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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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MsAdorabelleDearheartVonLipwig · 25/05/2020 20:16

Trouble is if you give your kid a really pompous name and you are quite obviously a fairly normal person it just makes you look daft. Grin

Toilenstripes · 25/05/2020 20:04

Domino
Felicity
Maud
Marina

Conrad
Alfred
Freddie
Jethro

AravisTarkheena · 25/05/2020 20:00

How has no one mentioned Phyllida? Or Mungo?

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 25/05/2020 19:56

Hugo
Jago
Jasper
Freddie
Wilbur

Clemency
Hermione
Miranda
Jocasta

Flappingflamingo · 25/05/2020 19:50

My actual children's names are completely different but I love these names, I'll pm their names

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victorianbombshelter · 25/05/2020 19:43

@Flappingflamingo what names did you go for for your DC? If you don't mind me asking of course and it doesn't out you! I just seem to be drawn to all these names 😍

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Flappingflamingo · 25/05/2020 19:38

Yaaaay, thank you!!!!!! I like wibur and Miles and Beatrice and felicity are two of my favourite girls names!! So sad I won't be having more 😞😞😞😞😂😂😂

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victorianbombshelter · 25/05/2020 19:24

@flappingflamingo I really like Cuthbert! Montgomery, Magnus, Wilbur, Miles... so many!

Girls I love Ottilie, Felicity, Cressida, Beatrice!

Haven't run any by DH yet but anymore suggestions would be great, I'm writing up a list xx

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Edenember · 25/05/2020 16:57

@victorianbombshelter think for me the quintessential ones which spring to mind are Arabella for a girl and Tarquin / Quentin / Rupert for a boy. Cressida is cool. Apparently Xanthe is a posh name although I‘ve never had that association. Charmian, Hermione, Tabitha, Pippa, Romilly.

daisypond · 25/05/2020 16:38

Some of these names aren’t posh at all - most are ordinary, some are positively downmarket.

BlusteryLake · 25/05/2020 16:34

Anything ending in the "-uh" sound for girls - Araminta, Perdita etc. Anything ending in "-us" or "-o" for boys.

Clemmie83 · 25/05/2020 16:32

Rafferty is always a favourite of mine!

Flappingflamingo · 25/05/2020 16:31

Could be bertie for short!

Flappingflamingo · 25/05/2020 16:31

Which are your favourites so far???? Please please say cuthbert, I really want the world to have another one!!!! 😂 Sadly I won't be having anymore myself so please do it for me!!! 😍

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victorianbombshelter · 25/05/2020 16:07

Wow love these! Keep them coming, thanks all xx

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IloveParmaViolets · 25/05/2020 15:31

Anna
Felicity
Claudia
Beatrice
Eleanor
Clara

Pygmyseahorse · 25/05/2020 14:23

Rupert
Cuthbert
Hugo
Algernon
Archibald
Theobald
Artemis
Fergus
Giles
Digby
Horatio
Humphrey
Magnus
Jonty
Montgomery
Rufus
Wilbur
Bertram

Theodora
Camilla
Priscilla
Pandora
Maude
Jemima
Cecily
Antonia
Arabella
Araminta
Elizabeth
Margaret

All or most of these names can have some nice nicknames for babyhood or teen years if your child doesn't want to use the longer name too which is quite practical...

Flappingflamingo · 25/05/2020 12:22

I think the world needs another cuthbert... Remember him being a posh kids back on an 80's TV show

Dyra · 25/05/2020 12:21

Rafferty
Bodhi
Roderick
Ottilie
Aethelflaed

maddiemookins16mum · 25/05/2020 12:04

The Times had a Vesper (girl) the other day.
Her brother is Amadeus.

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victorianbombshelter · 25/05/2020 08:26

Where are you finding the aristocratic birth lists? Are you referring to the telegraph birth announcements?

Some great suggestions so far, do keep them coming x

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daisypond · 25/05/2020 07:56

Lettice ?! Youve got to be joking

Why? It’s a very old and normal name, related to Letitia. I know one. Not common these days.

Lavenderblues · 25/05/2020 07:48

They tend to have quite normal names.

But the op doesn't want normal names. That's why she started a thread.

How about

Sebastian
Magnus

Antonia
Clarissa

bluemoon2468 · 24/05/2020 21:45

@Blackcountryexile Lettice?! Youve got to be joking 🙈

sweetnosugar · 24/05/2020 20:28

‘Posh’ parents name their children a complete range of different names. Going by a local private school reception class off the top of my head...
Boys
Lachlan
Bobby
Theodore
Teddy
Edward

Girls
Elsie
Winnie
Isabelle
Minnie

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