Do you see these names as middle class, working class, or posh?

What about Melody, think that’s more WC

Lydia -MC
Abigail-MC
Natalie- MC/WC
Naomi-MC/WC
Cady-MC/WC
Ramona, depends on nationality
Nancy-MC
Melody-WC

Depends how old the person is. 'Melody' would have been an upper middle-class name when I was a child, so if a Melody was in her 50s I'd probably assume that. But if I was introduced to a baby Melody today, I'd think the other way around.

Other than that, I don't think I'd really assign a class to any of them. They're pretty universal, I'd say.

'Cady' just makes me think of Max Cady from Cape Fear, who is possibly one of most repellent film characters of all time.

I know two natalies - one very working class, one very middle class 😂

I think as a PP said, those names are fairly universal and have heard most (if not all) used by a huge variety of people and wouldnt assign a class to any of them

All sound quite WC to me but Cady is very much lower than the others in the socio economic scale in my opinion

Honestly most of these names would be working class or lower where I live.

Lydia - MC
Abigail - lower than lower class
Natalie - lower than lower class
Naomi - lower
Cady - WC
Ramona -WC trying to be MC
Nancy - unsure, maybe mc
Melody - WC

I do hope this was meant in jest.

Cady/ Melody- working class, probably American. I've only ever met one Melody and she was in the US and lived in a trailer 😂 Rest middle class but fine for either class. For properly posh you'd be looking at your Thomasina's, Bronte's, Giles, Barnaby's etc. although I find the posh people I actually know (CEO's) etc like to opt for very normal names. Hannah, Henry, Charlotte, James, Tom with some extra surnames as middle names.

Cady and Melody are quite chavvy. All the rest are nice, although not personally keen on Romona.

Lydia - chav
Abigail - chav
Natalie - 80's chav
Naomi - variable.
Cady - where you put tea bags
Ramona - makes nice humus
Nancy - cool
Melody - naff

@lifeisgoodrightnow , that's the old pronunciation in some parts of the UK.

If you care about such things then a safe bet is to go with something that the royal family have used...they tend to choose solid classics rather than pretentious.

It's Like a Jilly Cooper name list!

Lydia - MC
Abigail - WC
Natalie - WC
Naomi - WC
Cady - bordering on chav
Ramona - don’t know as it’s Spanish you’d have to ask someone from there
Nancy - MC
Melody - WC

I met a ‘Rewth’ once.

Strewth

Lydia and Nancy are middle class, the rest aren't.

Made up names like Cady are very working class.

Lydia and Abigail to me are just very ‘90s’ names of no particular social class- probably because there were quite a few when I was at school from varied backgrounds. Both were top 50 names in the 90s but not so popular today.

I think names that chart quite high are generally used by a mix of people.

Lydia - traditionally on the posh side, now could be anywhere. I like it.
Abigail - could be anywhere, slightly more middle these days, not a fan of the gail bit.
Natalie - I think this was so popular that it's now dated - and I don't think dated names are all that popular with the working class. The one baby Natalie i know is firmly middle class.
Naomi - slightly more middle class for a similar reason to Natalie
Cady - more working class
Ramona - could be any class including posh. Not a fan of the moan sound.
Nancy - anywhere. Great name.
Melody - no idea. Not a fan.

Not what you asked but I'd go Nancy or Lydia out of that list!

There you go, the truth will out. Clearly, my wording is off because I'm a working class peasant...with a name that used to be very middle class or even a bit posh, but is now decidedly working class 😆

You can never hide what you really are.

I'm going to be honest here:
1: I'd think MC white girl or black girl of African descent

1. Could be anyone, but if Black, I'd assume African.
2. If spelt that way, I'd assume she was WC and named after an aunt.
3. I'd assume Jewish if white, retro choice if Black.
4. American!
5. Vegan
6. Hippy earth momma (not always good/bad)
7. Artsy (not necessarily MC)

Whether they are usually proceeded by “get here” or “come here”.

it really depends on who you know with the name, Lydia is mc but that’s because at my very ordinary private school Lydia had a nanny and a huge house. Rest of us were dads with trades so wc.

I'd reword that as 'If you were secure in where you are in the class system, you wouldn't need to ask'.

If I wanted to call my child Ptolemy or Jayden, I'd do that. I wouldn't bother asking 'Is this name working class ...?' cos I couldn't give a monkeys.

Might occasionally be found in a posh family, but more usually middle:
Lydia
Abigail
Natalie
Nancy

More likely to be working class, but might sometimes be found in a middle class family:
Naomi
Cady
Ramona
Melody

Never heard of Cady but it definitely doesn't sound middle class/posh. Ramona sounds like someone who would hang around a juke box wearing a faux leopard skin coat and a peroxide beehive.

It's probably a case of if you're really middle class you wouldn't need to ask...