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Posh girls names?

116 replies

lilacsandlillies · 23/08/2023 12:09

Hi! Can you list the poshest girls names that you know?
thank you. Have a great day!

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Cas112 · 23/08/2023 19:27

DDx · 23/08/2023 17:52

Verity is the first one that comes to mind

I LOVE this name with a passion

LisaSs · 23/08/2023 19:26

Neverseenbefore · 23/08/2023 19:11

Definitely not posh.

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Good job you’re posh hun

Bookish88 · 23/08/2023 19:22

Arabella
Camilla
Ottilie
Phillipa
Virginia

Neverseenbefore · 23/08/2023 19:11

LisaSs · 23/08/2023 17:16

I don't know if it sounds posh but I love Mila and Liliana :)

Definitely not posh.

MirandaBlu · 23/08/2023 19:02

Cornelia
Dido
Myfanwy

Wavescrashingonthebeach · 23/08/2023 18:58

GumboRice · 23/08/2023 16:54

CELESTE!!! High class, classy, eligant and with a scent of romance.

I'm pretty sure one of the contraceptive pill brands is called Celeste... 🤣 there's a Yasmin too. Put me off both names for life 😂

nameXname · 23/08/2023 18:55

Surely, the Telegraph is aspirational??

The posh people I've met through work mostly have plain and dignified names such as William or John or Catherine or Elizabeth or Jane. Yes, they might have a jolly nickname, but otherwise their parents didn't feel the need to advertise, as it were.

HappyMeal564 · 23/08/2023 18:52

Claudia
Eleanor
Beatrice
Jemima

Whatsthepoint1234 · 23/08/2023 18:42

Theoldwoman · 23/08/2023 13:33

Kayla
Madison
Nancy
Cara
Zoe
Sarah

I know a Kayla and a Madison. I wouldn’t class them as aristocrats - lovely kids but not ‘upper class’ from my understanding.

msmonstera · 23/08/2023 18:36

The poshest women I've met were called Genevieve (nn Jinksy), Eloise, (nn Lulu), Matilda (nn Tillie) and Sara. Tillie's mother was known as Tiggy but I don't know where that came from.

Uglyducklingswan · 23/08/2023 18:28

Poshest would be Royal names, Elizabeth, Anne, Charlotte, Catherine.

I know a Felicity, Lucy, charlotte, Susannah, Angela

Blogswife · 23/08/2023 18:15

Clarissa , Hermoine, Arrabella, Henrietta, Hattie ,

User6761 · 23/08/2023 18:06

HeyMicky · 23/08/2023 12:13

The Tele is always a good place to start https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/category/births

Some crackers there - Juno Jay Jenkins; Siblings Flora, Cosima and Rufus; Auberon Percival St John....

OP, this is the perfect source of posh names!

AuntieStella · 23/08/2023 18:04

HollyGolightly4 · 23/08/2023 16:43

Tatiana
Araminta
Aubrey

Aubrey is a posh boy's name

Girls: Charlotte, Sophia, Louisa, Harriet, Elizabeth, Camilla, Sarah, Alexandra

Often with an unrelated nickname

dinmin · 23/08/2023 18:04

HeyMicky · 23/08/2023 12:13

The Tele is always a good place to start https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/category/births

Oh wow. Thanks for this entertainment 🤣

SprinkledGlitter · 23/08/2023 18:03

I know someone who used Carolyn instead of Caroline, for their baby daughter, because they felt Caroline was too posh for them to carry off. I don't see either as posh personally.

Neverseenbefore · 23/08/2023 18:01

The poshest person I know -in her 60s - is called Harriet.

crumpet · 23/08/2023 18:00

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 23/08/2023 16:47

Poshest person I knew was called Margarita with the nickname Binky.

Others have equally absurd nicknames such as Bunny or Pidge.

There was also a Carola.

Yes I knew a Carrot and a Topsy

xPaloma · 23/08/2023 18:00

amlie8 · 23/08/2023 17:44

Ooh, hats off to the PP who suggested Telegraph birth announcements

...a son, Barney Bear, a brother for Tiggy and Effie

Effie sounds like a swear word.
Where's that effing xxxx

xPaloma · 23/08/2023 17:57

Some of these names are just so ugly. Minty for example. Eugh

My daughter was nearly Juliet which I don't think is super posh but it wouldn't not be either.
The uk v insular in these threads, no idea what neighbouring countries use.

mauvish · 23/08/2023 17:57

mauvish · 23/08/2023 17:51

Has no-one mentioned Nigella?

Re the telegraph announcements, not only do you have to choose posh names,but your child has to have at least 2 names (a bit amateur), 3 names (learning fast) or 4 (full on posh), as well as their surname.

Oh, and if your surname is a doublename, so much the better.

Pity Scarlett Arabella Gillian Emilia de Ferry Foster, or Bertie-Fox Burlington Leo Dodd-Noble (oo look - Burlington Bertie!) when they are obliged to give their full name as an adult, using those little boxes on forms - there won't be enough little boxes!

Ladybird69 · 23/08/2023 17:55

Lettice
Cecilia
Ceccily
Bunty
Georgiana
Kitty
Henrietta
Alexandra

mauvish · 23/08/2023 17:53