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Is Kayla chavvy?

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SarahScot · 04/03/2011 20:31

Okay, okay, I know it's not PC to use the term 'chavvy' . . . but is it?

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Allatsea1 · 05/03/2011 22:30

Yes

Ihavewelliesbuttheyrenotgreen · 05/03/2011 21:46

I'm afraid it is a bit chavvy. I think is because like Shayla it sounds like a made-up name rather than a 'real name'. I have no idea what its origins actually are though. Twinkle I was going to say that I like the name Kay, simple but pretty and quite unusual.

Tw1nkle · 05/03/2011 19:43

I quite like it!
I also like Krista!

Both I suppose could seem a little chavvy, but not overly.

ps - my real name is 'Kay'!!!

muminthecity · 05/03/2011 19:40

I'd say it was more American-topless-waitress-ish than chav but there you go!

usualsuspect · 05/03/2011 19:31

Social housing is a bad thing then?

ambivalentaboutmarmite · 05/03/2011 19:29

I find the label "chav" distasteful.

However, most people who have lived in the UK for some time are very good at picking up the tiny indicators of socioeconomic status. Name is one of these. To me, Kayla says "social housing".

NettoSuperstar · 05/03/2011 19:28

Yes.

It may be wrong, but it's true.

People will judge, and I say this as a lone parent, work as a cleaner, live in a small house on an estate!

If you are privately educating, and talk like you have a plum in your mouth, then go for it, if not, then think twice and choose something more neutral.

Sad, but true I'm afraid.
That's life.

gpage · 05/03/2011 19:27

There are nicer names out there...

plonkerr · 05/03/2011 19:24

Yes

washngo · 05/03/2011 19:23

are comfortable with it.

washngo · 05/03/2011 19:22

I agree that nobody should be judged upon their name. And actually I have no problem imagining a doctor or a CEO called kayla. However, I also think that asking if a name is "poncy", which frequently happens, is v similar to asking if it is chavvy. One of my dcs has a name I have seen described on here as chavvy, the other dc's name I've seen called poncy. So you can't please everybody and you shouldn't try. If you like it and ate comfortable with it go for it.

mamawhoboreme · 05/03/2011 15:40

Kayla to me isn't chavvy per say it's just one of those names that will date and not age well with the child, in my opinion (but I was considering naming unborn dd Spencer so I can't really speak) Grin

Michaela is a beautiful, classic name and you could call her Kayla as a nickname, spelt any way you want.

I like the name Ayla though actually, it's a very old Hebrew name which means mighty, I think. So no one could accuse you of being chavvy -it's in the Bible! haha

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SarahScot · 05/03/2011 11:40

smother, have I banged on about it so much it's stuck in your head now? Grin oops, sorry! Grin

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ValiumSingleton · 05/03/2011 10:57

Maybe Michaela might work better? That's got to be classic hasn't it?

NorthernGobshite · 04/03/2011 23:19

Its chav-tastic!

usualsuspect · 04/03/2011 23:18

I'm not naive..I know that people judge on names and addresses,postcodes ,the right school etc...doesn't mean I have to agree with it or accept it though

hmc · 04/03/2011 23:18

Totally

Elizadoesdolittle · 04/03/2011 23:16

Yes it is.

ShowOfHands · 04/03/2011 23:03

I don't think that a name stops you having any career.

But if you think people don't make judgements on things like name, appearance, body language- and in an instant - you're naive.

It's normal to judge. It keeps us safe. It's inbuilt. We built up patterns and norms and expectations and they are how we navigate life.

I'd like to think that what marks you out as an evolved adult is that you don't discriminate. There are lots of names I don't like because I just don't like them and I recognise that. If I happened to meet a person of that name I'd still not like the name, but I wouldn't treat that person any differently.

candleshoe · 04/03/2011 22:58

We need a university research team here right now to properly look into this ... do doctors and lawyers have generally have 'traditional' or 'classic' names? Will a child called 'Kayla' suffer career disadvantages? The makings of a phD study here for someone surely...

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usualsuspect · 04/03/2011 22:53

really? so all the many diverse names from my multicultural city will never be lawyers or doctors then?

only the acceptable names will make it? yeah right

smother · 04/03/2011 22:50

yes. and don't you want to call her Marnie anyway??!

candleshoe · 04/03/2011 22:48

Naive and simplistic usual everyone judges everyone else all of the time ... there is no getting away from it.

usualsuspect · 04/03/2011 22:40

Its just a name ..anyone who judges a name has the problem

lilyberry · 04/03/2011 22:38

How about Michaela, with Kayla as a nickname?

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