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

Calliope sounds like a type of melon...

Technically some of the poshest women have everyday names: her maj and co ( well, those born into the family) are: Elizabeth, Anne, Margaret, Zara, Charlotte, Louise, Beatrice, Eugenie etc. All fairly ordinary names.

The Aramintas and Xylophones of the world are wannabe posh.

I’ve currently got an Araminta from St Paul’s Girls with a pretty impressive pedigree. Known as Minty!

Minty always reminds me of Minty Badger from horrible histories

Calliope is Greys Anatomy to me. (Call-eye-oh-pea)

I think normal names- Lucy, Kate, Helena, Rosalind, Victoria etc. Classics.

The daft names have become copycat I think - the Arabellas, Aramintas etc

How old is your character, when is the play set and is she town posh, country posh, rich and posh or poor and posh? What are her parents like?

@Nohomemadecandles

Calliope is Greys Anatomy to me. (Call-eye-oh-pea)

I think normal names- Lucy, Kate, Helena, Rosalind, Victoria etc. Classics.

The daft names have become copycat I think - the Arabellas, Aramintas etc

Not always! There are different breeds of posh. Your Dragon School/Oxbridge eccentric parents/Pimlico types are not the same as the ponies-in-Wiltshire type set, for example; or the London Media Posh. Lots of key differences!

The poshest person I know (dad was a hereditary peer, Earl) is called Sarah

@Sittinginthesand

How old is your character, when is the play set and is she town posh, country posh, rich and posh or poor and posh? What are her parents like?

Yes, exactly!

Still in shock Lettive is a name

Piggy

Callista
Georgiana
Verity
Felicity

Poshest girl I ever met as a child was called Bunty (she was an Hon. I think). I found it hilarious because of the now-defunct magazine for girls. I was a twat as a kid.

FYI famous (to history nerds) Lettice - Lettice Knollys married Robert Dudley; Elizabeth 1's favourite, which mightily annoyed the queen. She had multiple children and grandchildren, and died at the age of 91, bloody good going for an Elizabethan!

Tor, for Victoria

Am I the only one that thinks of a steam organ when they hear ‘Calliope’? The poshest kids I know are twins called Casper and Clover and their little brother who is called Ted. I think traditionally ‘try hard’ posh names like Araminta and Tarquin have been replaced by much more normal names among the real posho’s. It’s all dentists kids who are given those names.

Ottilie or Camilla

But out of those, probably Beatrice

They are all pretty posh. Calliope would be the poshest.

Posh girls who I know: (I live in a pretty posh area although I am not posh)
Persephone, Araminta, Callista, Delilah, Harriet, Georgiana, Penelope,
Posh can also be quite normal too:
Lottie, Lucie, etc