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what are posh names then?

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strawberriesandcream01 · 11/05/2008 22:29

Just wondering? I have always liked Tabitha, Martha, sebastian. I know an Arthur and Monty. What would you class as a posh name and also as an embarrasing name!

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Spidermama · 12/05/2008 22:32

Candida
Malaky
Cordelia

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LynetteScavo · 12/05/2008 22:35

Candida? Not the one I knew.

Cornelius.

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LynetteScavo · 12/05/2008 22:36

Flavia.

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Spidermama · 12/05/2008 22:37

Cornelius? Not the Corny I grew to know and love. He was a scally.

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ButterflyMcQueen · 12/05/2008 22:37

Hortense

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shreddies · 12/05/2008 22:38

Tuppy

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ButterflyMcQueen · 12/05/2008 22:38

Barnabus

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ButterflyMcQueen · 12/05/2008 22:38

Tuppy is so adorable but is it a real name?

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NumptyMum · 12/05/2008 22:41

How did Muhammad Ali get to be a posh boy? He started out as a Cassius, didn't he?

Surely no-one would call their child Calpurnia?! Though if shorted to Nia it would be OK... But sounds too medicinal, like Calpol.

Same goes for Malaky, sounds too like malarky...

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Spidermama · 12/05/2008 22:44

Snort at 'Tuppy'.

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dinny · 12/05/2008 22:47

Torquil
Ptolemy
Jonty
Hugo

Verity

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dinny · 12/05/2008 22:48

Calpurnia = To Kill A Mockingbird

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ButterflyMcQueen · 12/05/2008 22:49

Aubrey

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GryffinGirl · 12/05/2008 22:53

Calpurnia was the wife of Julius Caesar too.

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ButterflyMcQueen · 12/05/2008 23:45

Griff

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ButterflyMcQueen · 14/05/2008 10:29

Aloysious

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frauster · 14/05/2008 16:42

Crispin
Quintin

Esmerelda
Delphine

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tiggywelly · 26/05/2009 16:33

Jeanie is a crusty old nick name, I knew of one growing up, quite the opposite of posh imo. Jean is better, at least it is a proper name.

Imogen and Jemima are nice but no longer the preserve of the posh.

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PheasantPlucker · 26/05/2009 16:38

Bunny (I think of Bunny Guiness)

St John

Arabella

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TheCrackFox · 26/05/2009 16:41

Tristan
Jeremy
Monty
Jonty

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MrsMattie · 26/05/2009 16:41

Tiggy
Camilla

Edwin

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roarbetty · 26/05/2009 16:52

Jean isn't posh, or Jeannie

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Podrick · 26/05/2009 17:03

Boys' names ending in o are posh
Milo
Hugo
Ivo
Rollo
etc

Also Evelyn for a boy
and Dorian

Anything from the Greek myths (Persephone, Cyclops, Medusa etc)

Anything from classic literatire so long as it is fairly obscure

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Podrick · 26/05/2009 17:03

Boys' names ending in o are posh
Milo
Hugo
Ivo
Rollo
etc

Also Evelyn for a boy
and Dorian

Anything from the Greek myths (Persephone, Cyclops, Medusa etc)

Anything from classic literatire so long as it is fairly obscure

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lowrib · 26/05/2009 17:13

Claudia
Beatrice
Crispin
Tristan

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