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?

Tarquin Persephone. Both dire unless you're landed gentry. Venetia - I quite like this one. Algernon. Eek awful. There's an Atticus in Downton abbey.

I think there is a difference from aristocratic and literary middle upper class.

Aristocratic names are just regular names but it’s the money that gives it the power. My Dad is William and my brother is Hugh- but they are both names after grandfathers who were Welsh miners.

Atticus, Tarquin etc…. are more like the names you would find in books about posh people rather than actual posh people.

I’m in Liverpool, tonnes of Arabellas round here! So wouldn’t say it was posh anymore

I'm not sure Arabella is posh anymore but might be because the ones I know aren't posh and Bella is pretty common (as in there are lots rather than insulting common before anyone comes for me!)

Ive always thought Tarquin sounds posh, and Jonty

Isn’t Chilli the mum in Bluey?

One of my oldest friends is called St John. We met at our Comprehensive school on a council estate. His mum was the school cleaner and he lives in a static caravan now. Absolutely lovely bloke but posh isn't always posh.

Nimrod. Lysander.

morpheus!! I mean, come on! all I can think of is Morph, the cartoon chacter made of plasticine!

They’re not even posh.

Portia
Rafe but spelt Ralph so not posh at all!

I read this as "the most Universal Credit people I know" so that's where I'm at

Atticus
Having said that both my 2 were at Private school and most of the kids had pretty normal names. No "yooneek" ones though

it's posher to spell it Ralph!

D'Artagnan

Gabriel, Dante, Minerva, Hugo and Ophelia.

I LOVE the name Moss.

Didn’t have a boy though, unfortunately

I heard a dad shout Ottillie the other day, I'd actually never heard it before and I immediately thought posh! Although, I have a Henry and an Edward, everyone says they're very posh names 🤔 we are definitely not posh haha

Taliesin isn’t posh, it’s an ordinary if slightly poncey Welsh name.

Me too 😅

Ptolemy
Albert
Jemima
Clemmie (her mum told me that she was named after Clementine Churchill)
Ottilie

Cornelius
Vincent
Kenneth

Ivor
Tristan
Tristam
Auberon
Aubrey
Octavia

Cressida

Jacinta
Rafe
Georgiana (but conversely, depending on the family, can also be the very opposite of posh!)
Fenella

There was a Cordelia at my school, along with her 2 sisters: Venetia and Portia.