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Is Daniel a chav name these days??

55 replies

Bigsooze · 08/07/2014 13:23

I ask as my son is called Daniel and my husband keeps pointing out that it's often a chavkid name. I love it and always have. I wanted a baby boy called Daniel since I was a kid myself and don't really care what DH says but thought I would canvas opinion...

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booksandchoc · 08/07/2014 14:36

DH is a Daniel,not at all chavvy. Dd is Daniella after me and DH. Going to be confusing when she's called danny like her dad is.

SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 08/07/2014 14:36

No! It is one of the few truly 'class-less' names about. Others being James, Matthew, Thomas etc.

It's a great name - the two Dan's I know best (the ones that spring to mind) are both Drs.

callamia · 08/07/2014 14:35

Tell your husband to stop being an awful Hyacinth about things.
Daniel is perfectly lovely as a name, for a child of any social class.

TooSpotty · 08/07/2014 14:31

The Danny I know is a medical consultant. The Dan I know is an Oxford professor.

Daniel is a lovely solid name.

Chav is a bad word though.

readyforno2 · 08/07/2014 14:28

Tantrums.. Spot on

ScrambledSmegs · 08/07/2014 14:27

Say what?! Personally I would be very Hmm at your DH using the term 'chavkid'.

Daniel is a lovely name.

JohnFarleysRuskin · 08/07/2014 14:22

Danny - champion of the world.
Daniel, my brother.

Its a lovely name, book and song.
Don't listen to your DH.

TantrumsAndBalloons · 08/07/2014 14:22

Your dh is a twat for calling your ds name "chavvy"

CinnabarRed · 08/07/2014 14:22

Our 2 year old Daniel is mostly called Diddle-Pips. He's going to hate us when he's older....

Figster · 08/07/2014 14:19

No way!!
I have a 2yo Daniel although he's called Danny 99.5% of the time

Linguaphile · 08/07/2014 14:15

Lovely and neutral--Daniel could be a bin man or a barrister.

Pangaea · 08/07/2014 13:48

Completely agree Bange. Something very dignified about a neutral name like Daniel.

weatherall · 08/07/2014 13:47

Dan/Danny are used car salesman name to me.

readyforno2 · 08/07/2014 13:37

No!! My ds is called Daniel. It's a nice strong name!

Bange · 08/07/2014 13:37

Actually, I think it's quite classy to choose a name like Robert or Daniel or James. It shows a complete indifference to what others below you on the food chain might think Wink

So in fact, it's classier than one of those middle-class names.

Brew Biscuit

jk jk jk as my children would say

Bange · 08/07/2014 13:33

Sorry nnomdemere, I'm a godless heathen.

StrawberryMojito · 08/07/2014 13:33

No it's a great name.

Bange · 08/07/2014 13:32

misschp1973 so your parents have two grandsons called Daniel Confused

nomdemere · 08/07/2014 13:31

Old testament name, Bange (Daniel in the lion's den)

Pangaea · 08/07/2014 13:31

It's completely class-less.

(As in, doesn't indicate anything about social class. Not that it's not classy.)

usualsuspectt · 08/07/2014 13:30

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curiousgeorgie · 08/07/2014 13:30

Not in the least!

Bange · 08/07/2014 13:30

I like it in answer to the question you didn't ask!

Isn't it a new testament bible name?

Confused

So, in answer to the question you did ask, no, not in the real world. Possibly in mumsnetworld though. I've read names that were the names of High Kings in Ireland and the Irish for William labelled chav, so they have a high bar on mumsnet. You'd better ask the mother of a Lucius, a ptolemy or a sebastian.

mrsbucketxx · 08/07/2014 13:29

its fine, i wouldn't use chav on here though. lots don't like it

HedgehogHairbrush · 08/07/2014 13:29

Nope