Which name would you consider is more “posh”?

[literaryartist]

Hi,

I’m writing a story consisting of a high class aristocratic family.

I need help with one of the characters. She is 2 years old, and the daughter within the aristocratic family. They have a double barrelled “posh” sounding surname.

I was going to give her a long multi-syllable posh frilly name eg. Allegra or Antigone but decided against it as it would sound too pretentious with her double barrelled surname.

I have now decided to use a short two syllable name.
My options are:
Nina
Lara
Anna
Isla

Which do you think sounds more posh in your opinion?

Thanks in advance

Nina

Isla is quite working-class insta-mummy, Lara is a bit modern.

Anna could also work

None of those names. What about Felicity, Felicia or Margaret?

Definately not Nina, Lara or Isla. I know a family who have children with all those names. They could not, ever, be mistaken for aristocracy 🤔

@TidaQuel I THOUGHT ARABELLA IMMEDIATELY!

Flora, Cecily, Rose, Violet

Double-barreled surnames are more likely to indicate unmarried parents than being a member of the aristocracy.

Is there any reason you are focusing on an aristocratic family for your book? I mean this kindly, wouldn't you be better writing something about which you have more knowledge?

Bea or Beatrice

Annie posher than Anna

At uni the aristos all had quite normal names like Katherine (Kate) Thomas (Tom). It was the upper middles that had the more creative or poncy sounding names.

None of those sound very posh.

I’d go lisette or Lyra or pia or laura

Nothing ending in ita or ette is 'posh' !!

Totally disagree there duchess! Nanette and Claudette are definately posh

And Colette!

They sound French! Not posh.

What AnneEyhtMeyer said. Failing that, you might want to do a bit more research into the naming practices of the upper classes.

For instance, my son has a double barrelled name, not because he is ‘posh’ but because it is the 21st century and getting both parents’ surnames is an increasingly standard thing to do.

Nope. Definitely not posh!

I would say Lara, personally, based on the children I’ve encountered recently. Isla is just very popular everywhere now and I don’t massively associate Anna or Nina with being ‘posh’. The most popular name for girls at my local independent primary school when I worked there was Isabelle/Isabella but that might be a regional thing?