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The most posh/classy names in top 100

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MrsMae · 23/04/2011 00:33

In your humble opinion, what names (both boys and girls) are the most classy in the top 100.

Here is the link to the latest National Statistics list.

www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=15282

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rachel1970 · 23/04/2011 11:59

Just looked at the list and even the 100th boys name was still used over 600 times in 2009 Shock.

rachel1970 · 23/04/2011 11:51

A name cannot be 'posh'. A person can be (and even that is starting to fade imo) and if certain people use certain names we start to associate these names with being posh/chav/whatever.

However I agree that any top 100 name will by definition be so popular that it won't have any associations (there are just so many with that name!).

The names we loved and chose for our children turned out to be outside the top 100, even outside the top 250 I think (not because we were looking for a 'posh' name but because we loved the names and the fact that they're not as overused as the popular ones).

Thissideofchannel · 23/04/2011 11:43

Surely it is a matter of personal taste and opinion. A person can be 'classy' but a name Hmm? Really?

Anything in the top 100 is by definition fairly popular and will have lost any 'associations'. Personally I'd look outside of the top 100 names - some lovely underused classic names there.

JiltedJohnsJulie · 23/04/2011 10:00

Grin at Valium waves at Kate

ValiumBandwitch · 23/04/2011 09:42

Beatrice is an example. when fergie and andrew named beatrice they were really ahead of the trend to the point where Beatrice was 'unusable' for the majority of the population 25 years ago.

I reckon W&K will do the same thing naming their children

ValiumBandwitch · 23/04/2011 09:38

Is that you Kate Middleton?! Grin

What BikeRunski says is correct. I have been murdered for saying it before but it's just the way it is. Trends follow this pattern.

BikeRunSki · 23/04/2011 09:03

Surely poshness is a matter of opinion ?

My first name was considered very posh when I was growing up (I am not!), very middle class now, but go back 150 years and it was very scullery maidy.

Meglet · 23/04/2011 09:03

Why don't you chose names out of the top 100? I crossed it off my list if it was in the top 100, my name is so common I didn't want my DC's to have a popular name as it's a PITA.

BikeRunSki · 23/04/2011 09:01

Surely poshness is a matter of opinion.

My first name was considered very posh when I was growing up (I am not!), very middle class now, but go back 150 years and it was very scullery maidy.

JiltedJohnsJulie · 23/04/2011 08:58

Thats a hard one. What sounds posh to one person can have bad associations for another.

Is it a "classy name" that you are after?

How about William or Catherine Grin. DD starts school in September and already know of 3 Williams who will be in her class.

CheerfulYank · 23/04/2011 01:33

I can't find the top 100, sorry!

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MrsMae · 23/04/2011 00:38

www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=15282

DP and I have discussed ours and they are very different!

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