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Is the name Dylan 'chavvy'?

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Dowwie · 07/04/2017 16:47

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Flowerydems · 07/04/2017 23:28

I find it a bit but there's a few of them in ds's class

Queensparkles · 07/04/2017 23:26

Not chavvy at all, I like it Smile

MitzyLeFrouf · 07/04/2017 23:05

A nation utterly obsessed with class.

I'm sure this will pass with the advent of Brexit...

GavelRavel · 07/04/2017 23:00

Not chavvy or naughty round here (London/Surrey)

totorosfluffytummy · 07/04/2017 22:55

Not at all, it's a lovely name Smile

ThatsWotSheSaid · 07/04/2017 22:45

It's a crude term but IMO yes it is 'chavvy'.

Alisvolatpropiis · 07/04/2017 22:44

Dylan Thomas was something of a naughty boy though, Nanny Grin

No I don't think it's chavvy, however it is one of the Welsh names which has found popularity outside of Wales, which makes it stick out a bit. So Dylan can get the same reception some Irish names get "chavvy" etc.

NannyR · 07/04/2017 22:40

It's often referred to on here as a "naughty boys name" but I think it's lovely. It makes me think of the poet Dylan Thomas.

Nancy91 · 07/04/2017 22:32

I like it Smile

DramaAlpaca · 07/04/2017 22:24

I like Dylan, it's fine.

What I don't like is people referring to names as 'chavvy'. It's a horrible, offensive word.

anon050 · 07/04/2017 21:24

It's a bit common now.

MidnightSheep · 07/04/2017 19:43

I meant to say it's a fab name however you pronounce it Smile

LynetteScavo · 07/04/2017 17:48

No

But there if so many of them around here it's not cool anymore.

Every Dylan love ever met has been lovely.

LockedOutOfMN · 07/04/2017 17:46

I like Dylan for a boy.

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Dowwie · 07/04/2017 17:41

The anglicised pronunciation (for a boy) Smile

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TinfoilHattie · 07/04/2017 17:39

A wee bit for a boy. A massive bit for a girl. Even more so if it's spelled Dylanne.

MidnightSheep · 07/04/2017 17:37

How are you pronouncing it? To a Welsh speaker it would be pronounced as "Dullan.
Dillon/Dillon is the anglicised version.

Also is for a girl or a boy? Technically it is a Welsh boy's name.

Itaintme · 07/04/2017 17:28

It's only 'chavvy" to the sort of person who likes to look down on people.

Who cares what they think.

WindwardCircle · 07/04/2017 17:26

No, but it is common, as in there's a lot of them around.

WaitrosePigeon · 07/04/2017 17:25

A bit, yes

MumBod · 07/04/2017 17:25

It's cool.

Bob Dylan, Dylan Thomas.

Cool.

Itaintme · 07/04/2017 17:24

No

VioletPeggs · 07/04/2017 17:24

I hate the word chavvy.

Dylan is a nice name.

GiraffeorOcelot · 07/04/2017 17:23

I'd probably say it is to be honest [dons flameproof suit and quickly disappears in a flash of smoke]

OttoChocoLab · 07/04/2017 17:17

No.

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