.
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- eadie
5/12/2014, 3:28 AM
I LOVE perusing the UK Telegraph birth announcements - and this batch is no exception!
From the girls list, I especially love:
Alexandra, Victoria and COSIMA CAROLINE HEATHER
Letitia and CECILIA ALETTA MARY
HENRIETTA BLYTHE
Lucas and EDITH SARAH
Rollo and OTTILIA MARY
GRETA WINIFRED GRACE
MAUD STELLA
ALLEGRA WINTER
Maple Violet and PENELOPE WREN
Rocco and AVA MIRABELLE MARY
CECILY ALEXANDRA
James Peregrine, Benjamin William and AGATHA SYBIL
SUKEY CLEMENTINE ORSA ANN
Lauren, Ottilie and MARGOT ELINOR PLUM
IONA MARNIE
George and FLORA ARAMINTA
ANOUSHKA STELLA BIRDIE

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- Winter
5/12/2014, 12:10 AM
Ptolemy :-)I recently met a little boy named Ptolemy, I didn't know the name before, but I love it.
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- Julia (JuliaF)   +2
5/11/2014, 7:32 PM
I really hate Horatio. All I hear is "whore ratio".My favorites:
Alexandra and Victoria (really not fond of Cosima, though)
Susannah Catriona Emily
Allegra Winter
Sophia Caroline
Ava Mirabelle (and Mary, but not with Mirabelle)
Cecily Alexandra
Iris Miriam Tova --This is gorgeous!
Xanthe Rose
Tara Alexandra and Isla
Alexander, Anna, Maria, and Ekaterina
William James and Emily(edit: half my post got cut off for some reason...?)

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- Anthroponomastics   +1
5/11/2014, 11:45 PM
I hear "whore" with Horace but not with Horatio...I'm pretty sure Horatio is actually supposed to be pronounced "Her-ratio" or possibly even "Huh-ratio."
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- Mireio (Anna21)
5/12/2014, 5:18 AM
Yep, I pronounce it "Huh-ratio"
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- Anthroponomastics   +2
5/11/2014, 7:24 PM
Seeing a Horatio made my day!Horatio is my all-time favorite name...and I mean that. I was about 4 when I first heard it. I get very happy when I see that people are using it! :) I don't know why Horace is still more common. Some of the other names on this list are awesome too though. Ptolemy Douglas Austin?! Ludovic Henry Nicholas Raphael? Epaminondas George? Lavinia Anne Philippa Fox? Cosima Caroline Heather? Wulfstan? Cleopatra? I've just gone squee.On a more serious note, why are there two Tarkas, and where does that name come from? Also, why are there so many children with three middle names? I didn't think it was common to have any more than two.
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- Mireio (Anna21)   +1
5/12/2014, 5:16 AM
I think Horatio is much better than Horace :)Tarka is the name of an otter from a children's book: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarka_the_Otter This is the first time I've actually heard the name on humans, though!These BAs are from the upper-middle / upper classes in the UK and they tend to use two or even three middle names - not sure why, maybe they're copying royalty or something!
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- Anthroponomastics
5/12/2014, 5:38 AM
Well, I'm used to seeing two middle names - we all know that's becoming more common in the U.S. If they're beginning to adopt three middle names it could possibly be (as you said) copying royalty or trying to thwart Americans from copying the Brits. Heck, if I ever have kids I'm planning to give them two middle names. Part of that is because I like the British practice, but part of that is also desiring to resurrect a 19th century family naming convention. Even today it's not unheard of for a cousin or two in my family to have more than one middle name.
That's interesting about Tarka. For some reason I thought it might be a variation on Tarkan.
And yes, I can't reiterate as often as I'd like how much I hate Horace. Horatio is bad*ss though, and I really like Horatio Hornblower and hope to one day finish both the A&E and book series.
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