Poshest children’s name’s you’ve heard?

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My DS is due to start school in Sept and we recently met his soon to be classmates at an intro session. I have never heard so many stereotypically posh names in one group of people in my life! (The school is close to a very wealthy village…that we don’t live in sadly!) there was an Arabella, a Tarquin, a Jaygo, a Henrietta. So that’s what inspired this thread…what do you consider the top 5 poshest names you’ve ever heard of?

Jaygo isn’t posh, it’s spelt wrong.

Jago on the other hand.,,,,,,

Anyone who uses the word posh, probably insn't.
As to names that suggest upper middle class backgrounds, Segolene, in France - which got Segolene Royal a lot of stick when she ran as a socialist candidate since her upper class credentials were clearly on display.

Actually the poshest names I know belong to my best friend. Her first name is pretty normal, though Russian in origin I think? But then she has two middle names which are Latin in origin because they are inherited 'family' names which have been passed down since Norman times (her family tree goes back to pre-conquest though).

My Mother's maiden name was double barrelled though I suspect this was likely due to her great grandfather being born the wrong side of the blanket!

I once knew a child called Portia. I said how lovely it was to have a Shakespearean name. Mum replied, “Nah, it’s Porsche like the car.”
So spelling makes the difference.

Both the poshest and worst name I've ever heard a child called, in joint - Candida and Beige. Awful parents.

I disagree. In 2005 Leonor was not a popular name in Spain or anywhere else in Europe. Leonie in German has a different root from Leonor - it's Latin based meaning "lion" while Leonor is Greek based meaning "light".

I once met a Beowulf in an Islington sand pit.

:-). that is funny.

Years ago I liked Alicia. Then it became Alisha, Alesha and even Aleesha! Dreadful.

I cam across someone whose name was Seamus - but spelt 'Shamus'.

Stick to the classics, you can't go wrong and even if there are many children with the same name, none will have the mick taken out of them at school.

I think it started back in the 90s when Ruby started appearing quite frequently. Maybe it’s just me but Ruby will always be Rubeeeee!! shouted out by Mrs Bridges (long before Rickaaay!) 😁

Alicia pronounced Aliseeya still sounds very classy though.(said quickly , not with a prolonged ee).

Yes, I've encountered a fair few Tristans too, the name seems to be gaining popularity. This was my first spotting of a Tristram in the wild, though. 😄

Names from Shakespeare: Orlando, Ophelia, Hippolyta, Cordelia, Perdita etc.

Goodness knows what the shortened versions would be like: Or, Oph, Hip, Cor, Perd.....

Alfernon
Cecil
Rupert
Aubrey

We used to have a cat called Vinnie. Named after Vinnie Jones, that famously posh footballer (and ex hod carrier).

My niece, living in the UK is named Alicia. She's very particular how her name is pronounced - not Aliseeya, or Alishia. It's pronounced Alithia.

Leonie is originally short for Leonora, which peaked in popularity in Germany and Switzerland in the late nineties. And Leonor is the same name as Eleanor which was a top 20 name in the nineties in the UK!

Maybe his wife named them and he loathes the names

Drusilla. I love it. Cool girl too!

The proper posh, old money people I know in real life have either bible names or royal names (or both often). Men are typically James, David, Henry, Charles etc and women are Elizabeth, Sarah, Mary, Victoria, Catherine etc.

I don't know many 'posh' children.

The Lord i know is a Michael but he is 60 odd.

I always thought St John a name that made me think posh and Jolyon but I have no idea if they are.

Well in DCs state school in London we have, over many years, had Wolfgang, Beau, Otto, Orlando etc etc, usually completely middle class creative types, nothing really posh about them, more quirky and a little nuts sometimes (they are all anti smartphone warriors now). In fact, they like anything vaguely exotic and French girls names are definitely all the rage now, Laureane I heard the other day. The trend is to have a unique name that seems quite normal somewhere in Europe.
Nobody would even be surprised if a Wilhelmina turned up. It is just the way people name their DC.

That sounds how Jonathan Ross would say it.

Spanish? Otherwise where does the ‘th’ come from?

I know a 39 year old Laurean, who was apparently named after the car in Back to the Future and I was at university with a girl called Wilhelmina but she was Billie. We only found out her full name at graduation.

Some of Boris Johnson's many offspring are called: Lara Lettice, Theodore Apollo, Cassia Peaches, Milo Arthur and Frank Alfred Odysseus. 🙄