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Posh girl names that haven’t filtered through

311 replies

Davespecifico · 09/10/2020 18:12

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?

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NewModelArmyMayhem18 · 11/10/2020 13:26

I think names that once upon a time would have been considered 'posh' (such as Olivia, Amelia and Sophia) have become much more mainstream since the Millennium. It would suggest that parents have become more conservative in their choices?

Didlum · 11/10/2020 16:04

Ottilie

PoorMansPaulaRadcliffe · 11/10/2020 16:16

Augusta.

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Tanith · 11/10/2020 20:06

Makes me smile to see people defining aristocracy as "posh".

Don't you realise that, to working class posters, middle class is "posh", too?

Benjispruce2 · 11/10/2020 20:06

I know an Augusta. Definitely not posh but Italian.

TrickyD · 12/10/2020 06:38

This Marina is quite posh. As was her nan

Posh people never have Nans, they have Grannies.

mellongoose · 12/10/2020 06:52

Armorelle

StCharlotte · 12/10/2020 07:07

@TrickyD

This Marina is quite posh. As was her nan

Posh people never have Nans, they have Grannies.

I was being ironic.

Honestly I"m wasted!

OhTheRoses · 12/10/2020 08:16

In my era the: Mary-Janes, Sally-Anns, Emma-Janes, Sara-Janes, Mary-Anns were all quite posh, often known as EJ, MJ - and look where hyphenated girls names have gone!

TrickyD · 12/10/2020 10:20

Sorry StCharlotte, irony recognition fail here.

LadyEloise · 12/10/2020 10:23

Clarissa, Gwendolyn and Arabella.

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