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?

Hit a nerve here, OP...

When I was at Brecon Boys Grammar School in 1967, our form teacher sent one lad to see the headmaster for rebuke because he kept insisting his name was "Marmaduke". It actually was, but the teacher thought he was being mocked. Of course the poor lad never gave that name ever afterwards.

Alberta doesn’t sound posh to me…it sounds a bit American Southern State!

Also don’t get the fondness for Arabella, doesn’t it get shortened to Arab?

Alberta is a Canadian province not a US state

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I used to know a Cordelia, and whilst she was far from common she was not posh. The only rupert I know is not from a posh family

This just seems like listing characters from Jilly Cooper novels to me!
Many moons ago I used to work amongst posh people, so came across a Rupert, Henrietta, Arabella and Pandora.

You forgot a few, Jayden, Demi-Leigh, Keeley, Courtney, Chantelle, Charley-Mae, Jayden, Ben, Maisie (haha can you tell I lived in a council estates for 25 years 🤣)

Taliesin is a very normal name in Wales.

I have met a Ptolemy in the wild. He'd be 15 or so now. I thought that was cruel tbh. His father is a dickead and a snob who looked down on me because I am 'from the colonies' (actual quote). I'm Australian.

I work with an Araminta and someone I went to uni with has a Persephone. I also know a little Augustus and an August. I think the poshest people I know are called Mary, Julian, Alistair, Hugh and Rose.

I don’t think Arabella is posh anymore. It was number 43 last year.

@Roosch Someone I know (who is definitely not posh FWIW!) has an Arabella and calls her Bella for short. I think it’s the new Isabella.

Balonz

There are actual real life Tarquins?! I genuinely thought it was one of those old names that’s just used for jokes or Ben and Holly- like how Kermit used to be a popular name.

my dc go to a school in a less affluent area so there’s a lot of ‘ie/ee’ names that imo feel like the kid was only given a cutsie nickname rather than a lifelong one. The stereotypical posh names feel out of place there but there’s a few along the lines of Arabellla/Charles/Rupert/Daphne that feel a bit high brow.

Fucksake, really?

Yes I was thinking Isabella becomes Issy, and Arabella becomes….Arab! Both pretty names though!

Fair to say there aren't many 'posh' names on my part of the world 😆

You do get a fair amount of surnames for first names though.

Miles, jolyon

Some of these names really dont sound very nice.

Rosalie Evadne was my Sil name, not posh, but from the caribbean.

I’m just thinking of Laurence Fishburne. So I guess I am not posh either!

Aferdita

I met a 5yo Bunty quite recently.

In school holidays, I work for a holiday club that aims mostly at the private school market.
One morning I was manning reception, waiting for one final child to arrive. A girl by the name of Violet.
When she arrived, I went, "Oh hello! You must be Violet!"
To which her parent gave me the most withering of stares and replied, "Actually, It's Vee-oh-let..." ffs.

Jonty, Monty, Rupert, Cordelia, Hermione, Pandora.

That sounds like a great thread! I’ll go first, Ronnie, Honey and Reggie. My nephew went to school with a kid called ‘Diesel’ 😂

Alexandrina. She goes by her middle name which is far more run of the mill.