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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 Smile

Sadie Liesel

Ruairi Atticus Norton

It's the girls name that I'm told is too chavvy/ common Confused & 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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MyPandaisasecretmonster · 29/10/2014 14:55

It's pronounced Rooree where as Roary is pronounced Roaree

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TheWholeOfTheSpook · 29/10/2014 14:52

Wait, ignore me. I didn't realise it was Irish!

TheWholeOfTheSpook · 29/10/2014 14:51

Is Ruairi pronounced Rory? It seems a very complicated spelling, if so!

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MyPandaisasecretmonster · 29/10/2014 14:50

I'm German/Irish & my Dp is Irish hence all the different cultures thrown together .

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babyblabber · 29/10/2014 14:49

both lovely names and not chavy at all.

way prefer Rory to Ruairi though

socially · 29/10/2014 14:48

Sadie is nice, not chavvy at all

momb · 29/10/2014 14:47

None of those names are 'chavvy' (though I'm not really sure what that means), however you have a mixed bag of cultural and linguistic aetiologies there: gaelic, latin, angle, spanish, german. Perhaps your DM is confused about what part of your family you are channeling/honouring?

Is it that your DM doesn't like diminutives used as full names? Perhaps if you went for Sarah Elizabeth and then used Sadie Liesel she woudn't mind so much? I'm a bit like this: gave my girls the full names so they can shorten to their own preference when they are older.

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MyPandaisasecretmonster · 29/10/2014 14:46

I have gone with the Liesel spelling as it flows a lot better with my very German surname , not keen on Sarah at all as just doesn't 'go' at all

Thanks though

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MyPandaisasecretmonster · 29/10/2014 14:44

My Dn is called Ramona so can't use that even though it's lovely

My entire family have such obscure names which is kinda why I'm panicking so much as anything that is used a lot just won't work .
I can't think of anybody I know or have known called Sadie (my mum new a bloke called Sadie 20 years ago but that's about it)
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florascotia · 29/10/2014 14:44

Traditionally, Sadie is short for Sarah, which is a very classic name. Can't see any reason to object to it! Personally, I'd use Sarah with Sadie as a nickname, but you might not want to do that.

Liesel is probably more often spelled without the second 'e' (Liesl), though your spelling is a perfectly OK alternative. And it's short for Elisabeth (German spelling), which is another lovely classic name.

Inkspellme · 29/10/2014 14:36

I think both first names are lovely. I also think far more importantly if you and your partner if you have one love the names what your mother thinks is absolutley irrelavent.

BforBee · 29/10/2014 14:32

They are both great names. Not chavvy in the least, no hyphens or 'yooneek' spellings.

I really like Clementine, Cordelia and Ramona at the moment.