names that are considered chavvy?

Herecomeshesun - I think it's more the shortened forms of names that are considered "chavvy" to some which is a bit of a contradiction as Alfred nn.Alfie, Charles nn. Charlie, Frederick nn. Freddie, Oliver nn. Ollie etc.. aren't chavvy at all but could (obviously only by some!) be considered so if the shortened form is the child's full name.

Personally I prefer long/full names but that is just me and not because I have delusions of grandeur as am happy to embrace my chav side too!

Archie and Harry are names that seem to cross over. I know lots of far from chavvy Archies for example...

Generalizing a lot here as personally I would choose a name I like and not one that is too chavvy or posh or whatever so not sure what that makes me!

Any name you hear on The Only Way is Essex or that equally disturbing Scousewives, Jeremy Kyle or even Jerry Springer... Any name that is spelt with way too many letters or not enough, or written in "txt" talk... also I like to refer to them as trailer-trash names as not to offend the lovely chavs out there... but saying that My daughter came hoem from school and announced shes playing a chav in the drama play- her drama coach recommended she watch some Eastenders...

I'm due in July and have picked up a tonne of names from this thread, thankyou

Anyone who would like a 'laugh' at chavtastic names should do a search on my name and chav names...have started a couple of posts about it as they are the names I like, I care not a jot Be warned some of you may need to bleach your eyes after viewing though

Unfortunately some names do get a bad reputation because they are favoured by certain types of people (insert your own word/description). Once I've heard a name screamed in an awful way, or see a little boy with it that has maybe a mullet and earring then the name is ruined for me. Shallow? Maybe so, but that's a gut reaction., although I wouldn't judge a child or even adult with said name. though possibly would make assumptions.

Sorry to come back to this, but my husband always finds the very posh names rediculous - Crispin, Orlando, Algernon, Candida, Arrabell and Henrietta. It works both ways.

I really like Alfred/ Alfie and was quite interested in using it when I was pregnant and living in a place with associations to Alfred the Great, who is a massive figure in English history. DH vetoed "Alfred". I don't see this name as chavvy at all.

I know couples with children called Mason, Chloe, Lily, Ella, Summer - these have all been mentioned as chavvy. The parents of these children are far from chavvy. All the parents are educated to degree level with good jobs.

I think the chavvy names are the VERY misspelt ones - Kourtnie, Symantha, Kayteigh

I think some spellings can just be different, and are both acceptable - i.e. May/ Mae, Holly / Hollie etc.

Agree Merryhippo - love Liam and named my ds to reflect his strong Irish heritage. Anyone who considers it 'chavvy' (awful word) or any name which reflects someones background needs to do a bit more research on names.

I agree re: Irish names! Liam is William in Ireland. Its far from chavvy. Shame that it is seenso in England

My name is here now!!! I've been mumsnet condemned as chavvy!! :o

I work in a traditional, expensive private prep school and have taught several children with some of the names mentioned as 'chavvy' (ugh!)

Have certain taught more than one:
Alfie, Archie, Lily, Ella, Ellie, Evie, Chloe, Conor, Rhys, Josh, Jordan, Milly, Alannah and Charlie

As other people said, I think these kind of names are just universally popular, rather than especially linked to a certain type of parent.

i have a caeden (pronounced "caiden" )

i don't care if people think its chavvy, i am pretty chavvy tbh :o

I have no idea why that is HardCheese. You know what, I never even knew those names were Irish ??!!!

That is odd isn't it. I wonder why

I'd never realised until coming on Mumsnet, despite spending most of my adult life living in England, that some Irish names were considered 'chavvy' (a word I have serious reservations about using, but for the purposes of this thread, will use). Many of the names mentioned on this thread - Killian, Kevin, Conor, Liam, Colm (though that seems to show up as 'Callum', which isn't Irish - possibly Scottish?) etc - are absolutely 'classic' traditional/timeless Irish boys' names in Ireland - pretty much the equivalent of Edward, Henry, William, etc.

Ok I will be brave and give you my opinion on what are a few "chavvy" names -

Boys:
Conor
Liam
Taylor
Jaydon
Brandon
Brendon
Kai
Keiron
Kaydon
Kyle
Reece /Rees
Ryan
Josh
Shane
Callum
Bailey
Tyler
Mason

Girls:
Lilly-mae
Ellie-mae / Ella-mae variations
Aleesha
Chloe
Jodie
Kayleigh
Leanne
Chantelle
Michelle
Stacey
Keisha
Madison
Shannon
McKenzie

RobinSparkles I never noticed either until about a week after dd2 was born and then I couldn't be arsed getting stressed about it and when dd3 was born I was couldn't give two shiney shites. See you soon

hi Wiggles! I really hadn't noticed that your DDs names all ended with the same letter! [slow emoticon] They are lovely names though.

Now that I've said all three in my head, I'm thinking "oh yeeeah!" I shall pop back to the PN thread - I keep getting sidetracked, which is terrible!

I can't take seriously people with names which were chav before the term was invented, like Cherie (Blair), Samantha(Cameron) or anyone who has written a serious book but is called Tracey or Kevin.

All of my dds names end in the same letter which according to someone on MN is a real no no Oh and dd2s name is the most popular name eveeeer which apparently makes me hugely unoriginal!

to RobinSparkles long time no see.

@ 'Anything beginning with "K"' and
'Kings' and Queens' of England names are not chavvy if you want to play safe'

So what happens if you have both . Not that I could give a continental.

robin you have to guess

I have a Cassius. Its not his first name its his fourth.