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Carmen

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TheGrumpySquirrel · 26/02/2017 21:22

I love it. DH thinks it's chavvy. Who's right?
It's an opera FFS

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n0ne · 24/03/2017 14:34

Chavvy? I think it's pretty classy!

Tinnie88 · 24/03/2017 07:07

I don't really like it as I think of Carmen Electra the glamour model - maybe that's where the chav feeling comes from. But my name's Katie so I can't say anything 😂

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 23/03/2017 22:26

Carmen is a beautiful name, nothing chavvy about it.

ImogenTubbs · 23/03/2017 22:21

My daughter is Carmen and we are quite posh Wink

Nonameyet1 · 02/03/2017 11:01

Love it!

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TheGrumpySquirrel · 01/03/2017 22:53

Thanks! I love it just need to convince DH .. not sure where he got the chavvy idea from? The sopranos Carmela?

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AbernathysFringe · 01/03/2017 22:43

Carmen mummy here. Would never have dreamt of it if I thought it had chav vibes. Mind you, chav is relative to country. My name is quite posh here but in Holland I'm Britney level.
My Carmen is white blond, blue eyed. No Spanish relatives.
Chose it as thought it was grown up, womanly, strong, femme fatale. As opposed to little girly. After all, they'll be an adult much longer than a toddler. Opera and Carmen Electra were my famous associations. Plus is means garden and song which were both spot on for my life/family.
It's unusual without presenting difficulty with spelling. I'm sure she'll get the Car-men joke once or twice at school but everyone gets something and it's not riotously funny. :D

crapfatbanana · 01/03/2017 21:00

It's grown on me. I used to know a horrid girl at school called Carmen so always thought of her when I heard the name but that's faded.

I also think Bizet and Carmen Miranda. Exotic, passionate...

Gummibears · 01/03/2017 16:18

I like it but the post above points out that it is Car Men, men in cars Blush and I can't get that out of my head now!

Branleuse · 01/03/2017 16:17

I absolutely love the name

BasicBetty · 01/03/2017 16:12

It's beautiful! Not chavvy in the slightest.

moonlightmile · 28/02/2017 22:40

Carmen is a lovely name! Not at all chavvy imo.

hefzi · 28/02/2017 12:52

sycamore oops, you're right! I even used to live on the Carmel, so even more shameful an error Blush

Rockaby · 27/02/2017 10:51

I know a very cool, definitely not chavvy Carmen. She is in her thirties. I wouldn't have made the 'chav' connection at all if I heard it.

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TheGrumpySquirrel · 27/02/2017 10:09

Thanks . Yes will have a middle name too not sure what though

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Snoopysimaginaryfriend · 27/02/2017 10:03

My middle names is Carmen. My mum is Spanish and it was her little sister's name.

My first name is also spelt the Spanish way. Are you planning a middle name?

Nospringflower · 27/02/2017 00:10

I like it too.

CatsCruncher · 26/02/2017 22:36

Not keen. Just can't separate it from being 'Car'-'Men' in my head. Very masculine. But go for it if you like it.

Jooni · 26/02/2017 22:33

Carmen is wonderful!

Sophronia · 26/02/2017 22:33

I like it!

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 26/02/2017 22:25

❤️ Carmen.

sycamore54321 · 26/02/2017 22:25

Love the opera, dislike the name. The character isn't too much of a role model in my mind.

The omnipresent Irish nun is much more likely to be a Sister Carmel.

HopelesslydevotedtoGu · 26/02/2017 22:05

Carmen San Diego was bloody awesome, I loved that cartoon.

Not at all chavvy, I think Carmen is a great name.

Longdistance · 26/02/2017 22:03

Carmen rollers?

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TheGrumpySquirrel · 26/02/2017 22:02

Thanks! There is also Carmen San Diego, the 90s cartoon? She was awesome

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