MalcolmGrant
Tue 11-Dec-12 23:08:05
I was thinking Malcolm for my son. He would be Malcolm Grant. Is this name posh, do you think? 
iclaudius
Mon 17-Dec-12 22:39:57
i just love Tarquin and would have called ds6 such - had friends not frowned so
GW297
Mon 17-Dec-12 22:36:42
maxmillie - I agree! Isn't Biff Elizabeth?
i am torn between Ptolemy and Tarquin. LOVE them both!
shoobidoo
Mon 17-Dec-12 22:25:26
Jumbo or Biff 
. Don't think they're posh at all, they're awful...
Agree about Fabian and Julian - great names!
ToffeeCaramel
Mon 17-Dec-12 21:41:01
Fabian is a fab posh name
maxmillie
Mon 17-Dec-12 20:33:13
Malcolm is a late middle-aged middle manager in an office name surely?
Leafmould
Mon 17-Dec-12 20:30:04
There is a guy on my estate called jumbo. He is NOT posh.
I think it is hard to say wether a name is posh or not. I know a Malcolm who is nice but not posh.
Really posh boys are always called something like Jumbo or Biff.
1978andallthat
Mon 17-Dec-12 19:49:32
Malcolm is a great and underused name and not posh
louisianablue2000
Sun 16-Dec-12 18:44:08
I'm liking that Magnus is considered posh. Go to Orkney and you might change your mind once you've seen a few Mansies being thrown out of the pub.
GW297
Fri 14-Dec-12 00:32:44
Tarquin
I've never met a dog called Ptolemy.
shoobidoo
Wed 12-Dec-12 13:40:06
What does 'posh' mean nowadays? If it means classic, elegant and underused then how about these:
Marcus
Sebastian
Tristan
Quentin
Reuben
Vincent
Clement
Nowadays there are so many different names around that the old stereotypes aren't really relevant imo.
BlueChampagne
Wed 12-Dec-12 12:50:23
I wouldn't say Malcolm was posh. If you want a posh name, how about Ambrose? Or are you trying to avoid one?
bigbluebump
Wed 12-Dec-12 11:01:17
"a lot of these are dogs names, apart from Malcolm "
Really? Most dogs round here are called Rufus, Fido, Rex and Oscar!
I think what people mean with 'posh' names are simply classic, elegant underused names, the opposite of 'chav' names.
I'm not keen on the Mal part of Malcolm, but I love Magnus, Maxim or Monty. Or how about Caspian, Fabian or Tristan?
The only Malcolm I know is a nice, but rather dull chap.
I don't think it is a posh name.
The poshest person I was at university with was an OE called Humphrey. Awfully nice chap. Looked a bit like a young Nigel Havers. This was some time ago!!
HormonalHousewife
Wed 12-Dec-12 10:39:42
Why are you obsessed with having a posh name 
Bit weird IMO and definitely not posh either
language
Wed 12-Dec-12 10:36:55
Hector
Constantin
Cornelius
Gerald
Benedikt
a lot of these are dogs names, apart from Malcolm
GinSoakedMu1berryLush
Wed 12-Dec-12 07:38:28
Giles
Guy
Like them both but I'm not posh enough!
my poor dog (who is spayed thank god) was rathe enthusiastically humped by a dalmation called Hugo 
she was really not impressed
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