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Sounds too posh?

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Divejaney · 22/05/2008 10:59

We're having a little boy and have narrowed it down to

Gabriel
Dante
Morgan
Reuben

We like unusual names rather than traditional names. The problem is that we already have a double-barrelled surname. Do you think our poor baby is going to sound too posh?

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SNoraWotzThat · 22/05/2008 17:19

I know girls called dante and morgan

don'tachknow tis lasses names too

EllenJane · 22/05/2008 17:38

Gabriel is nice, esp. the nickname Gabe - lovely! Morgan is so not posh and Dante I don't know much about as i've never met one. Reuben I can't warm to.

vicsta · 22/05/2008 17:39

Gabriel LOVELY, sadly vetoed by DP.
Dante, hmmm maybe a bit posh-ish.
Reuben, I like it but becoming popular.
Morgan Very Very popular here in Wales so wouldn't use it.

CantSleepWontSleep · 22/05/2008 17:41

Fan of Gabriel and Reuben here. Not too posh by my standards, but then half my potentials list has been named on the recent posh names threads, so what do I know?!

noddyholder · 22/05/2008 17:54

Like dante but the others are in abundance here but it is brigthon home of the silly name

CrushWithEyeliner · 22/05/2008 19:13

Can you be sure your Dante will be dark, brooding poetic and are either you or DH you of Mediterrainian heritage? Then don't use Dante.

expatinscotland · 22/05/2008 19:15

I like Gabriel. In Spanish or French. In English, no.

Ellbell · 22/05/2008 19:21

Of course, if you are a pre-Raphaelite fan you could go the whole hog and use Dante Gabriel Double-Barrel.

nkf · 22/05/2008 19:21

I don't think any of those names are posh. By posh do you mean upper class or poncey? They'e neither anyway.

muppetgirl · 22/05/2008 19:23

My ds 2 is
Henry Reuben dh's surname-mysurname

Call your baby what you want!

MuffinMclay · 22/05/2008 19:23

Don't mind Reuben.
Don't like Morgan or Gabriel
Really don't like Dante.

IMO, Reuben and Gabriel are pretentious rather than posh, and Morgan and Dante are a bit common (ones I've met are anyway).

But what I think doesn't matter a jot.

Vivace · 22/05/2008 19:24

None of them are posh. I don't mean they aren't nice (though I think of Morgan as a US female soap star). Hugo and Miles are posh.

muppetgirl · 22/05/2008 19:24

...his nickname is 'Henny roo' and I love it!

myredcardigan · 22/05/2008 19:29

Expat, both the Gabriels I have known were Irish and unrelated.

lljkk · 22/05/2008 20:03

Dante sounds pretentious (for white people like me) or African to me (neither would be 'posh').
I know 1 girl and 2 boy Morgans (it's a Welsh boys name, isn't it?).

None of them would make my personal faves list, tbh.

FifWoo · 22/05/2008 21:09

Gabriel is lovely and surely would always be guaranteed a good part in nativity play No no to Morgan plus it's the name of a shop!

ElizabethBeresford · 22/05/2008 21:19

Is it just me or is it funny to see Reuben and Gabriel on the same list?!

I'd definitely go with the old testament and pick Reuben I love that one. I had Reuben on the list for my dd(pre 20wk scan).

Morgan is ok, kind of jaunty or androgenous or American or sur namey. I'd say it's neither posh nor the opposite.

Danté on the other hand is a little self-consciously different for my taste.

MadBadandDangeroustoKnow · 22/05/2008 21:23

Gabriel gets my vote. Agree that d-b surnames are mostly not posh (unless they denote the joining through marriage of two ancient branches of the aristocracy and possibly not even then...)

Ellbell · 22/05/2008 22:27

Aaargh! No, ElizabethBeresford... not with an accent... Never with an accent! Nooooooooooo!

carrieon · 22/05/2008 22:49

I tried to get dh to agree to Reuben as a sneaky way of getting the name Ben, which I love and he vetoed! I know an adult Reuben who gets called Reubs, and both he and the name are lovely!
I have a male cousin called Morgan and he doesn't come across as posh.
I think only a child of a certain character can pull of being a Gabriel, but if they can pull it off then its v.cool.
I'm afraid Dante has very chavvy connotations round here...sorry.

nappyaddict · 22/05/2008 23:05

Gabriel sounds posh but the other 3 don't imo. Don't like dante though.

jasper · 22/05/2008 23:06

you are havin a laugh asking if they are posh???

and totally having a laugh with Dante?

and a bit of a snigger with morgan, surely?

All a bit Chavvy except Dante which I am sure is just your little joke

nappyaddict · 22/05/2008 23:11

except dante? i would say dante is definitely up their with the chavvy names. but then again i wouldn't say gabriel was chavvy at all. tbh call him what you like. it's all down to personal opinion isn't it. one person's poncey name is another person's common chavvy name.

Pen74 · 22/05/2008 23:17

I know of a Gabriel and Bailey sibset and a Gabriel and Benedict sibset. I think it's pretty classless.

Dante has chavvy connotations, although I think it's ok-ish to use. Morgan is a no-no after Bianca's return. Reuben is ok.

jasper · 22/05/2008 23:19

but that's just it nappyaddict, they are either poncy or chavvy!

I meant the idea of calling your child Dante just defies belief so I assumed the op had to be joking.

Crikey, it was not a serious suggestion was it ?