Is Araminta too posh?

[carlottawales]

Sorry to those to those who don't like the posh/chav threads, but I really need to know honestly.
Araminta has been tentatively on my list for a while now, surely in this day and age it is safe for non upper class people to use?
would appreciate your thoughts.

Posh, but in a contrived 'trying too hard to be posh' way.

Also don't like it, but that is neither here nor there.

yes

"is she likely to be presented to the Queen, or is she mvre likely to be in Fueteventura on her 18th birthday?"
Well neither, you could say we're in the middle, bog standard middle class really.
We're researching the idea of home schooling at the moment, so type of school isn't likely to play a part.

HUGE HIJACK

Some friends of our friends have a little girl called Araminta.

She is known as Minty.

This couple are v. posh and rich and the little girl goes to private school.

Araminta is a lovely name.

I suppose it is a bit posh, but let's face it if it's a toss up between Araminta and Paige-Chardonnay it's a no brainer, oui?

Sorry but not keen -I can't get past the image of a posh girl on a pony (think female version of Tim-Nice-But-Dim).

Lovely name! I can't stand all this class obsession the British have; sod it- go with a name if you like it. Was it the name of the little girl in "The Borrowers" kids books or something? It rings a bell with me. Very lovely name and Minty is a very cool nickname.

peasoup -the girl in the Borrowers was Arriety.

Theres a children's book character called Araminta Spook IIRC

Aha! My mistake. Never heard of Araminta Spook and don't know what IIRC stands for! Anyway, it doesn't have to be posh calling her Araminta; could just be Post Modern Ironic

Just looked it up- "If I remember correctly". Fancy having an acroynm (sp?) for "If I remember correctly"! How bloody useful. How absolutely spiffing in fact!

Sorry but I think it's ridiculously poncetastic.

and even at my private girls school she would be ruthlessly bullied!

Not keen on Araminta and Minty just makes me think "toothpaste" - sorry. Arabella and Ariella both much nicer IMHO.

Minty is the fat bloke in Eastenders too. Do you think his full name is Araminta? Or is it because his surname is 'Fox' or 'Trebor' or something?

I somehow can't see him prancing around on a pony

It is like a parody of a posh name, so it has a kind of posh-comedy factor about it, which to me, makes it an utterly ludicrous choice. When I read this thread back, no doubt there'll be a mum of an Araminta on it!

Minty is disgusting and reminds me of that fat loser from Eastenders.

Arabella is alright. Prefer Annabella or Allegra

As a name it is (I think) very pretty. Unfortunately, though, it has become a sort of shorthand in the media for Sloane-Ranger-who-works-in-a-Bond-Street-gallery-and-whose-parents-own-half of-Gloucestershire.

No don't like it, I worked with one who went by the name of Minty she wasn't that posh though! I find the name quite harsh and I detest Minty for short.

just a tad

i think it is lovely and quite posh but hey what exactly is wrong with that my daughter is calle dthe other name that is ocming up alot on this thread and i often get comment sbaout it being a posh name and i usually say " ...and" and leave a pause and people shut up

I had one in my class at school and the mean kids called her Polo