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Yes, many of them are the epitome of 'poshness', imho.
Cosmo is definitely not my cup of tea!
Cleodie Florence Poppy - is interesting! Especially Cleodie.

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As for the other names I can see why vintage Florence and symbolic Poppy are popular, but Ottilie and Freya?
Recently I've read an article about an American couple, who named their daughter Ottilie:
"If you say it with a British accent, it sounds really good!"'
but eventually changed it to Margot, because no one could remember and pronounce it.

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I thought that Odette is more popular than Ottilie! Obviously I was so wrong...
Odette is not on the UK chart, while Ottilie is 122nd in 2020.
And Freya is 12th! (UK)
Freya is one of those names I just missed, didn't notice coming.

Oh my God, Cosmo Bartholomew Patrick Fortune &
Ivo Balthazar Michael Shellard... what a glorious hot mess of mismatched names... I love it hahaha

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Arthur, Ophelia & Frederick is a cute sibset.

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Romilly, Cosmo & Casper definitely draws my attention I'll give it that, not ideal imo but it is interesting.

I used to have a westie named Cosmo. His brother was Darwin.

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On a lot of the longer combos, I wish they'd stopped short. And a lot the sisters' names I liked individually but not in the combos they were in; the flow seemed off to me.

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It looks like it showed up with Kit / Christopher a lot. Also noticed repeats of Nicholas, Raphael, George, John, Alec...

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I like

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Cosmo Alec
Cosmo Louis
Cosmo Raphael
Cosmo George
Cosmo Nicholas
Cosmo Peter
Cosmo Joseph
Casper Constantine
Casper Timothy
Johannes Maria Cosmo
Arthur
Francis
Sam
Miles
Hector
Felix
Hugo
Oscar
Luke
Artemis
Sebastian

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Talia
Ophelia
Julia
Rose
Florence
Francesca
Clemency
Cecilia
Cora

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Artemis Cosmo?

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Well... besides the fact that I really don't like the name Cosmo, at all, there are some names / combos here that I do like:

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Iona Everly Wren
Romilly Winter (but not Bo)
Romilly Elsa (but not with Margaret)
Casper Timothy Rupert
Ottilie Julia (this is gorgeous)
Wilfred John Enzo
Ivo Balthazar Michael (I'm guessing Shellard was someone's surname)
Natalie Caroline (I'm not big on either name personally, but this is objectively good)
Orlando Frederick James
William Nicholas (but not Cosmo, obviously)
Freya Elaine & Caspar David (I'm not very familiar with Yoruba names, so I can't really comment on those)
Olivia
Sebastian
Augustine Geoffrey Hugh (manages to contain three separate pronunciations for the letter G)
Circe Mary (Circe!)
Oscar & Daphne
Lara
Miles Zachariah
Francesca & Johannes
Nicholas Willoughby Hayden (but again, not Cosmo)
David Alexander
Anthony Raphael

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The combo Artemis Cosmo gave me the biggest eyebrow raise. I've seen Artemus used for a boy (like the character Artemus Gordon), but Artemis is a Greek goddess. I legitimately no idea if Artemis Cosmo is a boy or girl.

I don’t care for Cosmo.
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Combos I like:

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Polly Clemency
Romilly Winter Bo
Romilly Elsa Margaret
Cleodie Florence Poppy
Talia Rose
Blaise Felix
Jemima Victoria
Calder James
Jack Jervis
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Individual names I like:

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Rupert
Boothby (I would never use this, but it’s kinda fun to say)
Ottilie
Hugo
Enzo
William
Arthur
Willow
Henry
Brisbane
Felix
Shellard
James
Artemis
Willoughby
Angus
Elaine
Lila
Sebastian
Augustine “Gus”
Circe
Albie (I like the nn Albie, but not the full name Albert)
Daphne
Lara
Amelia
Cora
Zachariah
Rose
Diana
Alistair
Snowdon
Benedict

I commented on a couple but then got too tired. Really interesting to see the repeats though. Cosmo, Casper, Ottilie, they’ll be co-opted by the middle class next and then maybe, gasp, us vulgar Americans. Tee hee.

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Polly Clemency - what is this British tendency to ignore all flow?
Cosmo Alec - and to give nicknames as middle names? It’s so strange.
Cosmo Aubone Louis - this is beautiful
Iona Everly Wren - only time Everly has seemed at all elegant to me.
Romilly Winter Bo - ridiculous
Caspar Constantine Boothby - this is over the top. Lord.
Ottilie Julia - this is beautiful
Artemis Cosmo - this is a lot
Natalie Caroline - feels so pedestrian next to these other names
Christabel - so pretty