Chloe- classic & traditional vs "chavvy"?!

[TurquoiseDress]

Baby is due very soon, Chloe is one of several names that we really like and are trying to make a final decision very soon.

I have always thought of Chloe as being a solid, classic, traditional name...I've known a few over the years, they have always been well educated, generally great women.

One Chloe I still know is French, I love the way it is pronounced over in France.

Have been reading quite a few comments saying that the name Chloe has become "chavvy" (I really hate this word) and much more "common" in recent years.

What do others think of the name Chloe?
Do my observations above ring true?

It wouldn't stop us using the name but I am keen to find out why it seems to have chavvy connotations in recent years.

[pennycarbonara]

I thought it was one of those very popular names that a lot of kids from all social classes got some years ago (peaking 20 years ago according to graph). There are a lot of teenage and student Chloes now, aren't there?
names.darkgreener.com/#chloe

[Wishfulmakeupping]

Yes agree with above poster I don’t see it as a classic name but a very late 80’s/90’s name such as Brett, Hannah, Jess

[TurquoiseDress]

Thank you for the link- wow so Chloe was no.2 in the late 90s!

It's actually really interesting looking through graphs and seeing the rise and fall in popularity of names.

[HeyDolly]

I don’t see it as classic or ‘chavvy’. It just feels very dated to me. As others have said, it was v v popular in the 80s/90s so I just associate it with that era.

[whiskeysourpuss]

Chloe was very popular when DD1 was born in 2000.

It was one of our top 3 but it was at the height of the mad cow disease outbreak & her initials would've been CJD so for that reason we dropped it... I'm really glad though as there were 6 in her nursery class & throughout her primary school classes.

[IsTheRainEverComingBack]

For a French girl, lovely. But yes, here I would think it dated and I would assume a certain lower cultural/socio-economic group if used for a child now.

[Heratnumber7]

I think it's Cloë in French. At least the one I know spells it that way.

Lovely name though. Go for it.

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

Classic to me. If I was about to meet someone I knew was called Chloe, the picture in my head would be a pretty young woman, but Chloe could actually be anyone of any age with any looks . Teen dses have a couple of Chloe’s in their years.

[MikeUniformMike]

It is still very popular. It is a name that in the 1980s I'd only seen on a bottle of perfume, seemed very pretty. I now many Chloes and it seems a bit overused and not particularly classy.
It's still in the top 25 so there will be an awful lot of Chloes around.

[AtticaRose]

I don't find it chavvy at all. I think it maybe peaked in the 80s-90s, and is now slightly less popular, but that's no bad thing.

It's a lovely name, with cool Ancient Greek roots! And like you, I've only known great Chloes.

[Plural]

I wouldn't automatically think chavvy or dated but that probably because I know a Chloe who is 5

[daisypond]

Classic and rather high-end to me. The ones I know are in their early-mid 20s - all from somewhat rich backgrounds - all boarding and private school educated.

[TempleOfBlooms]

Lovely name but a little dated. A bit like Claire, Melanie, Louise, Emma or Katie. All lovely names but remind me of the 80s and 90s.

[Belindabauer]

I don't see it as either classic or chavvy.

[LeeMiller]

I think it's pretty and fairly classic.

[Srilli]

I think it’s pretty. Not as boring as Hannah, Jessica, Katie, Sarah

[TurquoiseDress]

Thanks for thoughts & opinions!

Interesting that there is an 80s/90s vibe about the name Chloe.

The other similar names mentioned- like Hannah, Sarah, Katie, Jessica- reminds me of the names I encountered at primary/secondary school back in the 90s!

It's funny, I've never ever thought of Chloe as a "chav" sort of name, I am just intrigued where it's all come from!

There are many other names I would put in that category before something like Chloe.

[dancingunicorns123]

Very chavvy in my area

[user1494055864]

I think it's a beautiful, timeless name - although I did name my pet cat Chloe in the 90's

[rainbowstardrops]

It wouldn't occur to me that it's 'chavvy'. I can't actually think what's chavvy about it???
I think it's really pretty.
I work in a school and one Chloe has just left the junior school and another has just left the infant's so it's not overly common around here either.

[Pemba]

It is very sheep-like to characterise a name as 'dated' just because it was very popular in the 80s, or 'chavvy' just because people from lower socio-economic groups liked it and used it, as well as everyone else. The horror!

A name that you could perhaps legitimately call chavvy would be something made up, with yoonique spelling. Amber-Blu or something like that. Chloe is a classic name with Greek origins, etc. I like it a lot, along with Zoe.

[QueenOfMyWorld]

My dniece 7 is called chloe,yes it's popular but still pretty imo

[MikeUniformMike]

Pemba, it's the sheep like naming that leads to a name being dated.
How many Sarah, Claire, Louise and Rebecca babies do you know? Or Amanda, Debbie, Karen and Nicola? Or Susan, Linda, Gillian and Tracey?
Several of those are classical, saint or biblical names but they're just not trendy these days.

[slovenlys]

I think it's very nice.

Chloé the French way, Chloë the German (maybe) way or Chloe the English way. They are all lovely. And great meaning also. Certainly don't think it's chavvy.

All the Chloes I know are blonde, lovely and v smart actually!

[bridgetreilly]

Chloe is fine. Khloe, obviously, is awful.