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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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RowenaRavenclawTheSecond · 27/05/2020 22:32

I went to a 'posh' uni less than ten years ago, the very posh people had these names:

Will/William
Freddie/Frederick/Fred
Ollie/Oliver
James/Jamie
Henry/Harry
George
Charles/Charlie/Chaz
Digby

Arabella
Georgie/Georgia/Georgiana/Georgina
Anna
Laura
Harriet/Hattie
Elizabeth/Lizzie
Emily
Clementine/Clemmie
Alice
Jemima
Lydia
Rebecca

RickOShay · 27/05/2020 22:02

Diggory

Gervaise

Piers

Benedict

Sholto

Honor

Miranda

Jacaranda

blosstree · 27/05/2020 21:56

@Pippilangstrumpfi Don't get wound up, I wasn't suggesting you call them anything else! Struggling to see how you could take umbrage at my comment tbh Confused

WeveGottaGetTherouxThis · 27/05/2020 21:47

I love all these names!

Sorry if already mentioned (trying not to duplicate), but some I’ve met throughout life:

Aurelie (pronounced Au-RAY-lee)
Georgiana
Persephone

Lorcan
Struan
Cosimo
Merlin

OhTheRoses · 27/05/2020 21:38

Probably out of date but DC's private school classes:

Edward x 2, James x 3, Tom x 3/4, Will 3/4, Freddie x 3, Henry/Harry (soo many), George, Mark, Christian, Ben +, Sam +, Nick+ with a few Sebs, Tristans, Theo's thrown in, and of course the forrin ones.

Imogen x 4, Jess x 2, Maddie x 3, Alice (probably x 3 squared), Rosie ++, Elizabeth ++, Katie ++, Cicely, Tilly ++, Ellie, Poppy, Zara and add in a few Christabel's, Antonia's, Olympias and again the forrin/international set.

Destroyedpeople · 27/05/2020 21:34

Ha snap buffalo!

Destroyedpeople · 27/05/2020 21:33

Hugo, Cosmo, Theodore.

Araminta , Cressida , Amabel

BuffaloCauliflower · 27/05/2020 21:27

These kind of names are my sweet spot. My sister has the same taste so my mum’s going to end up with a very posh sounding selections of DGCs 😂

This baby will be either Cressida or Ivo.

Fred578 · 27/05/2020 21:25

Harriet

Glowcat · 27/05/2020 21:24

I think Mary is quite posh now.

Glowcat · 27/05/2020 21:22

I love Lettice but unless I was living in a Jeeves and Wooster book I know I could never use it.

Pippilangstrumpfi · 27/05/2020 21:18

Although to be honest, the poshest people I know have names like Sarah, Anna, James etc

How else should we describe such names? Classy? Elegant? Rather than 'Posh'?

blosstree · 27/05/2020 21:11

Clementine
Ophelia
Cosima
Octavia
Camilla
Lucinda
Georgiana

Atticus
Charles
Louis
Rupert
Frederick/Freddie

Although to be honest, the poshest people I know have names like Sarah, Anna, James etc.

IndiaMay · 27/05/2020 18:47

Claudia
Isabella
Arabella
Naomi/Niomi
Camilla
Xanthe
Romily
Lucinda
Tara
Natasha
Anastasia
Bryony
Kezia
Cassandra (Cassie)
Cressida
Lydia

Hugo
Ludo
Ernest
Rafe
Sebastian
Stanley
Rupert
Lucas
Jasper
Hamish
Tobias / Toby

caringcarer · 27/05/2020 17:34

Cecelia, Madeline, Elizabeth, Margaret.

Christopher, Nicholas, Tarquin, Sebastian, James.

Grufallosfriends · 27/05/2020 17:25

the done thing is for your Christmas card to consist of a photo of your children.

No need for any poshness. That's done in most countries from my experience, at least until the kids are teens. I honestly don't get this 'posh' labelling in the UK.

And I love most names on this thread btw.

notalwaysalondoner · 27/05/2020 17:05

I stayed in a huge country house for New Years and sneakily peeped in some of their Christmas cards (the kind of posh where they had a senders address on the card for “something manor” and also the town house in Chelsea”) and the biggest recurring name was, interestingly, Olympia, which wasn’t really on my radar at all. These were mostly daughters aged 10-18 judging by the photos on the cards (which is another super posh trend I wasn’t aware of - my friend who went to public school confirmed that apparently once you get to a certain level of posh the done thing is for your Christmas card to consist of a photo of your children. Not Christmassy, no props or outfits or anything, normally taken outside, normally without the parents in it, and this is done up until the children have children of their own...).

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victorianbombshelter · 26/05/2020 22:47

You guys are amazing. So fond of many of your suggestions, should you think of more, please do update this thread x

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HairyToity · 25/05/2020 22:32

I met a little boy called Otto recently, with very posh parents.

savehalloween · 25/05/2020 22:31

I absolutely love araminta and minty for short. But it would be comedic with our last name, my DD's name and our very normal working class backgrounds.

I like the idea of twins called Araminta and Sebastian / Minty and Seb, in some kind of alternative universe.

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 25/05/2020 22:28

Lysander
Peregrine
Rollo

Georgiana
Cassandra
Ambrosia

HairyToity · 25/05/2020 22:27

Christina
Arrabella
Fenella
Elodie
Eloise

Miles
Orlando
Caspian
Percival
Hector

Grufallosfriends · 25/05/2020 21:45

Trouble is if you give your kid a really pompous name

But the op isn't looking for a really pompous' name. What even is that?

I like most names on this thread too.

ElectricTonight · 25/05/2020 20:42

Christian
Rafferty
Wallace
Preston

Julia
Victoria
Elizabeth
Diana

MsAdorabelleDearheartVonLipwig · 25/05/2020 20:16

Mind you I do love the name Ptolemy. Good job I never had a boy.

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