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'Posh' girls' names

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yourdarkheart · 23/01/2017 14:00

It's actually for a character in a book but I need a fairly posh name but with a slightly hippyish vibe, preferably one that can easily be mistaken for another name or one that lends itself to silly nicknames. I was thinking Cressida but that's not quite right.

OP posts:
PotatoMcKale · 23/01/2017 14:03

Octavia (Tavy)?

DearMrDilkington · 23/01/2017 14:06

Penelope?

Blumkin · 23/01/2017 14:06

Alexandria (Alex, Lexi, dria)
Olympia
Genevieve
Pascalle
Cerice
Anything from Arthurian legend is generally a good bridge between hippy and posh

DearMrDilkington · 23/01/2017 14:08

What are the other characters called? You want something that will flow nicely with the other names.

Purplebluebird · 23/01/2017 14:08

cornelia

123rd · 23/01/2017 14:10

Cordelia
Saffron

lanbro · 23/01/2017 14:13

Lucinda

Mistaken for Lucy/Linda/Belinda
Nicknames Lu/Loopy Lu/Juicy Lucy/Cindy/Lucinderella

yourdarkheart · 23/01/2017 14:16

You lot are great :) Olympia is a good one but it's such an ugly sounding name - what's the history with that? (My character gets a lot of stick because of her name.)

OP posts:
RedWineLush · 23/01/2017 14:16

Araminta - Minty
Anjelica - Jelly
Dephinium - Delphie

yourdarkheart · 23/01/2017 14:16

I adore Araminta and that might be a good one actually!

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Thecontentedcat · 23/01/2017 14:18

India
Artemis
Persephone

Thecontentedcat · 23/01/2017 14:19

Allegra

Tatlerer · 23/01/2017 14:23

Cicely?

LuxuryWoman2017 · 23/01/2017 14:25

Serafina
Adelaide
Hortence
Pandora
Clementine

TheNaze73 · 23/01/2017 14:27

I always thought Chlamydia sounds like a posh girls name Wink

Verity
Another shout for Octavia
Tuppence
Tabitha

teachergirl2011 · 23/01/2017 14:28

Saffron isn't posh! I teach loads of them x

FurbysMakeSexNoises · 23/01/2017 14:29

Henrietta- Hetty/Hatty/Hen/Henry

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 23/01/2017 14:35

Calypso

ImpetuousBride · 23/01/2017 14:38

Vivian, Claudia, Catrice

Joinourclub · 23/01/2017 14:39

Miranda- Randy

BriocheBriocheBrioche · 23/01/2017 14:40

Clementine? Fairly hippyish and sometimes has posh connotations.
Can be mistaken for Florentine/can be nick named smelly clemmie, Tina, satsuma?

Blurty · 23/01/2017 14:41

Pandora - pandy

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Gaaaah · 23/01/2017 14:46

Luciana

Thumbcat · 23/01/2017 14:49

Saskia
India

AuntieStella · 23/01/2017 14:54

Laetitia - the posh Latinate version that gets mistaken for more modern versions such as Latisha (and even the mythical La-a) plus the rather unfortunate Titty?

Lettice?

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