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Is it too posh?

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BabyLadyGirl · 26/08/2015 23:13

We have chosen the name Luna for our baby girl, but some friends said it sounds too posh?!?

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LilacLavender · 27/08/2015 18:05

It's all the Harry Potter fans Wink

scatterthenuns · 27/08/2015 18:04

loony, as no one uses that word anymore.

Really? Are you the authority on words? Loon, looney bin, lunatic, all in common use.

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BabyLadyGirl · 27/08/2015 18:02

See I thought of it as more hippy or hipster than posh.
Think we're going to go for it, although looked at the baby name lists and it was one of the biggest climbers last year!

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Junosmum · 27/08/2015 18:00

I love it. Not posh at all. OH vetoed it though as he thinks it sounds like lunatic.

juneau · 27/08/2015 17:57

Not posh, no. Hippie maybe? Anything earthy or celestial is a bit hippy.

JustOneMinuteAtATime · 27/08/2015 17:56

It'll be Harry Potter, rather than loony, as no one uses that word anymore.

And possibly lunar eclipse, after that dreadful advert that won't die.

LilacLavender · 27/08/2015 17:54

Are you Harry Potter fans? That's the first thought that came to my head - Luna from Harry Potter! Although I can't talk as I picked Lily because I love Harry Potter Blush

TheBeautifulAndTheDamned · 27/08/2015 17:53

Not at all posh in my book.

scatterthenuns · 27/08/2015 17:52

Not posh. Hippy or a bit mental. Was used in Harry Potter to allude to someone being off beat as a bit of a Loon.

CheekyMaleekey · 27/08/2015 17:50

Not posh and lacks the r at the end to be a hippy name. Just sounds a bit tacky and try-hard to me.

reuset · 27/08/2015 17:48

Almost the opposite in fact. Pseudo hippy name. Not my favourite.

Viviennemary · 27/08/2015 14:01

I don't think it's posh. Not very keen on it I have to say. It's a little bit way out. Probably one of those names where there will be a fad and then never heard of again. I've never heard of a Luna. Princess Luna. Doctor Luna. Maybe in a science fiction book I suppose.

Wishful80smontage · 27/08/2015 13:29

Not posh bit hippy-ish/hipster vibe.

happymummyone · 27/08/2015 13:27

Lovely. Quite Harry Potter in my mind, but I'm one of those adults that hasn't yet grown out of it.

Finola1step · 27/08/2015 03:03

Yep, hippy not posh.

Noobylola · 27/08/2015 03:00

Really hippy, not posh. Posh is like Elizabeth or Catherine, royalty names. Luna is nice but fairly 'middle class grow our own veg.'

Canyouforgiveher · 27/08/2015 00:36

it is hippy/alternative/modern/want a different name. not posh.

I kind of like it.

WanderingTrolley1 · 27/08/2015 00:35

Doesn't sound posh, at all.

WhatsGoingOnEh · 27/08/2015 00:34

My mum says the definition of a "posh" name (or rather, a classy name) is that it has been used by royalty. As we've never had a Queen Luna, I think you're fine.

Will her brother be called Jim? ;-)

Paddletonio · 27/08/2015 00:26

I think it's a "hippy" name if anything and is IMO fairly class-neutral.

WhyCantIuseTheNameIWant · 27/08/2015 00:12

We had a Luna pram.

I think it's a hippy name. That's a good thing.

Sophronia · 27/08/2015 00:05

Not posh, I'd agree with those who said it's the opposite of posh.

CockwombleJeff · 27/08/2015 00:02

Not posh at all - the opposite I think.

Your DC will be called "loony" at some point.

SuckingEggs · 26/08/2015 23:56

Not posh.

Tiggeryoubastard · 26/08/2015 23:55

No, the opposite of posh.