Which of Oscar, George, Henry, Max or Leo sounds poshest?

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Which in your opinion is the poshest name? Oscar, George, Henry, Max, or Leo?

George, then Henry, but they are also fairly normal names. Posher people often stick to traditional names rather than fashionable ones and Leo, Max and Oscar have all been hugely fashionable in the last 10-15 years.

If I met a 60yo Oscar, he'd likely be posh!

Henry and George but noone names their children that anymore.

Henry and George are most classic. I think Leo, Max and Oscar are massively overused.

Henry then Oscar, but not seen as particularly posh now.

Oscar used to be quite upper class decades ago but now has become rather chavvy as far as I can gather. Leo and Max are extremely popular and common, there are loads around. George is very popular. I'd say Henry is probably the "poshest".

I know loads of kids called George and a fair few called Henry.

Boys of all backgrounds have these names around here, nobody would consider any of them 'posh'. Go for Inigo or Peregrine or something if that's what you're after.

I’d say Henry, closely followed by George . But as lots of people have said they’re all popular . Just asked my 9 year old nephew and he has every single one of these names in his class , there’s 2 x Max & 3 Oscar!

None of them are 'posh' and I wouldn't make any assumptions about the names, but George or Henry probably appeal less to people who aren't in the slightest bit 'posh'.

Loads of all of them at my comprehensive school.

I know a “posh” Max

None are posh. I work in a school and I have seen people from all backgrounds use these names.

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I don't work in a school, but the names don't mean posh or not posh (whatever 'posh' is these days).

Children from all backgrounds with any name can be raised with good manners and good morals. I think the whole concept of 'posh' is outdated.

So can a name only be posh if it used by some upper class aristocrats?!?!

@HappiestSleeping , I can't see a working class Septimus, Peregrine, Horatio or Algernon.

True, but I can't see a posh one of any of those either. Maybe a faux posh?

I knew a Henry at university and he was very ‘posh’. His father had some peerage title I think.

George is just Peppa’s brother now so it’s a pig name. 😂 And Oscar, Max and Leo seem to be very popular dog or cat names.

Henry.

I wouldn’t say any are posh, I know boys with all those names and none are posher than others. Perhaps if Max was short for Maximillion that would be quite posh?!

I'd say they were 'top public school for boys' names.

George

Oscar out of those. George is definitely not posh, I have a George and there are 4 others in his year group, working class area. Leo is chavvy. Just choose a name YOU like.

None of them is posh anymore. Oscar was an UMC name until about 15/20 years ago when it rocketed in popularity.

George and Henry are classic boys’ names which have been, and still are, used by the upper classes, but 100 years ago there were lots of working class Georges and Henrys, and they have similarly had a resurgence in the past 15 years. I’d say Leo and Max are similar but have not been as popular historically as George and Henry.

In general, the true ‘upper classes’ use a fairly small pool of boys’ names, which at times will also be popular more broadly and at others, won’t. The upper middle classes and upwardly mobile/aspiring upper middle classes use the more elaborate names (Horatio, Tarquin, Ptolemy); not to say that you won’t ever find an aristocratic Atticus, but these names are less ‘posh’ than the people who choose them think.

A good example: Princess Diana wanted to call William either Oliver or Sebastian (very Sloaney names in the early 80s) but had to settle for something more appropriately aristocratic.

All of which is a very long-winded way of saying that there’s considerable overlap in the names that posh people and middle or working class people use in one respect: the well-established Biblical or royal names.

Modern or faddy names (Jayden, Kai etc) are usually working class.

Latinate or Ancient Greek-derived names (Tarquin, Peregrine etc) are usually aspirational middle class.

James could be a King or a carpenter.

None of them. They’re all just very normal common boys names. The amount of Georges and Oscars in my DC’s school is crazy.

How about Fontabule?🤔