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names that are considered chavvy?

180 replies

woolly76 · 22/01/2012 18:05

What names are the most chavvy do you think?

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vitaminC · 23/01/2012 13:28

Each social group has its own naming traditions and preferences. This has always been the case, although the word "chav" is a recent development.
When I was young, working class kids were called Darren, Gary, Jason, Kevin or Tracy, Stacy, Karen, Sharon...

These days, names I would consider working class are nicknames as given names (Alfie, Charlie, Freddy, Ellie...), names of celebrities/TV characters and anything deliberately misspelled. Plus anything hyphenated with with -Mae/Mai/May.

And like someone else mentioned, there is a big trend towards using Irish names among the working classes these days, especially for boys - Callum, Kyle, Conor, Liam. I think because these are viewed as "tough" or "manly". I'm guessing the girls names are intended to be "cute" or "glamourous"!

Middle class tastes tend to lean towards "solid, traditional" names. Also family names. I don't think there's necessarily a right or wrong - it's just a question of culture and values. Each to their own...

notso · 23/01/2012 13:27

I thought Kenton was 'posh'.

What about Kier, Karen and Kara?

GetOrfMoiiLand · 23/01/2012 13:27

lol at Krystak with a K and pixie boots. Grin

ShirleyForAllSeasons · 23/01/2012 13:25

I don't think I whine. Just got the same sort of accent. He only comes from over the river to me, you see?

ShowOfHands · 23/01/2012 13:24

Whilst heavily pg with dd- sort of whale like proportions- a woman sidled up to dh in a bar (he was holding my bloody hand at the time) and batted her eyelids, intoning something about "I'm Krystal with a K, if you want somebody to go home with tonight..."

And she was wearing pixie boots. Chav wasn't the first word which sprung to mind.

Russell Brand. Yes, slightly Russell Brand. I like his voice though. Gritty whimsy.

GetOrfMoiiLand · 23/01/2012 13:23

Russell Brand whines, though. You don't whine, do you shirl?

GetOrfMoiiLand · 23/01/2012 13:22

OOOH YES Shirl you are a Londoner, I remember on the Beesimo threads you and some other MNers from London Tahn were on about gangsters in the east end and south london.

Tanyaaah · 23/01/2012 13:22

I am having trouble choosing a name at the moment, and have realised that I dislike most names in the world, so don't be too offended if yours is there!

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ShirleyForAllSeasons · 23/01/2012 13:21

Ha at SOH.

I am reliably informed that I sound and look like a female Russell Brand. I'm not sure how I feel about this TBH.

My grandfather was called Kenneth.

Tanyaaah · 23/01/2012 13:20

Ooooh maybe there is another nice one...!?

Tanyaaah · 23/01/2012 13:20

I think Katherine is the only name in the K section of "Perfect Baby Names 2010" which is nice.

GetOrfMoiiLand · 23/01/2012 13:19

OOH, my name isn't in Tanyaa's shitlist.

Yet.

GetOrfMoiiLand · 23/01/2012 13:19

What famoud person do you sound like, Shirl.

I am thinking the actress who played Rita from Rita, Sue and Bob Too.

Tanyaaah · 23/01/2012 13:19

Kelsey, Keenan, Kendall, Kayleigh, Keanu, Kenton, Kyle

GetOrfMoiiLand · 23/01/2012 13:18

Krystal!

ShowOfHands · 23/01/2012 13:18

Aha Shirley. You have a marvellous, if somewhat filthy sounding, accent. Bit gritty, streaked with Marlboro. A voice that has lived.

GetOrfMoiiLand · 23/01/2012 13:18

KathArine is all right.

KathErine is well fuckin' chav.

Kathryn is pointless. What was Cherie thinking.

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GetOrfMoiiLand · 23/01/2012 13:17

Yes, but Duckess of Cambridge is a Catherine really. It is those horrible working class oiks at the tabloids who turned her into Kate to fit into their headlines.

lol at Kenneth.

My dd's middle name is Katharine (inspried by Katharine Hepburn, she wasn't a chav at all)

ShowOfHands · 23/01/2012 13:16

Katherine, lovely. I know a hot posh Keiran (I also know a Kearun who has a sister named Maddysun-Blue but I digress). And my Uncle Ken's no chav.

Tanyaaah · 23/01/2012 13:16

I was thinking of the following:
Kai, Kevin, Kylie, Kian, Kirilee, Krystal, Karlie, Karl, Kelly, need I say more..?

To be fair, Kate is not Chavvy!

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GetOrfMoiiLand · 23/01/2012 13:16

Well the person who named me would certainly have not heard of King Lear (unless it was made into a mini-series on ITV which was similar to Dallas) so was deffo the Exorcist.

It's nice to know that all Regans are horrible though, it makes me feel pathetically grateful for my chavvo monicker. Grin

ShirleyForAllSeasons · 23/01/2012 13:16

Yep! Me in all my lovely chavvy Glory SOH.