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Are they chocolates with caramel centres? I used to love Rolos. :)

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I think the use of more unusual names in the upper classes here is down to:
a) a lot of their ancestors had excellent classical educations when that wasn't common amongst the general populace, and therefore just came across more of these kinds of names in pre-internet days. And class here is all about ancestry, so those names get repeated: little Antigone may be named after great-great-aunt Antigone the explorer, or whatever
b) what I call 'non-state-school' naming: if you're going to a select school where lots of people have unusual names and there's nothing very startling about being called Hero or Saethryth or Hephzibah, parents don't have the concerns about teasing that might come up in a state school. And they also care less about fitting in - because wealth = security = not GAF. Hence the high proportion of 'eccentric' aristos.

This message was edited 4/19/2018, 7:57 AM

My friend has a relative named Rollo and every time she mentions him it amuses me. It's a funny name!

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When I was a child there was a TV series called King Rollo so it sounds like a made up name to me.

My impression is that they use the Classical Greek / mythological names to show how cultured and widely read they are. :D