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Is Rafferty incredibly posh?

92 replies

stuckinthehouse · 02/05/2017 13:13

I just came across this in the ONS data and was surprised how far down the list it was. Is it very very very posh? I quite like it...

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MakeItStopNeville · 02/05/2017 21:14

If there's one phrase that really gets my goat on MN, it's try-hard. It's such a wanky thing to say! Grin

flyingpinkduckgirl · 02/05/2017 21:11

I love Rafferty!
Can see it being shortened to Raffy which is cute. If you like it, go for it!

AyeAmarok · 02/05/2017 21:08

Everyone seems to be dismissing anything Irish or Glaswegian as "definitely not posh at all".

There are well to do people in both places, you know. Southern England doesn't have the monopoly on all posh people.

(though I agree Rafferty is a surname, and so a little bit try-hard)

NotTheBelleoftheBall · 02/05/2017 21:00

C'mon... Monty and Raff will always be posh. I know a few of each and I'm POSH AF!

midsomermurderess · 02/05/2017 20:57

I know a few Glaswegians with Rafferty as a surname. Nothing posh about it. Maybe different as a first name.

Japonicathehorseygirl · 02/05/2017 20:42

Not posh

HeyRoly · 02/05/2017 20:36

Well I think it's posh. But agree with whoever said it was boho as well. I think it sits perfectly in a Venn diagram of posh and boho Grin

GiddyGiddyGoat · 02/05/2017 20:34

Somerville - Congrats. Gus is an awesome one syllable boys name.
Also Ray, Abe, Finn, Hal, Jed, Jem, Kit, Pip, Moss, Quinn, Fox, Seth, Shem, Sam, Ted, Tom, Wes, Zeb ....

SuperBeagle · 02/05/2017 20:26

They're pretentious.

Agree with "trying too hard".

RandomDent · 02/05/2017 19:12

Octavius. That's posh.

Mrsknackered · 02/05/2017 19:09

I love Rafferty, but Jude Law shat all over it.

ScarlettFreestone · 02/05/2017 18:13

But if you like the name why would you be concerned about any implied social connotations?

Unless you are trying trying to pick a 'posh' name? Hmm

In which case go for Philip, James, George, Peter or Henry.

To answer your OP, I would most definitely not think "posh" if I saw the name Rafferty on a CV. I would tend to assume you had Irish ancestry somewhere and that it was a family name.

loveisenough · 02/05/2017 18:00

I know a 13 year old Raffy which I think of as more of a 'cool' name and it really suits him.

Not keen on Rafferty which always reminds me of raffia Grin

AugustCarrot · 02/05/2017 17:55

If you called your kid Rafferty I wouldn't think you were posh I'd think you were about if a twat!

Chavelita · 02/05/2017 17:39

And thanks a lot to whoever up the thread said 'Delaney's bloody Donkey'. Hmm I am now looking at spending an evening driving myself mad singing 'There was Riley, pushing it, shoving it, shushing it' etc etc.

Chavelita · 02/05/2017 17:36

It's about as posh as Murphy, or Cassidy, or any other Irish surname.

This, exactly. Not posh at all. All it suggests is that this is someone who almost certainly doesn't live in Ireland (unless this person would also call their male offspring Smith or Jones).

MitzyLeFrouf · 02/05/2017 17:35

I suppose it sounds like the name a raffish (geddit?) Victorian moustache twirling, lady seducing, villain might have.

Loyly · 02/05/2017 17:29

Not posh at all. Makes me think of 'riff raff' so that's the very antithesis of posh, I suppose Grin

pardreg · 02/05/2017 17:25

Not posh, how can a name/word that's free to take as you please be 'posh'?.... Hmm it's just very affected

Floggingmolly · 02/05/2017 17:23

Maybe a posh couple named their baby Oscar; but Oscar is not a posh name either.

Marcipex · 02/05/2017 17:22

Very much pretentious and not posh.
Today's posh birth announcements were Oscar and Constantine.

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stuckinthehouse · 02/05/2017 17:22

I have a Jemima too Ferrynice!

I felt a bit deflated reading responses on here about Rafferty but then on another thread someone asked for people's fave boys names and it appeared twice in the first few replies Confused

Maybe marmite names are my thing then Grin

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Flowerwords · 02/05/2017 17:16

Nowhere near posh! William, Harry, Oliver and James are more likely to be the posh boys

Ferrynice · 02/05/2017 17:16

Love Rafferty ! Its the only boys name me and OH agree on.
We are definitely not posh, we have a Jemima and that name is like marmite on mn I've found.

MitzyLeFrouf · 02/05/2017 17:13

It's about as posh as Murphy, or Cassidy, or any other Irish surname.

So not at all posh.

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