Poncy name?

[strawberriesandcream01]

Can you all just clarify what you think is a poncy name please? And what doesn poncy mean. To me poncy mean 'posh' am I wrong?

i love it

i also adore Tarquin but it is so stigmatised

I don't actially have negative connotations linked with my version of poncey TBH.

I think non-British would be exempt as names are more/less popular on own country, etc.

LOL at someone mentioning Leonora.

I'm not pg, but the other day me and dh were talking girls names.

I say " I really like Leonora "

He said " Fucking Nora more like "

It made me laugh.

I think Poncey is the Trying Too Hard ones, rather than just "names that are associated with landed gentry"..

Any name that requires a lecture in either obscure literature or History....

Any name that has a conventional spelling but the parents have decided to spell it the Irish/Welsh/Gaelic way in order to make them spell it every time - especially when no-one is particularly Welsh/Irish/Scottish Islands

The only Quentin I know is a carpet cleaner
So obv I don't associate it with ponciness (though he is kind of posh for a carpet cleaner)

What grates me is how it is perfectly acceptable on MN to shoot a name down in flames for being 'poncy' but to infer a name is chavvy is a mortal sin.

Oh, I'm relieved then... so you think he (our Quentin, that is) will be ok going to school (our local primary school) here?

Despite living in England for over 10 years, I really had no idea that some names are considered 'poncy' (and chav?), in fact the concept of ponciness/poshness is very unfamiliar to me. Actually, the whole class thing is very unfamiliar to me.... I guess I'm glad that we (foreigners) are considered 'exempt' from it .

Annasophie - really the kids won't have a problem what your child is called. It's only the parents who will form an opinion on whether a name is poncy. And hopefully if they like you and your child they should be able to get over their petty prejudices.

(sorry. Typo - annasophia not annasophie - apologies)

I think poncy is more to do with choosing and using a name that is usually reserved for the class or classes above you. Or at least that's what I understood by it.

Well ok - by that logic no name is in itself poncy but some parents might be .