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Want your child to be the poshest on the playground?

Want to set them up for a guaranteed career in corporate finance? Want to make it abundantly clear to everyone who is introduced to them that they're just a bit well-to-do? Well, why not give your child an upper class name? One mum has divided the internet by asking for fancy name suggestions for her baby girl. Taking to Mumsnet, she wrote; "Hit me with your upper class/well to do baby girl names that are still used today!" The request divided fellow forum users, some of whom doubted the mum's upper class credentials. [caption id="attachment_317267" align="alignnone" width="594"]The most 'upper class' baby names, according to the parents of the internet Camilla was one of the names suggested.[/caption] "Why does this matter to you? If you were upper class you would call your child what you like and not give a hoot." So are you old money and posh or wanting to be pretentious? Call your kid a name you like." There were some genuine suggestions though. Some were very cute, like Eleanor or Ophelia, but there were a few that we've never even heard of - Persephone, anyone?   Here's the full list: Ophelia Serephenia Persephone Arabella Camilla Victoria Lucinda Octavia Fenella Eleanore Bunny Augustina Clementine Genevieve Henrietta