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Girls names like Angus, Casper, Hugh, Monty, Benedict

90 replies

pigglepot · 15/06/2021 21:44

Basically posh names that aren't very common. I can't think of what the girls names equivalents would be. Ideas?

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Bodgers · 15/06/2021 21:45

Allegra

VodkaSlimline · 15/06/2021 21:45

Flora
Clementine
Araminta!

GreyhoundG1rl · 15/06/2021 21:46

Well, Benedicta is the female equivalent of Benedict. But unless you think she's destined for the convent I really wouldn't Grin

irresistibleoverwhelm · 15/06/2021 21:47

Annabel, Cressida, Hero, Cordelia, Clementine, Kitty…

PoliceDogWoof · 15/06/2021 21:48

Juliet
Sabine
Camille
Vivien
Fiona
Rose
Christabel

GreyhoundG1rl · 15/06/2021 21:48

Ooh, Cordelia is lovely.

KaleJuicer · 15/06/2021 21:50

Hester (nn Hettie), Constance (nn Connie)

irresistibleoverwhelm · 15/06/2021 21:51

The little Benedict I know has a baby sister called Cordelia!

ZednotZee · 15/06/2021 21:51

Lavinia

KaleJuicer · 15/06/2021 21:52

Arabella. Dulcie.

(Looking at DD’s class list Grin)

Orphlids · 15/06/2021 21:52

Claudia, Camilla, Cecilia, Lavinia, Isolde, Perdita, Octavia.

TheGirlWhoLived · 15/06/2021 21:53

Millicent, Veronica, Victoria, Felicity, Lettice have that sort of feel to me- hoity toity esque

TheGirlWhoLived · 15/06/2021 21:53

All the actual aristocracy I know have ridiculous nicknames so goodness knows what their actual names are Grin

ChubbyMsSunshine · 15/06/2021 21:54

Verity?

soupmaker · 15/06/2021 21:55

Persephone - aka Percy.

Chunkymenrock · 15/06/2021 21:56

Fenella, Tabitha

Kiki275 · 15/06/2021 21:56

Harriet?x

StyleAndLasers · 15/06/2021 21:57

Seraphina
Ottilie
Serena
Florence
I find The Telegraph baby announcements a good source! announcements.telegraph.co.uk/births/announcements

proopher · 15/06/2021 21:59

Agree with Allegra and Cressida

Cosima
Octavia
Heloise
Kinvara
Camilla
Lucinda
Athena
Cordelia

Classica · 15/06/2021 22:01

Call her Jane, nickname Biffy. That would be very UC.

Cornishmumofone · 15/06/2021 22:05

Verity, Claudia, Hermione, Felicity, Constance, Penelope, Victoria, Allegra, Harriet, Lucinda, Sophia, Camilla, Evangeline, Jemima, Octavia, Primrose, Portia, Rosamund, Thea, Veronica, Poppy, Alexandra, Martha, Charlotte, Frances, Suzannah, Caroline.

Ellmau · 15/06/2021 22:09

Artemis
Araminta
Lucasta
Cressida
Cassandra
Felicia
Richenda
Alethea
Alathea
Rosamund
Astraea
Antonia
Frederica
Constance
Brilliana
Alexandra
Selina
Virginia
Perdita
Persephone
Augusta
Sabina
Dorothea
Theodora
Fenella
Lucinda

TatianaBis · 15/06/2021 22:11

Verity is not remotely posh.

Venetia
Cosima
Artemis
Dido
Iseult
Oriel

Boomshakalack · 15/06/2021 22:13

Dominique
Lucinda
Venetia
Miranda
Harriet

GreyhoundG1rl · 15/06/2021 22:13

Is Dido posh? It sounds quite the opposite (but then I've never met one).