Do these names seem posh to you?

[CarlaVeloso]

Emilia
Clara
Verity

DH is convinced they are a bit posh for us. I think I've spent so long thinking about this that I no longer have an immediate sense of where they fall in the whole class thing...what do you think?

Great names, every one!

I know a Verity who is totally normal - it doesn't have to be posh!

Actually, isn't it the person that determines how posh or chav he/she is (rather than someone's name?!)?

They are all nice names. I like Verity best.

Verity yes posh, not the others. Clara will probably soar in popularity after Dr. Who.

Clara is only one I could like.

I don't think any of your choices are posh and I like all them all, but would be concerned that Emilia would consistently be misheard as Amelia and she would be constantly correcting people (I know a number of Emilia's and this happens to them regularly).

I don't think they are posh. They are nice middle of the road names to me.

Middle of the road? Ouch.

Pretty neutral, and pretty.

Agree with Mrsindecision, if you go for Emilia she will be constantly correcting people who think it's Amelia, which is currently v popular (3 Amelias in my DD's class).

My favourite is Clara.

Emilia/Amelia - not at all posh, probably used to be but not now, too many of them.

Clara - nope, popular with fans of Heidi - the book not the name and now with Dr Who fans.

Verity - just sounds quite old to me, but old in a good way, I see verity as a suffragette.

Classic, I'd say. I've met people with those names and they were all lovely.

I don't think they are posh.

Emilia (as a Latinate version of the more frequent Emily) is slightly more erudite.

Verity (like other virtue names) was extremely frequent across classes a generation or two ago (and often associated with Chapel rather than Church going) but isn't really marked now.

Clara has no strong associations.

Not 'posh' - quite learned, perhaps?

Lovely names anyway.

Tell your DH you could spell them

Emeliya, Klara and Veritee if he wants them to sound less 'posh'.

Not particularly no. Although Emilia could be problematic for a different reason, getting confused with Amelia constantly...