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What's your favorite posh name?

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Poppy03 · 21/11/2012 21:24

Share your favorite posh name, and nickname : )

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Poppy03 · 21/11/2012 22:44

scarlettsmummy2 Do you pronounce Ottilie Oh-tilly or Uh-tilly? If this were a first name, would it become "Tilly" for short?

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DevaDiva · 21/11/2012 22:36

My BFF at school always said shed call her child Crispin, we lost touch I wonder if she did Grin I like Oliver and Penelope although the nicknames Olly and Penny aren't so posh.

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Poppy03 · 21/11/2012 22:36

poppydaisy What you call an Ophelia for short?

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cat · 21/11/2012 22:34

We have Hugo nn Hugs or Hugsy

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Poppy03 · 21/11/2012 22:33

Hugo is great, but I'm afraid it would get shortened to Hugh, which I don't like.

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Poppy03 · 21/11/2012 22:33

What about Clementine (nickname?)

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IwishIwasmoreorganised · 21/11/2012 22:32

I like Hugo. No nn for that one.

LaGuerta · 21/11/2012 22:32

Rupert.

DH banned it though Sad

scarlettsmummy2 · 21/11/2012 22:31

I think Matilda is quite posh but don't think Milly is.

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Poppy03 · 21/11/2012 22:29

I like Matilda (Tilly or Milly for short). But would you say this is "posh"? I'm not sure...

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Mintyy · 21/11/2012 22:27

Araminta (Minty) and Sheherazade.

scarlettsmummy2 · 21/11/2012 22:27

My second daughters middle name is Ottilie- my husband wouldn't let me use it for a first name Angry. I also love Araminta, nick named minty, and my daughter goes to school with a Lavinia, nicknamed 'Vinnie', which I think is fab.

poppydaisy · 21/11/2012 22:27

Plum Shock? What is posh about a plum....?!

poppydaisy · 21/11/2012 22:26

I love 'posh' names and my favourites include Hugo, Quentin, Sebastian, Arabella, Ophelia and Penelope. I'm not sure I'd call them posh though, I'd prefer to call them elegant and classic Smile.

scrumpkin · 21/11/2012 22:24

Ottilie. I think it's very posh in France.

TeaBrick · 21/11/2012 22:24

Posh name Inigo
Posh nickname Minty
If only I was posh!

baskingseals · 21/11/2012 22:22

Octavia.

favourite posh nickname is probably Plum.

what about yours?