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Poncy name?

36 replies

strawberriesandcream01 · 02/07/2008 19:38

Can you all just clarify what you think is a poncy name please? And what doesn poncy mean. To me poncy mean 'posh' am I wrong?

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redshoes · 02/07/2008 20:51

hilary for a boy
leonora for a girl
hmmm still quite like them tho - I luuuurve poncy names...

ButterflyMcQueen · 02/07/2008 20:43

pretentious? Moi?

flowerybeanbag · 02/07/2008 20:41

I'd think more along Hula's Quentin/Crispin lines as poncey, rather than the others.

Hulababy · 02/07/2008 20:39

For me poncy names would have to mean names that are normally associated with the very posh - I guess something along the lines of Quentin, Crispin, etc.

It doesnt mean I don;t like some of them, just they are a bit posher than the norm.

From this thread so far - Oliver, Sebastian and Miles are all definitely NOT poncy/posh IMO.

stillstanding · 02/07/2008 20:36

Poncey is not the same posh. It's more pretentious, imo

PhDlifeNeedsaNewLife · 02/07/2008 20:34

golly, I thought all those names above (well the boys' at least) were perfectly acceptable. think the accent with which they are shouted makes a lot of difference

We know some people who completely made up their kids' names. THAT's poncey, imo.

minouminou · 02/07/2008 20:31

i think it's just shorthand for a name that someone finds fancy, or unusual, that isn't derived from family, ethnic or family tradition

ButterflyMcQueen · 02/07/2008 20:28

I dont believe there is such a thing contrary to what some posters say
Names are things of beauty that you gift your newborn with if that sounds poncy then that's as maybe but in my book the 'poncier' the better

hatrick · 02/07/2008 20:25

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girlandboy · 02/07/2008 20:25

Miles
Piers
Giles

CasperGhost · 02/07/2008 20:23

Sebastian, Oliver, Julian are poncy boy names imo.
Eloise, Arabella and Evalina are poncy girls names. So for me I suppose posh names.

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