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Our shortlist and it's 'chav' rating!

57 replies

rolfsbeard · 03/11/2011 13:35

We've managed to come up with a shortlist of names for our new DD and would like to gauge opinion on how they are seen as I have not a clue! I have mentioned a couple of the names (Jasmine and Lily) to various people and there have been some mutterings about chaviness and/ or being overused:

Please shed some light on this by letting me know what you think about our list and your favourite. Thanks!

Beatrice
Jasmine
Lily
Millie
Molly

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BeattieBow · 03/11/2011 14:00

Jasmine if you're posh isn't chavvy. No names are chavvy if you're not. I knew an upper middle class Jason once.

(fwiw I hate the phrase chavvy, but I suppose it's no different to the Kevin and Tracy thing that used to go on in the 1980s. )

BeattieBow · 03/11/2011 13:58

oh fgs just use the names if you like them!

I would say Beatrice is the one that is least used at the moment, but none are particularly uncommon. I like Beatrice the best!

Actually I would use Lily for my next child, but it is just too ubiquitous.

Psammead · 03/11/2011 13:58

I think Jaz-min is a nicer pronounciation that Jaz-mean, too.

Psammead · 03/11/2011 13:57

Beatrice is lovely.
Lily is too, but very popular.
Molly is sweet.
Millie sounds like a NN to my ears.
Jasmine... well, I like it sometimes, but in my accent it sounds horrendous.

Prunella79 · 03/11/2011 13:51

tbh they're all quite ubiquitous at the moment but Jasmine is certainly up there in the chav stakes

thousandDenier · 03/11/2011 13:44

what do you mean by 'chav' in this instance? If you can explain what it is you're trying to avoid that'd be helpful :)

Beamur · 03/11/2011 13:39

Beatrice is getting waaay too popular (she says trying to stem the tide against DD's name...)
There are quite a lot of Jasmines and Lily's around here, but still pretty names - I guess it depends on whether you want your childs name to be shared with classmates etc or not.
I wouldn't say any of the names on your list are 'chavvy' though.