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Posh, three/four syllable names for girls?

92 replies

Dramagirl22 · 22/07/2021 22:32

Names similar to Arabella, Ophelia, Clementine etc.

That’s all really!

Claudia, Evangeline etc came to mind as well but I don’t think they’re quite as ‘posh’, but maybe I’m wrong?

Also should add - this is for a piece of writing - so feel free to give all the suggestions you can. No real babies are being named here! The ‘posher’ the better.

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crumpet · 22/07/2021 22:36

Henrietta
Octavia
Araminta
Susanna
Helena

(Although lots of poshos go for simpler, classic names such as Anna, Charlotte, Sophie etc)

Sunshinegirl82 · 22/07/2021 22:37

Penelope? Araminta?

SurferWoman · 22/07/2021 22:38

Fenella
Caroline
Jemima

FATEdestiny · 22/07/2021 22:39

Peekaboo

(used to be an international skier called that. I've always thought only a posh family could get away with such a ridiculous name)

Dollpiglet · 22/07/2021 22:40

Persephone

ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba · 22/07/2021 22:40

Geraldine

that's what DS1 & I call each other when we pretend to be posh

TwigTheWonderKid · 22/07/2021 22:41

Jemima
Persephone
Allegra
Georgina
Araminta
Octavia

MrsEricBana · 22/07/2021 22:42

Def Araminta, nn Minty!

StealthRoast · 22/07/2021 22:42

Seraphina

OhHeyItsSaturday · 22/07/2021 22:42

Clemency

Buppers · 22/07/2021 22:44

Hortensia
Augusta
Horatia
Henrietta

Also things like Charlotte, Caroline, Anna, Sophie, Elizabeth.

FATEdestiny · 22/07/2021 22:44

Do you need a posh male name for your book? Because Ptolemy is my absolute fave posh boys name.

crumpet · 22/07/2021 22:45

Oh yes, nicknames. I’ve come across a Pooh, Carrot, Pixie, and others I can’t remember now.

Jasmine11 · 22/07/2021 22:45

Cordelia, Tabitha, Araminta, Georgina?

Shmithecat2 · 22/07/2021 22:45

Valerie

Buppers · 22/07/2021 22:45

Also nicknames. I was at school with girls called things like Motters, Tottters, Soggy, Poggy, etc, etc, etc.

Buppers · 22/07/2021 22:46

Crossed with @crumpet!

JosephineDeBeauharnais · 22/07/2021 22:47

Picabo Street was a skier and she was about as far from posh as you get. And American.
Hester
Vesper
Antonia
Arabella
Phillipa
All a bit 1920s though. More contemporary might be diminutives like Tash, Fliss, Milla, Bella, and flower names, Daisy, Rose, Campion, Willow, Lily, Juniper (Juno), Iris etc.

Wassailer · 22/07/2021 22:47

Anastasia
Desdemona
Harriet
Henrietta

35andThriving · 22/07/2021 22:47

Valentina
Cressida
Jemima
Miranda
Georgetta

DameAlyson · 22/07/2021 22:47

Elizabeth
Katherine/Catherine
Philippa (note one l only)
Isabella
Victoria
Alexandra
(you can't get much posher than a queen.)

robotcollision · 22/07/2021 22:47

My first thought was Araminta.

Persephone
Ariadne
Andromeda
Catriona
Serafina

But the super-posh women I've met are all called things like Bumble or Minkie or some other ridiculous dehumanising name.

Sssloou · 22/07/2021 22:49

Cordelia

Corneilia

Fiorella

Hermione

Sssloou · 22/07/2021 22:50

Antigone

Lioncountry · 22/07/2021 22:53

Cornelia
Francesca
Philippa
Imelda
Gabriella
Liliana
Petunia
Louisa
Charlotta
Marianna
Eliza
Venetia
Verity
Georgette