Kyle...

The connotations are nothing to go with Jeremy Kyle, it's the sort of people that have 'hijacked' (for want of a better word) the name. The type of people that possibly do go on the JK show, but nothing to do with his name at all.

I brought this thread up at work today and they were all genuinely surprised it has been deemed by so many to be a 'chavvy' name. Maybe it is a regional perception then as mentioned above.

OP, where are you based ?!

Maybe when Jeremy Kyle (who I was oblivious of until this thread, now I do know who he is) leaves his show then the name might not be perceived so badly!

I still love it though, and it really suits DS. I cannot imagine him by any other name now (he is 4)

I like it, but I associate it with a really sweet guy at my previous workplace, he's American where I think this name is popular.

When an OP specifically asks for opinions, then they're going to get them. It doesn't matter who else posts on the thread, people are still entitled to respond to the OP, surely? For what it's worth, Kyle in my current area tends to run in families with the negative connotations described quite fully upthread. In my husband's scottish side of the family it is a lovely traditional name, used for generations, and still very popular in the lovely middle class area most of them still live in. Two very, very different experiences and connotations of the same name. Take your pick.

I don't like it at all, sorry. It is very difficult to pronounce in any language other than English.

Great post ilovelamp82. Sorry about the loss of your mum. I totally agree about it being a name with a lovely meaning (and the Kyle of Lochalsh is a beautiful spot, right next to the Isle of Skye!).

I must admit this thread has given me a couple of unsettled evenings worrying if I have lumped my child with a name that he will forever be judged by.

iamanelfjesuisuneelf- I like Abby. I would never have said it's a "chavvy" name (although I don't tend to use that word). I know two Abbys here.

I am sure this whole 'judging' of a name is regional. Certainly here Kyle isn't thought of badly (not that I am aware of at least). I only know of one other. Will have to make sure we don't move to South Norfolk (based on a post above!)

The whole comments too about it being screeched across estates/shopping centres. Well, anyname being screeched by a parent sounds terrible, no matter what it is!!

I don't know where the pans came from...it was meant to be an 'and'.

Personally I don't like it... I've known 2 Kyles pans they've both been bullies.

Yep, it's Abby. Not Abigail, just Abby.

I named my son Kyle as it was my Mother's maiden name. She passed away when I was just 15 and I've pretty much known since then that I was going to name my first born son that. It is a strong Scottish name that for me has a lovely meaning. I like the way that it sounds and it makes me think of my mother when I hear it. I live in England now and have only met one other Kyle, who is also lovely. I have worked in recruitment all my life and have searched through millions of CV's over the years and it has always made me consider names and whether they would be suitable for a young child, a teenager right through to a Managing Director and Kyle I think is one of those names.

Don't let anyone advise you not to use a name. Clearly not everyone will like every name. Where half the population will think a name is classic or regal, half the population will think it is boring and overused. Everyone will know someone at school that they didn't like with such and such a name and everyone will have been in a class with 3 naughty so and so's.

Ultimately the name that you choose will definitely be liked by some and definitely disliked by others, some for rational reasons and some for irrational reasons just as there are names that you like and dislike.

So just choose a name that you and your partner like. Your child will give the name personality of it's own and anyone who would actually be so ridicilous as to pre judge a child based on their name shows a lack of intelligence really and says more about them than the child or parents.

It's funny, I was going to say I think it sounds dated. I've never met a Kyle much younger than me (30) and I was at school with several. But everyone else seems to know loads so I guess it isn't dated at all!

I don't know. It's a nice enough name. I don't love it, don't hate it.

iamanelfjusuisuneelf, will you share your DD1s name ?

Thanks ethethethe

A lot of the Kyle's I know are quite, erm, naughty.

Then there's my son, Kyle. Obviously he's a complete angel. And he is. At school he's an absolute delight, never been in trouble. He's a lovely smiley boy. He's very loud at home though.

Onesleeptillwembley I have a Jayden too! Bingo!! Two chavvy names in one family. Good job I gave my other 3 nice old fashioned biblical names. I must have suddenly turned middle class somewhere between 2002 and 2004! I wonder when it happened?

Theonlyoneiknow Don't get upset! I laugh at people's assumptions about names on here. And for all the stuff about teachers judging, I know plenty of teachers and they never judge on just a name. I also like to play bingo, from when they word chavvy is used to when someone mentions the names Jayden or Kyle!

My DS has a couple of friends called Kyle, really nice lads

I'm Scottish and wouldn't have thought of it as a strong Scottish name at all. I'm sorry (and don't want to cause offence) but I agree with the posters here that whenever I hear the name is usually being shouted by a certain type of family. Sorry.

to whoever posted about other countries and name snobbery; i dont think other countries have this to the same extent; my husband is american and from what iv seen names dont have the same class connotations. nor does it seem do they use all the aspirationally upper class names that middle england are so fond of. we seem to have a lot of people that are overly keen to make statements with a name: "im posh as fuck dont you know" or "im terribly unique and bohemian". i do hope the poor offspring of these statement namers have the personality to carve out their own identity, however twatty their name [and their parents...]. sometimes just best not to comment on a thread that makes you think "what a pretentious dickhead"; once i have that thought i tend to find my capacity for unbiased advice much diminished!

There were only two names DP and I could agree on and Kyle was one of them, even still we didn't register his birth until the absolute last minute as couldn't make our mind up! DD was much easier and we 100% knew her name as soon as she was born!

That was my point too southern, yes like or dislike a name that's fine, but some of the comments were downright mean and said AFTER I had said I had a DS with that name, that's what really got on my wick.

Kyle isn't very common where we are, which is a small village in rural Scotland. I don't even know who Jeremy Kyle is.

Thanks for the kind posts above BTW!

Do other countries that the same snobbery associated with names that Britain seems to have (or is it just MN?!)

OP, have you scored the name off your list now?!

Ignore them Theonlyone, I think Kyle is a lovely name. I don't see why people have to be so bloody rude about a name, if you don't like it that's fine but you don't have to be offensive about it

My opinion of Kyle is that, mine.

FWIW, DD1s name is also considered chavvy, and I've been told to my face that I must have picked that because I was a teenage mum.

DD2s name - why have you chose an old lady name? Who do you think you are?

If you're trying to please others OP, you really can't. You never will. I love both our daughters names, they suit them beautifully, I really couldn't care less what others think.

I'm not sure why some people think that baby names is the place for their prejudiced opinions.

santa do bog off with your snidey little 'precious' comment.

We are in South Norfolk and almost every other boy in dds class is called kyle or Tyler (slight exaggeration but not much!) So for me it's a no no.