Posh girl names that haven’t filtered through

[Davespecifico]

Just wondering why some names stay within a milieu and others spread.
These are the sorts of names I’m thinking of:
Marina
Cosima
Petra
Cressida
Why do certain names stay within posh circles?

I know a Marina who is absolutely not posh, the opposite in fact!

I don't understand the question.

What are you after? ...

What about Marina and the Diamonds? Can posh people be welsh?

I know a marina.infact 2 and a couple of petra's.although not many Lettice's round these parts !

Who remembers this Marina?

A heart of gold but NOT posh

Jocasta

Araminta
Hermione (possibly?)

Allegra

Not to name any in particular (to avoid offending anyone!) but some of the more convoluted 'posh' names seem quite easy to take the mick out of.

If your child's easy path in life was pretty much guaranteed, this wouldn't be a massive issue or even a consideration if you liked the name. If not, and they would have to navigate a variety of social situations, this might be more of a disincentive to use the name.

Many threads here on baby names will have posters saying 'he will probably be nicknamed xyz at school, I wouldn't use it'.

Maude

Octavia
Hortense
Tabitha

Petra and Cressida seem quite ordinary to me.

Oh I like Maude. Not many of those around here though, so being everyone’s landlord or employer might help?

Probably named after a dead relative but fallen out of use, lots of boys names too.

The same ways some other names sound working class- remember sharon and tracy.

Lettice

Serena

One of the main characters in Battlestar Galactica is Sharon. US made so different context.

Yeah, names like Tabitha, Arabella etc. are a bit too "niche" for most people I reckon

How popular are some of these names amongst 'posh' people though? Probably not as popular as Charlotte, Elizabeth etc.

Some of these names hail from mythology/ literature/antiquity that maybe not everyone has had exposure to., some are just bloody horrible sounding!

^ hopefully the future will be a classless society so it wont matter if your called sharon or felicity.

Maud is one of my favourite names ever, though I prefer it unadorned. It feels earthy and D. H Lawrence-ish to me.

Victoria

Aurelia
Ophelia

Queen Elizabeth I
This name doesn't seem to crop up often in my locale - and I think she was a bit posh.

I know 2 Tabithas who are definitely middle class but not particularly posh.

I know what you mean OP, when I was growing up Henry and Hugo were definitely posh boy names but fairly standard now.

I considered both Marina and Arabella for DD but didn’t go with either, but then we are not posh.