Thoughts on our list

I quite like Cecily and Maud and Gustave and Percy. I do wonder if concerns about it being slang for penis are overstated. Does anyone under about 70 ever do this?

'We move in those circles, but don't want to limit kid with names that only work in posh circles'

😂 God Bless You 🤣

Oh and Percy - not for me. Posh. Avoid.

(Previous post should have said are a Claire and George, not and, obviously)

Flora - love! Not posh.
Charlotte - dull
Cecily - fine, bit lispy.
Anoushka - love but a bit random if you and DH and Claire and George or something equally mainstream.
Louise - dated, dull, much prefer Louisa
Maud - I feel only an Apatow can pull that off but I do like it. Maeve? Love Maeve.

Clarence - wet although I know a fab Clarence
Erik - nice but very grown up. Will be a grown up for most of his life though.
Frederick - boring, everywhere, not posh
Leon - see Eric. Not posh. Leo, Theo v popular.
Gustav - like Gus

If you need to use the word posh to describe yourself you most definitely are not

Flora = ok , quite pretty
Charlotte = classic and pretty
Cecile = classic and pretty
Louise = over used , ok
Maud = dreary
Clarence = try hard
Erik = someone who cannot spell Eric ? Scandi ? Erik the Viking comic strip
Frederick = ok but not shortened to Freddy / Freddie both very over used
Gustav = try hard
Leon = pleasant but nicer as Leo , just my opinion
Percy = poor child will suffer a lifetime of penis jokes

Christian names will depend on your surname as to how balanced they both look and sound together

Flora, Charlotte, Cecily, Erik and Leon are nice

'We move in those circles' Cringe 😅

Yes... Don't go there!

Flora - nice. Normal. Not posh at all
Charlotte - lovely but super popular
Cecily - gorgeous. My favourite of your names Anoushka - nice
Louise - don't like it. Dull. Prefer Louisa
Maud - ok
Clarence - not keen
Erik - don't like
Frederick - nice
Gustav - ok
Leon - lovely. My favourite of your boys' list
Percy - no. People think of it as slang for penis

Percy is slang for penis

I personally like the name Maude, and Louise. The names on the list do not read as posh to me, other than perhaps the name Anoushka.

Flora - yes
Charlotte - lovely
Cecily - lovely
Anoushka - no
Louise - yes
Maud - a bit dour
Clarence - no
Erik - no
Frederick - maybe
Gustav - no
Leon - yes
Percy - he'll be called Percy Pig

Actually agree with PP re Anoushka - too "try hard posh".

Also like Fleur and Peregrine.

Flora, Charlotte, Cecily, Anoushka, Louise and Maud for girls

The only ones which stand out as posh for me are Cecily and Anoushka. I love Anoushka and Louise. Please not Maud. It's so frumpy and sounds like a parlour maid

Clarence, Erik, Frederick, Gustav, Leon, Percy

Gustav and Clarence sound posh and pretty awful to be honest. I love Leon. Frederick is a good safe choice which doesn't indicate social class and has a good range of nicknames.

All perfectly normal names. Would Percy be Percival? Clarence is fabulous.

Flora - ok, much prefer Florence or Fleur Charlotte - deathly boring
Cecily - nice
Anoushka - meh
Louise - bit dated, prefer Eloise or Elise
Maud - dreadful. Maeve? Marguerite?
Clarence - horrible, really old man
Erik - looks Scandinavian, Eric is ok
Frederick - fine, lots of Freddies around
Gustav - horrible. Angus?
Leon - fine
Percy - terrible

None strike me as particularly 'posh', more old fashioned, which is the trend these days...

Cecily and Leon are my favorites.

Anoushka reminds me of Moussaka- so not that!.

A mixture of names on your list.

Flora - pretty, but also makes me think of margarine
Charlotte -way overused, although I like
Cecily - okay
Anoushka - sounds European/Russian to me
Louise - prefer Louisa or Elouise
Maud - granny chic, not to my taste,

Clarence - same as Maud, not to my taste,
Erik - like, but European spelling
Frederick - nice
Gustav - European/German name
Leon - ok, not to my taste
Percy - Prefer Percival,

No to Anoushka or Percy (pig) but I like all the others.

I love Charlotte and Anoushka.
I like Flora and Cecily.
I dislike Louise and Maud

I like Frederick and Leon is ok.
Not keen on any of the other boys names.

No one who was actually ‘posh’ would use that term. None of the girl choices are especially grand names though, and the boys not at all/bit odd

Flora - pretty, classic, good choice
Charlotte -way overused, dump
Cecily - nice, quite popular now, slightly fussy
Anoushka - try hard, Disney Princess, dump
Louise - ok, bit dull, too early to revive
Maud - elegant - good choice

Clarence - it’ll probably get revived shortly but I think it’s a step too far right now
Erik - same. And spelling it with a k doesn’t help
Frederick - way overused, but nice enough
Gustav - odd unless there is a heritage reason
Leon - best of the lot. Leo very popular though
Percy - This is just silly

I would say that only Anoushka, Clarence and Gustav are posh. My favourites are Cecily and Leon.

Charlotte and Leon are a bit more middle of the road. My favourites are Flora and Frederick though

I like Flora and Leon.
Dislike Clarence, Maud, Gustav, Percy and Anoushka.

Agree with PP that Anoushka sounds wannabe posh.

Suggestions of names with perhaps a similar feel that I prefer - Lawrence (Lawrie), Peter and Maeve.

I wouldn't describe them as posh, never mind 'too posh'. Like all your girl choices although Anoushka strikes me as try hard/wannabe posh.
Percy is a definite no from me unless a family name. Clarence has always sounded like a girl's name to me.
Peregrine?