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Sapphire - chavvy or posh?

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ThePartyArtist · 29/04/2015 11:16

Debating the name Sapphire with a friend, she puts it firmly in the 'Chardonnay' camp and I consider it posh, more akin to Cordelia or Jacinta. What do you think?

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SunnySomer · 29/04/2015 16:49

But surely that's a car?

anxiousannie10 · 29/04/2015 16:12

There's always saphira if you're so struck on that sound. My baby will be named saffron and I love it.

merrygoround51 · 29/04/2015 16:05

Its Chavvy I'm afraid

IvoryMadonna · 29/04/2015 16:03

Interestingly it sounds quite similar to the traditional English pronunciation of Sophia. (So-FYE-a)

MarvellousMarbles · 29/04/2015 15:28

Serephine would be another good alternative.

LondonRocks · 29/04/2015 15:25

I think it would sit better as a middle name.

Say:
Julia Sapphire Surname
Carla Sapphire Surname

timelyreminder · 29/04/2015 15:22

How about Sophia?

GnocchiGnocchiWhosThere · 29/04/2015 15:13

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LondonRocks · 29/04/2015 15:08

No, not posh.

Ruby is the only gemstone that might cut it.

miaowmix · 29/04/2015 14:41

Is it not akin to Emerald, and therefore potentially posh?
It's weird because the poshest (old money-type posh) couple I know have a daughter called Sapphire. They are so posh they won't care what anyone thinks of their name choices though Wink.

PannaDoll · 29/04/2015 14:36

Very bloody not posh lol. Seriously you debated this?

lemonyone · 29/04/2015 14:32

Not posh. Stripper name.

I did meet a French Saphir the other day. Said with a French accent it's adorable.

TSSDNCOP · 29/04/2015 14:29

You have to have it double-barrelled such as Sapphire May or Sapphire Rose to really crown it off.

Staggered you haven't had your arse handed to you by the Mumsnet massive for using the C word Grin

manicinsomniac · 29/04/2015 14:23

I don't think it's popular enough to be categorised or put into a 'type'.

I just think of it as an unusual name.

Quite pretty too.

squoosh · 29/04/2015 14:10

I really like Saffron. Reminds me of the beautiful Saffron Burrows.

looki · 29/04/2015 14:08

Not posh. Saffron might be better? Probably not though tbh. They are in the same camp.

TravellingToad · 29/04/2015 14:08

definitely in the Chardonnay camp

BiscuitsForBreakfast · 29/04/2015 14:07

Awful.

AlmaMartyr · 29/04/2015 14:06

More like a Chardonnay I'd say.

puppy123 · 29/04/2015 14:05

Awful, definitely not posh!

ReallyTired · 29/04/2015 14:04

Sounds like a name that a pregnant 15 year would inflict on their daughter, almost certainly misspelt. Or it sounds like the stage name for a stripper.

squoosh · 29/04/2015 14:04

There's a royal Savannah. This amuses me greatly.

WhatsGoingOnEh · 29/04/2015 14:02

Definitely not posh. Have we ever had a Queen Sapphire? No. Exactly. Royalty is the acid test.

Heels99 · 29/04/2015 14:01

Yes stripper. Or horse.

FrogletinaBallerina · 29/04/2015 13:59

I've seen it spelt Saffyre Confused IMO a 'chavvy' type name.