Like posh names, here's my list, what else should make the cut?

[misstiggiwinkle]

Hi all,

Baby due in 6 weeks and we are stuck for names. I think it's compounded by the fact that ds1 didn't look anything like his planned name and ended up with something way down our short list - suits him perfectly though! He is a Freddie. We have a short, strong surname so first/middle names can afford to be a bit longer but anyway, here is my short list so far. What am I missing and do you have any favourites or good combinations? We'd like 2 middle names.

Octavia (Tavi/Occy)
Ottilie (Ottie)
Genevieve (Evie)
Beatrix (Bea)
Xanthe
Violet

Archibald (Archie)
Theodore (Theo)
Bertram (Bertie)
Ludo
Barnaby
Henry
Sebastian
Milo

The poshest people I know (and I mean upper class, mates with the queen type people) have very 'normal' names. Simon is the name of the guy. Why do you consider the names you've listed 'posh'?

The only ones I would consider are Violet, Genevieve, Theo and Henry. Many of the others I find a bit toe curling, sorry!

Sebastian's OK

Marguerite
Ophelia
Cordelia
Cecilia
Harriet
Dorothea
Georgiana
Rebecca
Lucinda
Constance
Eugenia
Jemima

Laurence
Clarence
St John
Gilbert
Alexander
Lucien
Nathaniel
Cornelius
Edmund

Could you really call your child occy?? It's terrible

Francesca
Josephine
Annabel
Seraphina
Persephone

Orlando
Tristan
Piers
Jago
Giles
Miles

Violet, Sebastian, Henry and Theo are pretty run of the mill names now, IME. Definitely not distinguishingly "posh".

Having said that, the poshest person I know is called Philip; but also Peregrine, Alexander, Benedict, Timothy and Rupert in my vaguely posh friends and acquaintances. Their wives, daughters, sisters etc are Judith, Camila, Corinne, Celia, Julia and Moira.

Bertie is absolutely rid on anyone over 5.

Youve spelt pretentious wrong OP.

All I have in my head is now is 'Occy Occy Occy Oi Oi O'i darts style chant - not very posh

Surely the natural abbreviation of Octavia would be "Tavia"

I love the names Milo & Violet though

Tatler posh baby names

Occy is so grim. Octavia in full is not much better.

All of the 'posh' people I know have less pretentious names. James, Margaret, Elizabeth, John etc.

Persephone
Madeleine
Georgiana
Philppa
Cassandra
Felicity
Annabelle
Rosabelle
Alexandria
Josephina
Bronte
Blythe
Claudette
Florence

Albert
Charles
Lucian
Harlequin
Fernando
Lysander
Henry
Oliver
Victor
Gareth
Samuel

Adriana
Artemis
Aurelia
Camilla
Clementine
Francesca
Genevieve
Margot
Tabitha

Alasdair
Aubrey
Barnaby
Bertram
Clement
Edwin
Fabian
Horace
Hugo
Percival
Rupert
St John (showing my non posh roots here, but I always wondered until about 10 years ago why someone would name a child 'Saint John', I'd never heard of 'Sinjun')
Sterling

Fabian
Gabriel
John
Dominic
Sebastian
Ptolemy
Forbes
Edwin
Abel
Barnaby
Tristan
Duke
Earl
Montgomery
Miles
Laurence
Percy
Howard
Richard
Charles

Octavia
Beatrice
Felicity
Ethel
Enid
Henrietta
Louisa
Anne
Augusta
Araminta
Nancy
Petula
Alexandra
Marina

Thank you to those that made fab suggestions. Unfortunately plenty that have been mentioned we can't use due to our huge families having got there first. This will be great grandchild number 19 on my side, 16 on DH's. I think we have something like over 100 family between us!

Sorry to those I have clearly offended by mentioning 'posh'. I just meant to help point in a direction such as 'nature' or 'traditional' or 'old fashioned' etc

Una
Victoria
Winifred
Eleanor
Rosemary
Jane
Mary
Martha
Mimi
Alice

My DS1's name is on your list. We're not posh. It's a lovely name though

Why would you want a posh name? (genuinely curious)

Bertram sorry
Xanthe is definitely not posh btw
If you want proper posh look at royal names

That Tatler list is hilarious. HUM? Who on earth looks at a baby girl and thinks "I'll call you Hum"?

I'm not sure why everyone is being so pedantic about 'posh' it's clear what you mean. I always say I like pretentious names and I'm very much working class. Here's some of my favourites, including those I've used.

Girls:
Tabitha
Tess
Antigone (Tiggy)
Cassiopeia (Cassie)
Persephone (Percy)
Clementine (Clem)
Vivienne (Vivi)

Boys:
Rufus
Rafferty (Raffy)
Thaddeus
Wulfric (Wolfie)
Cassius
Caspar
I do have to reiterate what others have said that Violet, Theo, Seb, Archie and Henry are so commonly used now that they'd be under popular rather than posh category. Check darkgreener names website for recent trends.

Theo and Archie?!

A name is only 'posh' [boak] in context.

If they're on Jeremy Kyle they're not posh, if they're on their private country estate, they are!

I bet there are lots of Williams and Harry's that are right oiks!