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Is Tristan a chav name???

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AreYouAbleMabel · 31/07/2012 18:28

I hate using that word but I read a comment on a previous thread that it was a chavtastic name Confused I think it is anything but!!!!

So what do you think? I have only ever met one and he was defo not chav! Have you met any, and what were they like?? Tanx.

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Anonymumous · 20/11/2012 11:22

It wouldn't strike me as chavvy at all - in fact, if I met a chav who had used the name Tristan, I would be impressed at their imagination and wonder whether I had misjudged them!

And Tristan from the 'All Creatures Great and Small' series was a cool sort of chap. (Although not quite as cool as his brother Siegfried who I had a bit of a reader's crush on. Blush )

mbbh · 19/11/2012 21:54

I hate this name (just my opinion) it's so common!

Sarcalogos · 01/08/2012 00:28

Vair mc name.

Nice too! Grin

MagdalenaAlec · 01/08/2012 00:16

Tristan & Isolde yes. Not chavvy imo, even in the US.
Oh and I love Esyllt too, I know one who is French.

madaboutmadmen · 31/07/2012 21:52

Spelt Trystan it is an old Welsh name from an old Welsh legend called Trystan and Esyllt, not chav at all. google 'trystan' for more.

PeazlyPops · 31/07/2012 21:52

The only Tristan I've ever known was a vile criminal!

NiceViper · 31/07/2012 21:17

Thanks mejon - it was bugging me!

And I must now confess my mistake, as the boy was Tristram.

sonniboo · 31/07/2012 21:12

A person can be a 'chav', not a name by itself. A name may become associated as chavvy if a lot of 'chavs' use it. Don't think Tristan is though.

But I do find Tristan far too close to triste = sad in French/latin.

mejon · 31/07/2012 20:38

My brother is one but spelt with a 'y' which is the Welsh spelling. Far from 'chavvy' I'd say. NiceViper - the 70s sitcom was George and Mildred I think.

ghosteditor · 31/07/2012 19:49

and by the way, I think it's a fab name!

MrsRhettButler · 31/07/2012 19:46

Yes! That's the one! Ohhh I fell in love with Brad watching that film

RightUpMyRue · 31/07/2012 19:46

So relieved to hear these opinions. I was tempted not to click on the thread because I don't want my beautiful boys name ruined. PHEW!

ghosteditor · 31/07/2012 19:43

That would be Legends of the Fall mrs rhett (fans self)

CheerfulYank · 31/07/2012 19:42

Legends of the Falls Rhett. Or Fall? Confused

MrsRhettButler · 31/07/2012 19:41

Grin Chan!

MrsRhettButler · 31/07/2012 19:40

Brad Pitt was called Tristan in that film I really really love but can't for the life of me remember what its called...

Anywho, he didn't look like a chav in it.

Love the name btw and fwiw I don't know any rl Tristans

OneLittleToddlingTerror · 31/07/2012 19:38

Lovely name. The only association I have with the name is Tristan and Isolde. Didn't even know its Arthurian. I haven't met any real life Tristan.

Chandon · 31/07/2012 19:38

it's what chavvy people would call their dog Grin

just kidding

Londonista1975 · 31/07/2012 19:37

It's got middle and upper class connotations and for me it's as far from being a chivvy name as I can think of.

It's a lovely name and one that isn't popular which is always a plus point in my book.

MattDamonIsMyLover · 31/07/2012 19:37

A bit effeminate and weedy, though.

CheerfulYank · 31/07/2012 19:36

Here (in America) I'm afraid it is. Along with Tristyn, etc. And I know a few girls called it as well.

messtins · 31/07/2012 19:36

I know a couple of grown up Tristans who are on the posh side, and one is a vet, but the only child I know of that name is decidedly not posh ( I don't like to label him a Chav) I think it is filtering down the scale.....

MattDamonIsMyLover · 31/07/2012 19:36

No, or not yet at any rate.

patosullivan · 31/07/2012 19:34

I would say Tristan is the sort of name public schoolboys have. Definitely not chavvy!

GoranisGod · 31/07/2012 19:34

I really wanted tristan or julian-dh said hell NO!

I have just asked him if he thinks it is a chav name and he said decidedly not....