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Girls names like Angus, Casper, Hugh, Monty, Benedict

90 replies

pigglepot · 15/06/2021 21:44

Basically posh names that aren't very common. I can't think of what the girls names equivalents would be. Ideas?

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PoliceDogWoof · 16/06/2021 11:40

@TatianaBis

Various totally non U names here - Darcy, Vivienne, Sheila, Irene Shock
Depends how you spell Vivien
KaptainKaveman · 16/06/2021 11:38

Dominic Lawson named his daughters Nigella, Horatia and Thomasina didn't he? so presumably any male name can be feminised by altering the ending.

  • Casparina
  • Jamesina
  • Cuthbertina
  • Cedricina
  • Jasparina
  • Conradina
  • Jeremina
  • Maxmillianna

etc etc

KaptainKaveman · 16/06/2021 11:34

Hilarious thread! like reading one of my Evelyn Waugh novels Grin

Bryonyshcmyony · 16/06/2021 11:33

Piggy, Tiggy, Pompom, Plum, Bish and Lilah.

StyleAndLasers · 16/06/2021 11:31

@TatianaBis

Various totally non U names here - Darcy, Vivienne, Sheila, Irene Shock
Lady Irene Mountbatten would have your guts for garters en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Mountbatten,_Marchioness_of_Carisbrooke As would Lady Sheila Mary Holroyd www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp131225/lady-sheila-mary-holroyd-nee-cairns Yes I have been Googling! I'll give you Darcy though.
SoapboxFox · 16/06/2021 10:09

Pandora
Camilla
Cecilia
Mirabelle
Xanthe
Anastasia
Georgiana
Caroline
Emilia
Allegra
Evangeline
Philippa

20viona · 16/06/2021 07:53

Persephone

TatianaBis · 16/06/2021 07:48

Various totally non U names here - Darcy, Vivienne, Sheila, Irene Shock

FindingMeno · 16/06/2021 06:50

@AnotherSunrise GrinGrinGrin

ARoseDowntown · 16/06/2021 01:29

The poshest girls I know are called Squeak, Pip (not short for Philippa, in fact have no idea what her real name is) and Cricket, so if it’s posh you’re going for I’d point you there-wards.

AnotherSunrise · 16/06/2021 00:49

Toilettebrushe

UnRavellingFast · 16/06/2021 00:37

Godiva
Goldilocks
Borgiana
Belgravia
Bountiful (must marry a lord though)

Lightswitchesoffatnight · 16/06/2021 00:26

Davinia
Edwina
Hyacinth
Piggy
Lucinda

GreyhoundG1rl · 16/06/2021 00:01

Sheila! 😂

partyatthepalace · 15/06/2021 23:59

@Awwlookatmybabyspider

Antigone. Florianna. Florabelle. Valentina. Trixibelle. Therese. Martiana. Penelope. Arabella. Octavia. Calliope. Fabienne. Henrietta. Elizabetta. Josephina. Thomasina. Dorothea. Evangeline. Miriam.
Florabelle and Trixiebelle are not posh, they are stripper names. As is Sistine above. Not quite sure what to make of Sheila 🤣 be careful Op! You might want to stick with Elizabeth or Jane
partyatthepalace · 15/06/2021 23:53

There are some seriously OTT suggestions above, and some names that are just obscure not posh... it’s harder w girls because a wider range of names are used, so they are less class bound, but the ones below might fit the bill

Hero
Frances
Viola
Henrietta
Leonora
Diana
Cressida
Jemima
Georgiana
Lavinia
Honor
Augusta
Gwendoline
Edwina
Sybil / Sybilla
Eugenia / Eugenie
Dido
Maud/e

V frilly posh names eg Arabella, Ophelia are getting v pop so won’t stand out. And others eg Imogen, Beatrice, Helena, Serena, are quite mainstream. Also think you want to avoid mid century timewarp names like Camilla, Lucinda, Fenella, Tamara or it’s all just a bit Jilly Cooper.

Lockdownbear · 15/06/2021 23:35

Sheila, Helen/Helena, Irene, Isabell/Isabella, Nancy, Charlotte/Lottie.

user1471604848 · 15/06/2021 23:23

Allegra
Alexandra
Alessia
Amelia
Antoinette
Antonia
Anastasia
Arabella
Araminta
Ariadne
Astrid
Athena
Aurelia
Aurora
Camilla
Camellia
Cecile
Celeste
Celestine
Clarissa
Clementine/a
Cordelia
Cosima
Delphine
Delilah
Eleanor
Elise
Elodie
Eloise
Emelia
Emmeline
Esmeralda
Estelle/a
Evangeline
Felicity
Fenella
Jemima
Lavinia
Leonora
Lilly
Lucinda
Madeleine
Matilda
Octavia
Olympia
Ophelia
Pandora
Perdita
Persephone
Petra
Petronella
Saskia
Serena
Seraphina
Sistine
Sylvia
Tabitha
Tatiana
Theodora
Valentina
Violet/ta
Yasmine

LadyGAgain · 15/06/2021 23:16

Arbella
Ottilie
Lettice

Londonmummy66 · 15/06/2021 23:09

Angus - Flora
Casper - Onyx
Hugh - Edith
Monty - Georgie (either Georgia or Georgiana)
Benedict - Therese

PiffleWiffleWoozle · 15/06/2021 23:03

Zara

QueenofDestruction · 15/06/2021 23:02

Lettice, Fenella,Fleur, Jemima, Elektra

TheVanguardSix · 15/06/2021 22:51

Sybil
Isadora
Jocasta
Iris
Adeline
Darcey
Augustine
Christiana
Penelope
Ophelia
Guinevere
Genevieve
Phaedra
Eleanor
Letitia
Artemis
Vivienne

Lightswitchesoffatnight · 15/06/2021 22:49

Bunty
Clarissa
Helena
Jocelyn
Philippa

iminthegarden · 15/06/2021 22:47

Theodora (Teddie)
Arabella
Clemmie

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