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Posh girls names?

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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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Geppili · 24/08/2023 01:14

Talitha
Camilla
Seraphine
May

Geppili · 24/08/2023 01:14

Tomasina
philomena

grass321 · 24/08/2023 06:04

My favourite has to be:

"On 1st July 2023, to Hannah (née Lim) and Jeffrey, a son, Oswin Charles Ebenezer Hyunho, a brother for Edmund, Prudence, Constance, Alfred, Quentin and Thaddeus. "Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord" (Psalm 127.3). Show more »"

My thought was rather more lo, that's a LOT of kids. Followed by poor Oswin, Quentin and Thaddeus on the name front.

Ironically their surname was Johnson.

grass321 · 24/08/2023 06:08

My experience also that the likes of Cassius Aurelius (not a fictional example) are more aspirational than upper class.

As others have said, my experience is fairly bog standard names with slightly ludicrous nicknames. Paired with ancient, crappy cars and shabby clothes.

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user1492757084 · 25/08/2023 04:50

Jane
Anna
Caroline
Catherine
Lisa
Beverley
Kate
Gretal
Felicity
Helen
Dorothy
Claire
Louise
Grace
Linley

FedUpMumof10YO · 25/08/2023 05:13

Zara
Tara

Both sounds spiffy, upperclass and a higher level than normal plenty names

FedUpMumof10YO · 25/08/2023 05:15

*plebby

3rdtimemumma · 25/08/2023 05:33

Poshest girls I've met- Venetia, Cordelia, Arabella, Constance, Gabrielle, Charlotte (Charlie).

Mumofgirls2017 · 25/08/2023 08:51

Agree posh people go for classics like Elizabeth, Frances, Charlotte, Anna, Alexandra, Catherine, Clara, Emma, Eleanor, Sophie

however ‘posh’ sounding names for those aspiring, things like

henrietta
georgiana
ophelia
theodora
dorothea
tabitha
jemima
tallulah
rosanna
rosalind
clementine
primrose
cassandra
seraphina
eloise
lucinda
Leonora
florentina
annabella

RitzyMcFitzy · 25/08/2023 11:00

XelaM · 23/08/2023 23:24

This. I would also add Victoria to the list.

The nicknames can be silly, but the names are usually classic. No one is posher than the Royal family.

There are actually several old English families who'd firmly disagree with that. They see the Windsors as new money, mere johnny-come-latelys. Just a few steps up from trade.

'Is it Katie Price or is it Princess Beatrice? It's so hard for one to tell these commoners apart.'

lilacsandlillies · 25/08/2023 12:28

i also thought of Tallulah

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RitzyMcFitzy · 25/08/2023 12:42

Tallulah is a name I associate more with vintage showbiz (Tallulah Bankhead) than anything posh.

She's the showgirl that a viscount has an affair with before settling down with Lady Anne.

SoShallINever · 26/08/2023 19:50

Ladybird69 · 23/08/2023 17:55

Lettice
Cecilia
Ceccily
Bunty
Georgiana
Kitty
Henrietta
Alexandra

Yep these.

SoShallINever · 26/08/2023 19:52

....and Dido

sanityisamyth · 26/08/2023 20:00

Theoldwoman · 23/08/2023 13:33

Kayla
Madison
Nancy
Cara
Zoe
Sarah

Really?!

Can't imagine a Queen or Princess any of them!

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