People are losing it over these ridiculously posh baby name suggestions
LONDON -- The quest to find the perfect baby name is particularly tough. And it's even tougher when you want to go for something on the more unusual side.
British magazine Tatler has devised the ultimate list of posh and highly unique names for sprogs born in 2017. The list of girls' names includes Figgy, Gethsemane, Czar-Czar, Hum, Koala, Scar, Power and Queenie.
Meanwhile, the list of boys' names includes Aubyn, Euripides, Fenston, Uxorious, Ormerod, Prince, Quail, Wigbert, Yak and Zebedee.
The list has been causing quite a stir on Twitter, with many of the names becoming objects of derision.
Sophia Money-Coutts -- features director at Tatler -- told Mashable that the team is "thrilled" at the response the list has received.
When asked about how the list was devised, Money-Coutts said she was unable to divulge the "highly scientific" way in which the names were selected.
"The method is top secret and in no way involved us simply shouting out names across the office that we thought were absurd enough," said Money-Coutts.
One of the names that's proved most contentious is Wigbert; a name of German origin which means "fighter".
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The names Hum and Scar have also been deemed "stupid".
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And the inclusion of the names Quail and Kenneth has proved highly amusing for others.
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Whatever floats your boat, I guess.
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Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.
Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.
