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Names that were posh but aren't now...

206 replies

MadameCh0let · 21/03/2008 19:09

THe jolly hockey sticks Cordelia got me thinking......

I knew, growing up, a very posh Annabel, Amelia and Beatrice.

All names that could be used by anybody these days. Imogen is another one that was ouch posh when I was about 12.

So what is posh now? Clemency? Tuppence?

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bozza · 22/03/2008 20:41

Victoria has not been posh for ages. Tons of Victorias, often known as Vicky, in the 70s. But I suppose maybe prior to that it was.

Is Felicity posh?

negril · 22/03/2008 20:15
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LynetteScavo · 22/03/2008 19:51

Ruby will be the new Jade.. I was desperate to call DD Ruby,but DH put his foot down.

I take it Oscar is no longer posh... is it chavvy yet?

My2Weegirls · 22/03/2008 19:49

is bunty not short for elizabeth?

My2Weegirls · 22/03/2008 19:48

fergus and farquhar for boys

victoria and charlotte for girls

PaulaYatesBiggestFan · 22/03/2008 19:44

i agree MadameCholet

Jade was once my name of choice!!

I am a huge name snob and remember thinking Ruby was lovely....sadly my views on both have changed with time

llareggub · 22/03/2008 19:26

Names that end in the letter a are generally regarded as posh, I think.

Scattybird · 22/03/2008 19:22

I always thought Bunty was posh. What's it short for?

MadameCh0let · 22/03/2008 19:22

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CrushWithEyeliner · 22/03/2008 19:20

Jade was once a very beautiful, classy and unusual name in the 60's..

need i say more

Vulgar · 22/03/2008 19:16

Inigo >>

MadameCh0let · 22/03/2008 19:10

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Vulgar · 22/03/2008 19:08

Isabella is a Boden name IMO

Cammelia · 22/03/2008 18:26

Obviously all the Royal names were posh

William and Harold for example

1066 anyone?

MadameCh0let · 22/03/2008 18:19

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kama · 22/03/2008 13:59

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Pavlovthecat · 22/03/2008 13:59

Isabella - absolutely still posh! I am biased as my DD is one

Pen74 · 22/03/2008 13:57

I would say that Theo is fairly common!

Sophie used to be very middle-class back in the 70s. As did Oliver.

FioFio · 22/03/2008 13:54

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MaryAnnSmotheredinchocolate · 22/03/2008 13:49

also know a Crispin and a Benedict

MaryAnnSmotheredinchocolate · 22/03/2008 13:48

Cousin's dd is Camilla
I always like Theo because it's not common and is also a little bit street

MadameCh0let · 22/03/2008 13:43

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elkiedee · 21/03/2008 21:45

I've met a lot of very young boys and some girls with names I think of as quite old fashioned recently - ds and I met Herbie, Hector, Henry, two Oscars, Hermione and Matilda.

My dad has a cousin Cordelia who is over 2 years younger than me, though I guess my dad's family were at the posh end of upper middle class.

hatrick · 21/03/2008 21:42

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