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Posh tot names please

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victorianbombshelter · 24/05/2020 17:49

From reading MN posts we seem to be drawn to posh, pretentious and snobby names (as called by users), I like them personally. Looking for some more suggestions for DS/DD please x

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DrMadelineMaxwell · 28/05/2020 23:33

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InThePocketOfAJacket · 28/05/2020 23:29

Lysander
Rupert
Cosmo
Agatha
Tabitha
Ferdie
My inspiration is from Jilly Cooper books Grin

Megan2018 · 28/05/2020 23:27

I have a Felicity! Grin tickled to see it comes under posh.

We aren’t posh though, well DH is a bit-he went to a well known public school. I have a horse which non horsey people think is posh but horse people know it just means skint and permanently grubby....and we are very skint.

I like

Beatrice/Beatrix
Ottilie
Eliza
Pippa
Allegra
Verity
Harriet
Alexandria

Sebastian
Theodore
William
Alexander
Rupert
Edward
Charles

Carouselfish · 28/05/2020 23:18

The society pages are filled with Sarah, Emily, Sophie and other very blank cardboard/classic names.

I've met some very non-posh parents with a Xavier, Felicity, Miles, Percy.

So...

Pickles89 · 28/05/2020 15:51

Oh, and a Dolores

Pickles89 · 28/05/2020 15:50

I've nannied for some proper posh families in my time. I've had a:

Humphrey
Ophelia
Stanley
Macaulay
Edith
Cecily
Margot
Ottilie
Emmeline
Miles
Rupert
Wilbur

And a Charlie, but pronounced 'Chaarrleeee' in a very upper-crust accent.

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victorianbombshelter · 28/05/2020 15:31

@sweetnosugar yes they are definitely classic, beautiful names, which I love. DH would like to be ever so slightly more adventurous in our choices but I really do love them xx

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victorianbombshelter · 28/05/2020 15:30

@goingoverground 😂 very good point. It's top of my list now!

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sweetnosugar · 28/05/2020 15:30

My favourites from your list are -
Beatrice
Camilla
Edward
All of which are my names that my immediate family have, so I may be a tad bias. Either way they are lovely names!

Lavenderblues · 28/05/2020 15:06

Emerald was roundly declared 'trashy' on another thread a few days ago.

Lots of people will agree with that. It's therefore not what the op is looking for Grin

Pippilangstrumpfi · 28/05/2020 15:03

Emerald to me is the opposite of classy. And it doesn't matter how rich the parents are!

PuntoEBasta · 28/05/2020 14:02

The most properly posh family I know have an Emerald, which was roundly declared 'trashy' on another thread a few days ago. Context is all!

goingoverground · 28/05/2020 13:53

Actually, @victorianbombshelter, Tot makes a pretty good posh nickname for a girl along the lines of Bunty, Binky, Fleabag and Tinks.

GuiltyBark · 28/05/2020 13:47

I knew a Mungo. Why his parents would do that to a child is anyone's guess...

HermanHermit · 28/05/2020 13:43

Jonty is just an abbreviation of Jonathan, so Not Posh.
For boys, top posh must include - Auberon, Peregrine (v much depends on your surname!), Wyndham

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victorianbombshelter · 28/05/2020 13:23

@rickoshay

My favourites so far (sorry it's a long list). I've written them out in preparation for DH's approval/disapproval. Here goes:

Ophelia
Araminta
Claudia
Octavia
Felicity
Dinah
Maud
Vita
Camilla
Cressida
Beatrice
Cecelia

Cuthbert
Rupert
Tristan
Jonty
Miles
Alastair
Alexander
Edward
Magnus
Montgomery
Wilbur
Mungo
Hector
Merlin

Any more or faves from the list, please do post away ☺️ xx

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victorianbombshelter · 28/05/2020 12:50

@Movinghouseatlast I may use the first name Tot in that case but I'll be sure to use ‘offspring’ or ‘infants’ for any future posts not to offend you further. Thank you though, for not writing anything remotely helpful in response to my thread, I'm so glad you took the time to discuss that one work from the name of the thread to drew my attention to it. I'd never have considered it as a first name before now... Maybe I'll call her Tot Moving just after you 😉

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Movinghouseatlast · 28/05/2020 11:20

If you refer to a child as a tot that puts you squarely at the down market end of naming I would have thought!

It is one of my pet hatrs, sorry! Tot is just awful.

justamumof1 · 28/05/2020 10:25

Well the rich dont really like the lower classes using "their" names.

Not sure where I read it, Freakonomics maybe, but middle/upper class names go out of popularity the more the lower classes use them...or something like that

Pippilangstrumpfi · 28/05/2020 09:58

Glad to see my DD has a posh name. We are actually very (materially) poor

Money really has nothing to do with it! Agree that love and moral values are far more important. I don't understand why only 'rich' people should use certain names Confused

RickOShay · 28/05/2020 09:09

@victorianbombshelter
Which are your favourites? Please tell!
Also thought of Clarissa. Great name.

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victorianbombshelter · 28/05/2020 08:27

@justamumof1 rich in love, no doubt. Materials and money aren't everything. Family and love is everything and more ❤️❤️❤️ xx

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justamumof1 · 28/05/2020 08:08

Glad to see my DD has a posh name. We are actually very (materially) poor Sad.

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victorianbombshelter · 28/05/2020 07:50

Love the suggestions, thanks all! Some gorgeous classic names in there, love, love!

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MondeoFan · 27/05/2020 22:43

I love all of these names.

The 2 poshest families I know have called their babies Androulla and Darcey

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