They always tell you that you don’t realize how many people you dislike until you have to name your baby. Many American parents try to get extra creative by changing the spelling of popular names or creating new weird names that nobody knows how to pronounce or how to spell.
Old money names obviously won’t guarantee that your child will be rich. In a standard definitely, old money names are often passed down through generations like precious heirlooms. They are a testament to the family’s lineage and their place in society to name a child after a grandfather or aunt. These names are a symbol of legacy and this is why the old money names are often labeled as old fashioned.
These names suggest a life of privilege, exclusivity, a good family (often with a history of nobility) and an aspirational path of opportunities for future generations. It makes people named with an old money name as classy, elegant, and ultimately more prone to success.
Ironically, if you take a look at the most successful people all over the world, whether in money or fame sense, they often have these old fashioned names that classify as old money. Have you ever seen an insanely successful Braxxxton, Abcde, Kaysleee, Meadow, Apple, Neveah, or some of these new original names that are banned in most places outside of the US? (Yup, you cannot name your baby using weird spelling, things, names or random places and things that could classify as offensive)
No? I couldn’t find them either and many serious business people automatically associate these names as pretentious, especially abroad. They count as “new money” that won’t pass the test of time. Only in the celebrity industries, original names are getting more popular to add to the shock value, but in most cases these aren’t their real names and they often have very traditional names.
Things to Avoid When Looking for an Old Money Name
The perfect old money name choice is a popular name, but it doesn’t necessarily mean mainstream. As the aesthetic suggests, old money names are old. There are lots of vintage stylish names that survived for centuries and keep coming back for a reason.
There’s a new trend of naming babies after the last names of successful people. This screams new money or wannabe money. It would be impossible for Charles Ponzi, Anna Delvey, or Bernard Madoff to conduct their cons if their names were one of these original new names, as no wealthy families would name their babies like that.
Names associated with actual money like Silver, Golden, Dollar are also pretentious in a traditional sense and mean anything but affluent.
Old Money Girl Names
Abigail
Ada
Agatha
Agnes
Alba
Alexandra
Alicia
Amaryllis
Amelia
Anastasia
Anna
Aurelie
Barbara
Beatrice
Bertha (Roberta)
Camilla
Caroline
Celine
Celeste
Charlotte
Chloe
Claire / Clara
Constance
Cordelia
Cressida
Darby
Daisy
Delphine
Diana
Edith
Elisabeth
Eleanor
Elena
Eugenie
Frances
Genevieve
Gladys
Greta
Helene
Imogen
Ines
Isabelle
Iris
Jacqueline
Jane
Jean
Josephine
Juliette
Judith
Katherine
Lucille
Manon
Marie
Marion
Martha
Margaret
Michelle
Mildred (Millie)
Natalia
Nina
Noelle
Nora
Patricia
Philippa
Ramona
Rebecca
Rosalie
Rosamund
Ruth
Sarah
Siobhan
Simone
Sophie
Stella
Susanna
Sylvia
Tamsin
Tatiana
Valeria
Vera
Victoria
Old Money Boy Names
Abraham
Albert
Alexander
Alfred
Ansel
August
Alistair
Archibald
Arthur
Beau
Benedict
Benjamin
Bernard
Charles
Christopher
Christian
Colin
Conrad
David
Douglas
Earl
Edmund
Edward
Ernest
Elias
Fitzgerald
Fitzroy
Franklin
Frederick
George
Grant
Guido
Hector
Henry
Hugo / Hugh
Jack
James
Jan / Johannes
John
Joseph
Julian
Lachlan
Laurence
Leopold
Leslie
Lionel
Louis
Ludlow
Marlon
Maximilian
Montgomery
Nicholas
Michael
Oliver
Oscar
Otto
Penn
Phillip
Pierce
Reginald
Richard
Robert
Samuel
Scott
Sebastian
Spencer
Stanley
Stephen
Thaddeus
Theodore
Thomas
Victor
Vergil
Walter
Winston
William
Xavier
Zachary
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