Posh GIRL Names Wanted Please!

[EmilyRoo]

I know, I know. It's who you are/how you act, not your name that makes you. But I adore those posh, fancy names like Cressida,Romilly, Araminta, Jemima etc. They're pretty, with history, but are underused. I already have a list of boy names I love (Willoughby, Hugo, Julius, Montgomery, Caspian, and Atticus) so just girl names are needed!

Note: I also am fond of the slightly ridiculous names like Digby and Osbert, Zelda and Hebe. But that is for another thread, another time!)

Octavia is the ultimate posh name

I think these haven't been offered so far?

Portia,
Cecily,
Aurora,
Lydia,
Lucia,
Lucinda,
Wilhemina
Hortence,
Cornelia,
Verity,
Audrey,
Vivienne,
Odella,
Genevive,
Lissette,
Priscilla,
Bryony,
Prudence,
Seraphina

Oh & Juanaya is rather lovely

I love Blythe also Evelyn

the poshest girl at uni was called Hester which is quite nice
or maybe Dulcie?

I know a Pandora-she's always known as Panda

Allegra
Octavia
Caroline
Felicity

though tbh, all the smart types I know seem to be called Jo(sephine), Kate(Catherine), or Liz(Elizabeth).

manic, I'm laughing but all my daughters' names (including middle names) and all of one sister's daughters names are in your list.

I love Cordelia, nickname Dilly.

Tertia
Cecelia
Portia
Xenia
Araminta
Cressida
Evangeline
Hermione
Hortensia
Jocasta
Tatiana
Fenella
Cordelia
Theodora
Venitia
Alicia
Pandora

Jocelyn, Cynthia, edwina, petula, Penelope, Lavinia, hortensia, Wilhelmina

Priscilla
Dorothea
Jacinta
Jacquetta
Arianna
Camilla
Cressida
Fenella
Claudia
Antonia
Mariella

Basically, most names ending -a!

I am just looking for the female equivalent of Rupert, really.

R names - Romilly, Romana, Rachel, Rosalyn?

Names that match Rupert to me - Tabitha, Natasha, Jemima

Thanks EduStudent! I mean "names like Rupert" in terms of style, inimitable poshness, things like that. So Tabitha and Jemima match that to me. Natasha has a very different vibe to me, probably because I'm American.

Three names I have heard used by 'posh' people for their daughters were: Hester, Romola and Atlantis

I assume you've looked up real princess names? And Jane Austen characters?
The only titled girl I ever knew was called Velvet, prob not what you are after.

Have you seen Made in Chelsea? They are very posh, though some of the girls' names aren't what you might expect. Otherwise read Tatler and look out for birth announcements in The Times and The Telegraph.

I think naming a child has to come naturally iygwim you can't just choose something from a whole social group if it doesn't 'fit' with you. The female equivalent of Rupert would be something sloaney like Caroline

Candida is the growth that causes thrush - I can't think of a less posh name

I went to an all girls boarding school (considered rather 'posh') and names of girls I knew were:
Pandora
Felicity
Madeleine
Saffron
Hermione
Arabella
Trixabelle
Darcey
Harriet
Tallulah
Frances
Juno
Delilah
Saskia
Peony
Finity
Luca
India
Clara

My name is Evangeline and my sisters' names are; Anastasia, Esmabella, Aalliyah, Alexssia, Pixiphersia, Ammeliah & Irisxandra

Hope this helps

You had a lucky escape with your name, Evangeline!

My name and those of the DDs always appear on these threads. I am not posh. My name and that of DD2 are family names (Central European).

Pixiphersia even stumps Google! (I wanted to see its origins.)

Zuleika (from Zuleika Dobson).

A lot of the names that were considered posh when I was at school are now commonplace: Sophie, Charlotte, Alice, Emily, Isabel, Olivia, Amelia, Annabel all spring to mind. Others which are similar but haven't caught on in quite the same way: Caroline, Susannah, Lucinda, Camilla, Victoria, Henrietta, Antonia, Georgina, Philippa, Alexandra, Catherine or at the posher end of the scale Pandora, Felicity, Francesca, Clarissa, Cressida, Araminta, Perdita, Arabella. There were also the slightly arty posh names like Rosalind, Hermione, Imogen, Phoebe, which have also become more popular now. Good luck!