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?

Harriet
Henrietta

Cosima

Sounds like one of those cheap Rusian radios or record players you could buy in the 1960s.

Octavia was the name of the ostrich on Pipkins which might explain its lack of popularity since the mid-1970s.

We have an Allegra at our school

Another one here who would like to know - what is your exact question OP?

Loads of Amelia's round here and none of them gentry.
I think the names to which you refer are aspirational and trying to be 'posh' ; I know a Persephone and Cressida for example and the parents are very nouveau riche.
The 'old money' set opt for Alice, Lucinda, Charles, John etc.

I love love love the name Genevieve but sadly, coming from north Glasgow, I could never get away with using it

A hyphenated Mae on the end of each would immediately stop them being posh.

All of the names mentioned so far Ive known normal people to have

I know a very smart Portia, her mum was a English teacher so presumably a Shakespeare fan.

New money names.

Not posh.

@Jelly4444 My cat is called Athena.

Perdita (although I really love this name)

[quote feellikeanalien]@Jelly4444 My cat is called Athena.[/quote]
Ha my cat is called Maude, and it utterly suits her.

Actually, my name's Marina...

I like Marina but don't think it's posh. Araminta nn Minty is cute.

Clementine
Aurelia
Persephone

I love Genevieive and Penelope too.

My grandmother was Maud, she wasn’t posh at all 🤣

I think classic names such as Elizabeth, Catherine and Victoria are more post than the ones OP listed.

Marina and Petra seem quite ordinary to me. I would say posh girl names that haven't become generally popular include:

Frances
Henrietta
Portia
Felicity
Camilla
Helen
Eugenia
Constance
Gwendolyn
Veronica

@feellikeanalien thats the fanciest cat name I have ever heard

@Peakypolly

Loads of Amelia's round here and none of them gentry. I think the names to which you refer are aspirational and trying to be 'posh' ; I know a Persephone and Cressida for example and the parents are very nouveau riche. The 'old money' set opt for Alice, Lucinda, Charles, John etc.

Yes I completely agree with this, the landed gentry are John, James and Alice.

I don't link Marina as a posh name at all. I know two and they are not posh in the slightest.

Love that my daughter’s name has been mentioned in this thread. Nice to feel a bit posh now and again 😁

A lot of these names are too aspirational for the upper class.

Poshest females I know are Hattie, Fenella,Ginny,Kirsty, Charlotte,Kate

I know a Petra but, too be honest, most of these sound like Boris Johnson's daughters or shagees. So, I get he OP's point that some names don't filter beyond their very particular set. Very Evelyn Waugh.