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Which of these sounds poshest?

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Dramagirl22 · 11/08/2021 10:27

for a fictional character which of these names sounds the poshest/most aristocratic?

Clara Winthrop Scott
Beatrice Winthrop Scott
Sophie Winthrop Scott

Thank you!! And please feel free to make other suggestions.

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Fauvist · 11/08/2021 19:03

It’s set in London in the early 2000’s

How old is this character?

2reefsin30knots · 11/08/2021 18:38

Cordelia Winthrop Scott

Name of one of the Flyte children in Brideshead, must be posh Grin

Hesma · 11/08/2021 18:31

Clara or better still, Clarissa

borntobequiet · 11/08/2021 16:43

Are you serious

Yes

Notthisnotthat · 11/08/2021 15:21

You could watch the early seasons of Made in Chelsea, lots of posh folk.

Binky is Alexandra
amber
Catherine is Cathy
Francesca
funda
Gabriella
Louise
Millie
Rosie

HappyTimeTunnelDinosaur · 11/08/2021 15:16

Of those I'd say Beatrice, but Fenella, Cressida, Felicity, Ariadne, Penelope etc are possibly more so to me.

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Dramagirl22 · 11/08/2021 15:12

It’s set in London in the early 2000’s! I’m looking for old-money style posh. Arabella, Araminta, Ophelia type stuff.

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Violetlavenders · 11/08/2021 15:10

But what variety of posh do you want? Intellectual posh? Related to Royalty posh? Old money landed gentry posh? Fallen on hard times (often arty or barmy) posh?

Are you serious Confused

Only in the UK could names be so categorised!?

BrownEyedSquirrel · 11/08/2021 14:42

Clara. For some reason it also seems the most believable to me.

borntobequiet · 11/08/2021 14:25

Clarissa is posher than Clara. But what variety of posh do you want? Intellectual posh? Related to Royalty posh? Old money landed gentry posh? Fallen on hard times (often arty or barmy) posh? All will go for different posho names.

JustMeAndWheatley · 11/08/2021 13:38

Not Clara - maid’s name

Barwell76 · 11/08/2021 12:46

When is it set? Some names were posh in the past but aren't as posh nowadays.

ClaudiaWankleman · 11/08/2021 12:42

I think Beatrice sounds poshest.

If she's quite Sloane Square-y, she'd also need an awful nickname like 'Tiggy', 'Bump' or 'Binky' though. Those kind of nicknames really mark someone out as posh for me.

Chunkymenrock · 11/08/2021 12:40

Agree that Winthrop is awful. Beatrice the poshest.

Bagelsandbrie · 11/08/2021 12:39

Beatrice - shortened to “Bea”. I like Clara but I’ve heard of a few of them recently.

PattyPan · 11/08/2021 12:37

Beatrice, like the princess. Sophie is a very standard name, not associated with a particular class.

Pogostemon · 11/08/2021 12:34

Jemima is far posher than any of those.

Bbq1 · 11/08/2021 12:30

Winthrop is terrible. It doesn't sound pleasant spoken or look nice on a page
Arabella Montague-Forsythe

meadowbleu · 11/08/2021 12:18

I've seen a few of your threads on this topic OP, but no mention of the location or what period your play is set in?

Aristocratic type posh people usually go very traditional like Victoria, perhaps shortened to Vita, like the Sackvilles, or out there, like Zara Phillips, which was quite unexpected at the time,

Noshowwithoutpunch · 11/08/2021 12:16

Clara

BikeRunSki · 11/08/2021 12:15

Sophie

The very posh people I know tend to have pretty mainstream names.
Barbara if your character is an old lady.
Clara is - a lot of babies around my way, or the little sick girl from Heidi.

LtDansleg · 11/08/2021 11:58

Beatrice

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 11/08/2021 11:53

Clara Winthrop-Scott. I’d say anything with an Ah sound sounds very posh.
That of course is assuming it’s pronounced Cl-ah-ra and not Cl-Air-er

I’d say Chloe can have posh tendencies. However I’m not sure I’d cAll it Aristocratic.
Maybe more middle class.

Alexandra Winthrop-Scott. Again pronounced Alex-arn-dra not Alex-and-ra.

Louisa Winthrop-Scott.

Helena Winthrop-Scott.

Imogen but see Chloe

Isabella Winthrop-Scott

Catherine Winthrop -Scott

NeverMetANiceOne · 11/08/2021 11:51

Clara is very middle class. Beatrice is the 'poshest' you've suggested. Grab a copy of Tattler and check the names in there?

Lyricallie · 11/08/2021 11:49

Depends where it's set too. Where I am in Scotland there's quite a few Clara's and Sophie's. I've never met a Beatrice, the only one I can think of is Princess Beatrice, so that's definitely posh.

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