Posh, three/four syllable names for girls?

[Dramagirl22]

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.

Hyacinth

Athena
Susannah
Alexandrina
Portia
Briony

All really posh people at work.

Araminta
Cosima
Alexandra
Augusta
Victoria
Arielle
Marina
Athena
Allegra
Antoinette
Petunia
Rosamund
Peony
Horatia
Thomasina

Ottile
Eugenia

Cecilia

I’m trying to remember the names of the girls that I was at boarding school with.

Thomasina was definitely posh.
There were lots of Victorias nn Tory not Vicky.
Felicity.
Harriet.
Bridget.

I have it.

BUNNY 🐰

Thanks everyone! And - last question - how would you pronounce Clementine? ‘teen’ or ‘tyne’? I have heard that the former is the ‘posher’ way to pronounce it but can’t find validation for this online so wanted your opinions! Thanks!

I personally would pronounce it tyne, these days. I think teen was the old fashioned tradition English way, which isn't used much now. It was Winston Churchill's wife's name and she used to be Clementeen pronunciation.

A bit like how Sophia used to be said as Sofire in England. And Clara used to be more Claire-a.

Hope that helps.

Whereas I’d pronounce it ‘teen’!

I once met a Jocasta and thought that was the poshest name I’d ever heard.

Cassandra is another nice one, or Celia.

Arianna
Calanthe
Xanthia
Marietta

Honoria
Martita

Liberty

@Dramagirl22

Thanks everyone! And - last question - how would you pronounce Clementine? ‘teen’ or ‘tyne’? I have heard that the former is the ‘posher’ way to pronounce it but can’t find validation for this online so wanted your opinions! Thanks!

I'd pronounce in -teen in the UK, following the French Clémentine.

I think of -tyne as an American version, eg: "In a cavern, by a canyon, excavating for a mine, lived a miner, '49er, and his daughter Clementine."

I'd pronounce it Clémentine, OP (i.e. Clay-mont-een). But I'd not use it as a 'posh girl' name for that reason - namely that it's a lovely name in French, but a bit not-sure-of-itself in English. Clemency might be an alternative?

how would you pronounce Clementine? ‘teen’ or ‘tyne’?

I say teen.

That's how I pronounce the fruit. I am British (midlands), if that matters. I bet pronunciation is regional.

I am not posh though. But both my daughter's have make a frequently mentioned on this thread.