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Please tell me the truth: is Alyssa a chavvy name?

64 replies

needsgirlname · 22/08/2012 10:51

We like the name Alyssa. I mentioned it to a friend who said it was one of the worst chavvy names she knows. On a par with Jaden, Brittney, etc.

I know we must choose the name we like but tell me if Alyssa gives you a trashy/common flavour?

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ilovesprouts · 22/08/2012 21:24

no chavvy to me at all ,ppl say my sons got a chavvy name but i dont care and i like it ,take no notice i dont .

SPsFanjoSponsoredByFemFresh · 22/08/2012 21:19

Don't mean to be hurtful but its a little Jeremy Kyle for me

trailer park name

These are some of the stupidest things I've seen tbh. I have a name that is a popular name for people appearing on it. So what?

Trailer park name?! It's a name Ffs.

If you like it OP go ahead. I wouldn't ask advice here unless you plan on calling your child "Benedict Edward IV''

newby2 · 22/08/2012 21:09

Don't mean to be hurtful but its a little Jeremy Kyle for me.

SrirachaGirl · 22/08/2012 16:51

Trailer-park name. Sorry Sad.

CremeEggThief · 22/08/2012 16:49

Try again: Ah-lissa.

CremeEggThief · 22/08/2012 16:48

I like it, although I think of it as American. With that spelling, it should be pronounced A/lissa.

mathanxiety · 22/08/2012 16:42

If it is a name used by parents whose other children are Kassidi and Maddisyn then I think it can be seen as a certain sort of name.

SPsFanjoSponsoredByFemFresh · 22/08/2012 16:36

No and ignore those that day it is. A name can't be chavvy that's just moronic.

Badgerina · 22/08/2012 16:35

Depends on how you're pronouncing it I think:

A-lis-ee-ya or A-liss-a = Both fine.

A-lees-a = Ok.

A-leesh-a = Not fine IMO.

Thumbwitch · 22/08/2012 15:57

Quite popular in Australia - I know a couple of them in the under 10 age range.
Don't think of it as "chavvy", nor made up - but not quite my cup of tea.

Melissa also very popular here, in the 30s age range.

manicinsomniac · 22/08/2012 15:51

I don't see why? I like it.

There was a thread on Alyssa last week and it was received a hell of a lot more favourably than this. I think you've possibly got the reaction you have because of your title.

airedailleurs · 22/08/2012 15:02

Lyssa is very pretty, never heard of it before, not sure that I'd want a dd of mine to evoke the spirit of mad rage and frenzy though!

EdithWeston · 22/08/2012 14:30

I'd assume I was a variant of the name Lyssa from the Greek myths. She was a the spirit of mad rage and frenzy.

LoopyLoopsOlympicHoops · 22/08/2012 14:28

Yes it is.

Alice - beautiful
Alicia - lovely
Alyssa, Aliysha, Elisha etc. horrible.

mathanxiety · 22/08/2012 14:24

I would put it in the category of Brittany too..

mathanxiety · 22/08/2012 14:23

It is. I will not say the word.
But it is.

nemno · 22/08/2012 14:03

I think it's the spelling that puts me off. Alice, Alicia are fine IMO.

SomeTosser · 22/08/2012 13:59

Chavtastic.

HiHowAreYou · 22/08/2012 13:59

I wouldn't have thought it was chavvy, no.

0lympia · 22/08/2012 13:57

I think so.

ColouringIn · 22/08/2012 13:53

Nope, I like it and think it's a pretty name,

UltimateDetermination · 22/08/2012 13:52

I think it's chavy, sorry.

WopBopALooBop · 22/08/2012 13:49

Not to me! I love it :) and I am vair classy Wink

ThePieSmuggler · 22/08/2012 12:26

Yes, in my opinion it is. Sorry

badtime · 22/08/2012 12:25

Or Clarissa, Melissa, Larissa, Maris(s)a.