Like posh names, here's my list, what else should make the cut?

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misstiggiwinkle · 02/05/2017 20:08

Hi all,

Baby due in 6 weeks and we are stuck for names. I think it's compounded by the fact that ds1 didn't look anything like his planned name and ended up with something way down our short list - suits him perfectly though! He is a Freddie. We have a short, strong surname so first/middle names can afford to be a bit longer but anyway, here is my short list so far. What am I missing and do you have any favourites or good combinations? We'd like 2 middle names.

Octavia (Tavi/Occy)
Ottilie (Ottie)
Genevieve (Evie)
Beatrix (Bea)
Xanthe
Violet

Archibald (Archie)
Theodore (Theo)
Bertram (Bertie)
Ludo
Barnaby
Henry
Sebastian
Milo

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BikeRunSki · 02/05/2017 20:19

Violet, Sebastian, Henry and Theo are pretty run of the mill names now, IME. Definitely not distinguishingly "posh".

Having said that, the poshest person I know is called Philip; but also Peregrine, Alexander, Benedict, Timothy and Rupert in my vaguely posh friends and acquaintances. Their wives, daughters, sisters etc are Judith, Camila, Corinne, Celia, Julia and Moira.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 02/05/2017 20:18

Francesca
Josephine
Annabel
Seraphina
Persephone

Orlando
Tristan
Piers
Jago
Giles
Miles

lorelairoryemily · 02/05/2017 20:17

Could you really call your child occy?? It's terrible

Doobius · 02/05/2017 20:17

Marguerite
Ophelia
Cordelia
Cecilia
Harriet
Dorothea
Georgiana
Rebecca
Lucinda
Constance
Eugenia
Jemima

Laurence
Clarence
St John
Gilbert
Alexander
Lucien
Nathaniel
Cornelius
Edmund

TealStar · 02/05/2017 20:14

Sebastian's OK

TealStar · 02/05/2017 20:13

The only ones I would consider are Violet, Genevieve, Theo and Henry. Many of the others I find a bit toe curling, sorry!

Orangebird69 · 02/05/2017 20:11

The poshest people I know (and I mean upper class, mates with the queen type people) have very 'normal' names. Simon is the name of the guy. Why do you consider the names you've listed 'posh'?

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