Names that were posh but aren't now...

[MadameCh0let]

THe jolly hockey sticks Cordelia got me thinking......

I knew, growing up, a very posh Annabel, Amelia and Beatrice.

All names that could be used by anybody these days. Imogen is another one that was ouch posh when I was about 12.

So what is posh now? Clemency? Tuppence?

i agree MadameCholet

Jade was once my name of choice!!

I am a huge name snob and remember thinking Ruby was lovely....sadly my views on both have changed with time

fergus and farquhar for boys

victoria and charlotte for girls

is bunty not short for elizabeth?

Ruby will be the new Jade.. I was desperate to call DD Ruby,but DH put his foot down.

I take it Oscar is no longer posh... is it chavvy yet?

Victoria has not been posh for ages. Tons of Victorias, often known as Vicky, in the 70s. But I suppose maybe prior to that it was.

Is Felicity posh?

I know of a posh Donna, and that's probably not considered to be a posh name

lol at 'Boden' names - one is nearly my DD's name

I LOVE the name Hero. Love, love, love it

yes, love Hero and Iseult

Now I always thought Rory was a relatively posh name, but my friend and her husband tell me it's the ultimate chav name, surely they're wrong???

Max. Deffo a posh name of old - now common as you like.

Hmm my names been mentioned, (ends in bella...)

hmm, Poppy, Freddie, Daisy/Maisie, any surname as a first name once used to be the reserve of new england high society, eg Parker/Jefferson/Harper, so too did surnames/boys names for girls, eg Addison, Blair and McKenzie are also wealthy 20/30 something WASPs as well as sticky toddlers

J-D, P-J and Kit for boys. Jane, Elinor and Ingrid for girls.

Arabella and Annabel used to be posh.
Juliette and Julia.
Don't know about boys names that haven't been mentioned already.

Torquil

Kama - one of the regular bus drivers on our route is called Lawrence - he's not very posh (although he is a great guy!)

In Scotland "Bunt" is short for Elizabeth (can't see the connection, but there you go..)

Pascal will alaways be posh as will Quentin

Tarquin will always be posh because it is so ridiculous

I think that Octavia will always be posh. I don't think Emma is posh but other Austen names - Marianne for instance have some social cachet