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Which name would you consider is more “posh”?

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literaryartist · 13/02/2019 14:03

Hi,

I’m writing a story consisting of a high class aristocratic family.

I need help with one of the characters. She is 2 years old, and the daughter within the aristocratic family. They have a double barrelled “posh” sounding surname.

I was going to give her a long multi-syllable posh frilly name eg. Allegra or Antigone but decided against it as it would sound too pretentious with her double barrelled surname.

I have now decided to use a short two syllable name.
My options are:
Nina
Lara
Anna
Isla

Which do you think sounds more posh in your opinion?

Thanks in advance

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Bellatrix14 · 03/03/2019 15:37

I would say Lara, personally, based on the children I’ve encountered recently. Isla is just very popular everywhere now and I don’t massively associate Anna or Nina with being ‘posh’. The most popular name for girls at my local independent primary school when I worked there was Isabelle/Isabella but that might be a regional thing?

DuchessOfPhysics · 03/03/2019 12:26

Nope. Definitely not posh!

SeaweedDress · 03/03/2019 09:02

What AnneEyhtMeyer said. Failing that, you might want to do a bit more research into the naming practices of the upper classes.

For instance, my son has a double barrelled name, not because he is ‘posh’ but because it is the 21st century and getting both parents’ surnames is an increasingly standard thing to do.

123Flopsy · 03/03/2019 08:30

They sound French! Not posh.

Redskyandrainbows67 · 03/03/2019 00:50

And Colette!

Redskyandrainbows67 · 03/03/2019 00:47

Totally disagree there duchess! Nanette and Claudette are definately posh

DuchessOfPhysics · 03/03/2019 00:43

Nothing ending in ita or ette is 'posh' !!

Redskyandrainbows67 · 02/03/2019 22:06

None of those sound very posh.

I’d go lisette or Lyra or pia or laura

user1471426142 · 02/03/2019 22:02

At uni the aristos all had quite normal names like Katherine (Kate) Thomas (Tom). It was the upper middles that had the more creative or poncy sounding names.

Backhometothenorth · 17/02/2019 19:03

Annie posher than Anna

littlebillie · 17/02/2019 11:09

Bea or Beatrice

AnneEyhtMeyer · 17/02/2019 01:01

Double-barreled surnames are more likely to indicate unmarried parents than being a member of the aristocracy.

Is there any reason you are focusing on an aristocratic family for your book? I mean this kindly, wouldn't you be better writing something about which you have more knowledge?

CrystalTits · 17/02/2019 00:39

Flora, Cecily, Rose, Violet

PrismGuile · 17/02/2019 00:27

@TidaQuel I THOUGHT ARABELLA IMMEDIATELY!

BlueSlipperSocks · 17/02/2019 00:25

None of those names. What about Felicity, Felicia or Margaret?

Definately not Nina, Lara or Isla. I know a family who have children with all those names. They could not, ever, be mistaken for aristocracy 🤔

PrismGuile · 17/02/2019 00:25

Nina

Isla is quite working-class insta-mummy, Lara is a bit modern.

Anna could also work

Marcipex · 17/02/2019 00:17

None of those Grin
Alice, Lucy, Catherine,maybe Marguerite.

Smoliver · 16/02/2019 23:09

Lara or Anna. I knew an Lara and she was quite posh. And Anna just sounds formal to me.

BertrandRussell · 16/02/2019 21:29

Anna. Or possibly Nina if short for something.
Isla and Lara are not “posh” at all.

kaytee87 · 16/02/2019 21:25

I'd use Emma or Jane

kaytee87 · 16/02/2019 21:23

None of them are posh.

aliceandkids77 · 15/02/2019 09:57

Hi doll. In all honesty, I don't think any of your picks are very posh. However, Anna and Nina are probably the poshest. x

Tavannach · 14/02/2019 19:54

@TatianaLarina

Thanks for clarifying.

MikeUniformMike · 14/02/2019 19:50

Aristocracy and royalty are different.
Royal names tend to be from a fairly limited pool of names.
The child in OP is age 2.

dolphin50 · 14/02/2019 19:17

isla i would say. the queens oldest great grandchild is Isla phillips. i would go for Isla.
other names with a royal connection are Victoria, Mary, Wallis, Tatiana, Anastasia, Elizabeth, Marina, Margaret, Alexandra, Anne, Sarah, Helen, Diana, Sophie, Zara, Beatrice, Eugenie, Louise, Rose, Ella, Catherine, Meghan, Amelia, Charlotte, Savannah, Mia and Lena and most of them sound posh.
Miranda does too

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