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"You cant use that its too chavvy" - Is it ?

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MyPandaisasecretmonster · 29/10/2014 14:26

Ok so I don't find out what I'm having until next fortnight & I have chosen both names yet I'm told that the girls name I have chose is too 'Chavvy' & I have to find something else by my 'D'M .

I'd like a none biased opinion so I have come to you lot for help & other name suggestions as I feel like I'm banging my head against a brick wall trying to find anything at all

Sadie Liesel

Ruairi Atticus Norton

It's the girls name that I'm told is too chavvy/ common & I still need a second middle name for girl as well .

Also if I like these what else would I like ?

Eternally grateful for any ideas/responses

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weebarra · 29/10/2014 18:39

Love them both - and I'm Scottish. I know a very lovely six year old Sadie, and I like Ruairi too. I have an Alasdair so appreciate the comments about alternative spellings!

Bowlersarm · 29/10/2014 18:36

I like Sadie, would never have considered it as chavvy.

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MyPandaisasecretmonster · 29/10/2014 18:34

I'd have 'Bella' as a free standing name iyswim as I don't like naming a child one thing with the intention of calling it something completely different if that makes any sense

Other name suggestions are very welcome

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WhenDoISleep · 29/10/2014 18:34

I like both sets of names - Sadie is lovely.

Can I throw Zelda out as an option if you are looking for alternatives?

cruikshank · 29/10/2014 18:33

Yes, really. Off the top of my head, I have known two Zaras. One I still know, used to be a lap-dancer but admittedly isn't any more. The other was a stripper/escort when I knew her but I don't know her any more - I suppose for all I know she could be a high court judge now, but I doubt it.

myotherusernameisbetter · 29/10/2014 18:32

I like Sadie, and Ruairi in all it's guises is just a regular name in my neck of the woods.

In the same style as Sadie, would Estella/Estelle/Stella work? or maybe something like Adeline?

scarevola · 29/10/2014 18:28

(Oops, sorry, the Mitford aunt was Sadie Radlett, Lady Alconleigh).

OP: not keen on Mali (it might have origins elsewhere, but it really does look like a country name to me). Bella is lovely! Freestanding, or as short form for Annabel, Jezebel, Arabella, Isabella, Clarabel or the magnificent Mehitabel?

KoalaDownUnder · 29/10/2014 18:28

Sadie is great. Way better than Sarah, which I truly think is the most boring girls' name in the world.

Pebbles0934 · 29/10/2014 18:26

Ha ha ! What? Really?

cruikshank · 29/10/2014 18:24

Zara is a stripper's name.

Pebbles0934 · 29/10/2014 18:23

I wouldn't say Sadie is "chavvy"at all.

I knew a little Sadie who had a sister called Lottie and a brother called Jesse.

How about Zara?

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MyPandaisasecretmonster · 29/10/2014 18:23

Luckily I don't live in NI or Scotland

Math the only one that would work with my surname is Alexandria & can't/won't use that as Ds is called Xandur

The only other girls names I like are

Bella & Mali

This is too difficult grrr

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mathanxiety · 29/10/2014 16:46

Was going to say what Badtime said about NI + Sadie. However, I don't think it has negative connotations anywhere else.

However, since it's a nn for Sarah I wouldn't use it as a formal first name, but that is just my own taste for a 'proper' formal name.

Would Alexandra, Elsa, Ailsa, Serena or Sabrina work with your surname or are you really keen on Sadie? For a third name would you consider a Scottish name like Eilidh or Marsaili?

I like Ruairi Atticus Norton - good flow to the three names and all stand up well by themselves, plus they reflect the cultural backgrounds.

JassyRadlett · 29/10/2014 15:52

Scarevola I was just coming to say that about Aunt Sadie.

badtime · 29/10/2014 15:50

I'm from NI and 'Sadie' was always one of the names used to represent a stereotypical gossipy old women (standing, hoiking her chest and nattering to 'Aggie' about the neighbours), so I think it's not just in Scotland.

BuckskinnedAstronaut · 29/10/2014 15:50

Sadie is fine - consistently top-200 name for a good while now without ever being wildly popular. Ruairi also fine, provided that you are prepared for getting Ruaidhrí, Ruaidrí, Ruairidh, Ruaraidh or Ruaridh instead (and having it pronounced Rory if you're in England) and aren't going to bristle in inchoate rage each time it happens.

Medibeagle · 29/10/2014 15:48

You might also like Sasha, Soraya or Saskia.

scarevola · 29/10/2014 15:39

Sadie is Lady Radlett in the Nancy Mitford books. I'd never think of it as 'chavvy'

cruikshank · 29/10/2014 15:36

Agree about the 'west of Scotland' thing. I'm from there, and any Sadies I know are all bingo playing, hard drinking, neighbour badmouthing matriarchs of a certain age who are what many people would deem 'uncouth'. It's probably due a revival though.

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MyPandaisasecretmonster · 29/10/2014 15:34

Thanks everyone apart from Viv

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moxon · 29/10/2014 15:31

Seems fine.

WowserBooooooooooooser · 29/10/2014 15:31

I really like Sadie

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MyPandaisasecretmonster · 29/10/2014 15:04

Nope not Scottish

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Viviennemary · 29/10/2014 15:04

Liesel on its own is quite nice. But not Sadie Liesel. And as for that Ruairi Atticus Norton. It's dire.

NeedaDiscoNap · 29/10/2014 14:58

Your mum isn't Scottish is she OP? I love the name Sadie but in the west of Scotland it's quite an old-fashioned 'wee old woman' name - and not in the way the popular old lady names like Lily, Violet, Ava etc. are.

I still think it's lovely though

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