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Posh girls names?

116 replies

lilacsandlillies · 23/08/2023 12:09

Hi! Can you list the poshest girls names that you know?
thank you. Have a great day!

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SprinkledGlitter · 23/08/2023 18:03

I know someone who used Carolyn instead of Caroline, for their baby daughter, because they felt Caroline was too posh for them to carry off. I don't see either as posh personally.

dinmin · 23/08/2023 18:04

HeyMicky · 23/08/2023 12:13

Oh wow. Thanks for this entertainment 🤣

AuntieStella · 23/08/2023 18:04

HollyGolightly4 · 23/08/2023 16:43

Tatiana
Araminta
Aubrey

Aubrey is a posh boy's name

Girls: Charlotte, Sophia, Louisa, Harriet, Elizabeth, Camilla, Sarah, Alexandra

Often with an unrelated nickname

User6761 · 23/08/2023 18:06

HeyMicky · 23/08/2023 12:13

Some crackers there - Juno Jay Jenkins; Siblings Flora, Cosima and Rufus; Auberon Percival St John....

OP, this is the perfect source of posh names!

Blogswife · 23/08/2023 18:15

Clarissa , Hermoine, Arrabella, Henrietta, Hattie ,

Uglyducklingswan · 23/08/2023 18:28

Poshest would be Royal names, Elizabeth, Anne, Charlotte, Catherine.

I know a Felicity, Lucy, charlotte, Susannah, Angela

msmonstera · 23/08/2023 18:36

The poshest women I've met were called Genevieve (nn Jinksy), Eloise, (nn Lulu), Matilda (nn Tillie) and Sara. Tillie's mother was known as Tiggy but I don't know where that came from.

Whatsthepoint1234 · 23/08/2023 18:42

Theoldwoman · 23/08/2023 13:33

Kayla
Madison
Nancy
Cara
Zoe
Sarah

I know a Kayla and a Madison. I wouldn’t class them as aristocrats - lovely kids but not ‘upper class’ from my understanding.

HappyMeal564 · 23/08/2023 18:52

Claudia
Eleanor
Beatrice
Jemima

nameXname · 23/08/2023 18:55

Surely, the Telegraph is aspirational??

The posh people I've met through work mostly have plain and dignified names such as William or John or Catherine or Elizabeth or Jane. Yes, they might have a jolly nickname, but otherwise their parents didn't feel the need to advertise, as it were.

Wavescrashingonthebeach · 23/08/2023 18:58

GumboRice · 23/08/2023 16:54

CELESTE!!! High class, classy, eligant and with a scent of romance.

I'm pretty sure one of the contraceptive pill brands is called Celeste... 🤣 there's a Yasmin too. Put me off both names for life 😂

MirandaBlu · 23/08/2023 19:02

Cornelia
Dido
Myfanwy

Neverseenbefore · 23/08/2023 19:11

LisaSs · 23/08/2023 17:16

I don't know if it sounds posh but I love Mila and Liliana :)

Definitely not posh.

Bookish88 · 23/08/2023 19:22

Arabella
Camilla
Ottilie
Phillipa
Virginia

LisaSs · 23/08/2023 19:26

Neverseenbefore · 23/08/2023 19:11

Definitely not posh.

Good job you’re posh hun

Cas112 · 23/08/2023 19:27

DDx · 23/08/2023 17:52

Verity is the first one that comes to mind

I LOVE this name with a passion

PollyAmour · 23/08/2023 19:41

Wavescrashingonthebeach · 23/08/2023 18:58

I'm pretty sure one of the contraceptive pill brands is called Celeste... 🤣 there's a Yasmin too. Put me off both names for life 😂

Cilest is the pill.
Celeste is for erectile dysfunction

Lagershandy · 23/08/2023 19:53

Back in the 60s there was a family who lived in one of the 'posher' houses and one of the daughters was called Ursula.
This was so unusual round the very working class area where we lived amongst the Annes, Julies, Christine's and Lindas.

If we mentioned her for any reason, we called her Ujar.
Still think of it as a posh name though!

Lagershandy · 23/08/2023 19:56

User6761 · 23/08/2023 18:06

Some crackers there - Juno Jay Jenkins; Siblings Flora, Cosima and Rufus; Auberon Percival St John....

OP, this is the perfect source of posh names!

Straight outta Rutshire.

Wavescrashingonthebeach · 23/08/2023 19:59

PollyAmour · 23/08/2023 19:41

Cilest is the pill.
Celeste is for erectile dysfunction

Ahh I haven't been on the pill for many many years.. must have been a Mandela affect memory. That's hilarious though over the ED 😂

Twazique · 23/08/2023 20:04

Euphemia nn Bug

mauvish · 23/08/2023 20:06

I knew a Euphemia nn Mig.

Effie = Euphemia, doesn't it? Or Ifigenia. Or maybe something else.

Twazique · 23/08/2023 20:07

Also a Boudica nn Boo

weebleswobblebuttheydontfalldown · 23/08/2023 20:10

Defo no surnames as Christian names if posh 😂!!

They also tend to shorten a normal traditional name with a posh short version that's not that common such as Edward, to be known as Ned and Henrietta to be known as Etti or Etta.
Even Prince Henry to be known as Harry!!

ilovepixie · 23/08/2023 20:11

Felicity
Catherine
Anne
Charlotte
Margaret
Cressida
Louise

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