Sapphire - chavvy or posh?

[ThePartyArtist]

Debating the name Sapphire with a friend, she puts it firmly in the 'Chardonnay' camp and I consider it posh, more akin to Cordelia or Jacinta. What do you think?

[MrsMarigold]

How about Saffron much more sophisticated.

[MamaMotherMummy]

Slightly off topic, but I met a very posh Fuschia Fucshia Fuchsia the other day.

I'm so bored of this English class thing. It's really just a free pass for people with no class to feel good about themselves and look down on other people.

[ceebelle83]

Too tacky for words.

[StampysLoveGarden]

sapphire and steel so a bit 80s and a bit ............. saphhic

[Kittykatmacbill]

It screeches exotic dancer...
It's a reverse, isn't it?

[JasperDamerel]

I think it reads as very much not posh unless the Sapphire is visibly and unmistakeably posh enough to carry it off.

[Stitchintime1]

Oh yes, I remember I Captured The Castle. She wore a tea dress and I had no idea what that was.

[RubbishRobotFromTheDawnOfTime]

Victoria is different, the emphasis is not on the 'ia' unlike Sophia and Maria.

[RubbishRobotFromTheDawnOfTime]

Opal. That's nice. P rather than C I think.

Or Turquoise. Pronounced 'Toorkwahz' obv.

[reuset]

I don't care for Topaz but it reminds me of the eccentric stepmother, who liked to commune with nature with naked walks in the countryside, from I Capture the Castle. Sad to hear it has the 'common' tag

[ancientbuchanan]

Soph-I- a,
Mar-I- a.
The ee sound was foreign and suspect in my youth. I went to a school with a lot of sophy/sophies with handles and they were all Soph-I- a.


My granny and my other granny's mates were Mar-I-as.

But it was never Victor I a....

[Stitchintime1]

Opal?

[Stitchintime1]

Not sure where Topaz fits in . I think I once had a pony and doll set and the horse was called Topaz.

[ancientbuchanan]

Sapphira is at least biblicaL. There is an unfortunate story: she and her husband Ananias lied and came to a Bad End.

I've always thought that Emerald was a social climber's name and was delighted to be proved right when I discovered that Emerald Cunard had chosen it as she didn't like her original one.

I'm sorry, I still think of Ruby and Pearl and Beryl in those terms, even though I know people with those names who are def. not house maids. Ellen also. Elsie on the edge.

[Hakluyt]

It's odd, isn't it? Ruby and Pearl are now completely different socioeconomic groups to Diamond and Sapphire. But not long ago, Ruby and Pearl were definitely kitchen maids with their friend Beryl. Diamond and Sapphire have always been what Ruby and Pearl called themselves when they became chorus girls.........

[Stitchintime1]

Despite being a jewel name, it does have different socio-economic connotations to Ruby or Pearl. So does Diamond. Not sure why.

[Elizabethtailored]

Are you sure you have not misheard and is SophiA? Pronounced So - fi (to rhyme with tie) - a??

[ilovemargaretatwood8931]

I think it's a beautiful name!

Lots of people probably think it's common/ chavvy (can't stand that word), I think they are mean spirited!

[CumbrianExile]

Pretty unanimous op. But I would also consider Jacinta chavvy and you think its posh so what do I know!

[OVienna]

Please, I beg you OP, you are Kate Middleton aren't you?!

[Teacuptravells]

Saffron nn Saffy might hit the biill but be more arty middle/class/posh than Sapphire.

[reuset]

I am very posh indeed. Sapphire is not a posh name. Neither is Saphira or Saphie. Honestly. They are what Hyacinth Bucket thinks is posh.

True!

[Hakluyt]

I am very posh indeed. Sapphire is not a posh name. Neither is Saphira or Saphie. Honestly. They are what Hyacinth Bucket thinks is posh.

[cocacola1006]

See I would say it was swinging towards the posh but I'm clearly a minority. Maybe Saphira or Sephy I'm not sure what else is similar but with a different perception. What did you decide?!

[TheMasterNotMargarita]

I know a dog called Sapphire.


Nice dog though.