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Sapphire - chavvy or posh?

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ThePartyArtist · 29/04/2015 11:16

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?

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miaowmix · 29/04/2015 14:41

Is it not akin to Emerald, and therefore potentially posh?
It's weird because the poshest (old money-type posh) couple I know have a daughter called Sapphire. They are so posh they won't care what anyone thinks of their name choices though .

LondonRocks · 29/04/2015 15:08

No, not posh.

Ruby is the only gemstone that might cut it.

GnocchiGnocchiWhosThere · 29/04/2015 15:13

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timelyreminder · 29/04/2015 15:22

How about Sophia?

LondonRocks · 29/04/2015 15:25

I think it would sit better as a middle name.

Say:
Julia Sapphire Surname
Carla Sapphire Surname

MarvellousMarbles · 29/04/2015 15:28

Serephine would be another good alternative.

IvoryMadonna · 29/04/2015 16:03

Interestingly it sounds quite similar to the traditional English pronunciation of Sophia. (So-FYE-a)

merrygoround51 · 29/04/2015 16:05

Its Chavvy I'm afraid

anxiousannie10 · 29/04/2015 16:12

There's always saphira if you're so struck on that sound. My baby will be named saffron and I love it.

SunnySomer · 29/04/2015 16:49

But surely that's a car?

anxiousannie10 · 29/04/2015 16:52

Oh yeah, haha.

Rhubarbgarden · 29/04/2015 18:41

I know a middle class Saphire. Her sisters are Satine and Scarlet.

Rhubarbgarden · 29/04/2015 18:42

Sapphire, sorry, not Saphire.

maggiethemagpie · 29/04/2015 19:09

I quite like it - I know someone quite posh (director at our firm) who called their daughter it. Maybe if someone chavvier had called her daughter that I wouldn't have liked it as much.

reuset · 29/04/2015 20:24

I think that's fairly unanimous, OP. Adding my own two pence worth, it's not your typical upper class name.

reuset · 29/04/2015 20:26

Though I'd be loathe to label any name, or thing 'chavvy'.

reuset · 29/04/2015 20:27

Or loath even, though either would do

poocatcherchampion · 29/04/2015 20:28

I'm pretty sure Jacinta and Cordelia are also in the same bracket as sapphire ....

reuset · 29/04/2015 20:33

Why so, poocatcher? Just out of interest

LastNightADJSavedMyLife · 29/04/2015 20:33

I know a very old lady called Diamond and she is anything but chavvy.

Think I prefer Emerald to Sapphire, think Diamond is lovely though

usualsuspect333 · 29/04/2015 20:33

Any name that isn't boring is considered chavvy on MN.

Primafacie · 29/04/2015 20:39

You want posh, how about Samphire? :o

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Primafacie · 29/04/2015 20:40

Or at least, aspiring middle class...

alwaysstaytoolong · 29/04/2015 21:25

Another one saying it's the kind of stage name picked by an 'exotic dancer'.

SometimesTables · 29/04/2015 21:40

I really like it. My DC have classic names, I wish I had been a bit more adventurous.

Sapphires are beautiful.

If you had a posh surname it might make it sound posh too. Eg Sapphire Atherton-Jones sounds posh to me.

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