Which of these is poshest?

[Dramagirl22]

Hi! I’m a 3rd year English Lit student writing (my first!!) play.
Which of these names is poshest? And if none, what are posh girls names please?

Claudia
Calliope
Beatrice

@Happenchance

Araminta Lettuce Allegra Persephone

Lettuce!

Lettice is short for Alicia I think?

Really posh girls are called things like Charlotte but nickname is Fizzy. Or Victoria but nickname Binky.

I think Lettice is a name in its own right, I’m sure our darling Prime Minister has a daughter called Lettice.

I nominate Lettice, nn Bergy (iceberg lettuce) OP.

Calliope

@gettingusedtothelimelight

So how do you pronounce Calliope?

I've never heard of it so would say

Call e oh pea

Anywhere near?

Kuh-lai- uh-pee

Unless it’s a comedy I would go with something like Anna, Elizabeth, something traditional like that. If being posh is an important character point it will come across clearly in the writing anyway.

I think Calliope is more pretentious sounding than posh. Plus agree with pp that it will be jarring if the reader is wondering how to say it.

@Kollamoolitumarellipawkyrollo

I think Calliope is more pretentious sounding than posh. Plus agree with pp that it will be jarring if the reader is wondering how to say it.

I agree, it is definitely NOT a name any of my 'posh' friends have/would use. V pretentious. There will never be a Princess Calliope.......

I encounter some fairly uc people through work and they are all Alexandra, Hannah, Emma, Annabel, Frances. Although I do know two women named Fenella, both horsey.

Calypso is the name of an extremely posh character in The Chamomile Lawn.

Thing is Calypso could be that Camomile Lawn type, or it could just as easily be the child of two parents who are the walking embodiment of the next cstalogue, work in a bank, and just picked a fancy name for their child. Id bet on the latter.

Poshest girl I know is called Minty (nickname for Araminta). Agree it’s all about the nicknames.

Cressida is the head of the Metropolitan Police, so probably not the best choice.

I met an extremely posh lady the other day called Hermione.

I read the other day that Princess Beatrice was originally going to be called Arabella but the Queen thought it too "yuppie" so she was named Beatrice.

Sorry just checked and it was Annabel the Queen supposedly wasn't keen on
www.google.com/amp/s/www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/princess-beatrices-name-changed-queen-24461606.amp

I've always thought Verity was terribly posh

Would have made a good mumsnet post. AIBU. MIL insisting we pick Beatrice but I want Annabel!

Assuming the character is not Greek, then Calliope is the "poshest" of the 3 to me. Beatrice is too popular now to feel "posh" anymore (despite the Princess), and I think Claudia is borderline (well known and used in small but steady numbers).

Upper class names imo often tend to be either "normal" but old classics (named after relatives usually)- Elizabeth, Mary, Alice etc. Or rarer Classical/Shakespearean types - Miranda, Cordelia, Perdita, Persephone etc.

Calliope is definitely the most posh as it indicates a knowledge of Greek myths which is generally only found in a private education or with highly educated parents.

Hmm not sure any of them are super posh. Cordelia is pretty posh

@gettingusedtothelimelight

So how do you pronounce Calliope?

I've never heard of it so would say

Call e oh pea

Anywhere near?

It’s a Greek name and the correct pronunciation is Kal - ee- o- pee but Bits always anglicise so here it’s Kal- eye- o-pee with emphasis on the eye.

Calliope for sure

I don’t think any of them are particularly posh. Beatrice and Claudia are standard, normal, classic names - therefore could be used by the posh and not so posh. Calliope is a bit different. It’s a bit “look at me”, which can sometimes be the opposite of “genteel” poshness.

I thought it was pronounced Kah- lie - o - pee?

I love the name Lettice. Thank you Agatha Christie.