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We absolutely love a name that's seen as 'chavvy' would it be wrong of us to 'saddle' our child with it?

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RemyTheHamster · 17/06/2017 21:42

We absolutely love a name that's seen as 'chavvy' would it be wrong of us to 'saddle' our child with it?

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wilkos · 17/06/2017 22:48

I know a lovely well to do Hayden! He's 60+ and very dapper 😄

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RemyTheHamster · 17/06/2017 22:46

What the heck is a chavvy area? Confused I've heard Essex be described as a chavvy area and that's where I live so maybe it'll be fine.

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LuluJakey1 · 17/06/2017 22:45

DH teaches n a very chavvy area- they have Jaydens, Kaydens and Haydens. I wouldn't personally.

MaisyPops · 17/06/2017 22:44

Remy I don't think Hayden is a chavvy name.
I think because there was a trend of jayden/kaden etc it has unfairly been lumped in with them.

People may say otherwise but there are trends in name by social group. Some names are reasomabky universal e.g. Thomas, James, Harry etc. When taught in a more deprived area there was a lot more names with extra Ys in or Ks where Cs would be etc. When I've worked in more suburban schools there's a lot more 'MN names' like Alfie, Amelia, Henry, Noah etc.

scumper I would disagree. I don't think chavvy is working class at all. I think chavvy is a subculture. I've met a few more middle.class people who I'd consider to be quite chavvy.

BeingATwatItsABingThing · 17/06/2017 22:41

Go for it if you like it.

I have apparently named my DD a Kardashian name (not Khloe, Kim or Kourtney) but I think it is beautiful. I don't care what others think of it, she'll be fine in life with it. If people are judging her by her name, the problem is their's.

chachaboom · 17/06/2017 22:39

I think of it as an old man name as I knew a couple of them, they'd be about 110 now! Spelled Haydn. And they were Welsh, though it's not Welsh name.

Scrumpernickel · 17/06/2017 22:38

From what I can gather chavvy seems to mean blatantly working class and for some people this is a no no as apparently we should all be aspiring to be middle class and the first step with this is calling our kids Alexander and Sophie.

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RemyTheHamster · 17/06/2017 22:37

@MaisyPops oh I see. The only reason I suppose I don't get that is I know lots of children as you describe called things like Hugo, James, Joseph, Joshua (very popular) Ben, etc. I suppose that's why I'm confused.

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DumbledoresApprentice · 17/06/2017 22:35

Haydn in my head isn't pronounced the same as Hayden either. I would pronounce it like the composer if it was spelt that way.

MaisyPops · 17/06/2017 22:35

remy
People have their own idea of what chavvy is.
In my mind being chavvy is not being poor or working class (feel that needs to be made very clear).

Chavvy to me a particular subculture. In my area, chavs tend to wear tracksuits a lot, lots of fake tan, fake nails, drawn in slug eyebrows, babies seem to be dolled up with lots of sparkles or worse the lads are paraded round in tops that promote "tough lad" stereotypes. They tend to be the ones who go to the local social club and can be found outside there with a pint from 11am and the me wander around top less the second the sun is out. There was a phase recently of some houses in that area hanging union jacks and England flags out windows (feels very much sort of EDL type). They tend to the people who get involved in loud loutish behaviour too.

Scrumpernickel · 17/06/2017 22:34

Haydn sounds more like high-den so that wouldn't really work.

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RemyTheHamster · 17/06/2017 22:32

Yes but the composer didn't pronounce his name the same way I'd like it pronounced. Although I too know a Haydn pronounced Hayden, I don't think it's should be, so would be a bit weird to call my son it.

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DumbledoresApprentice · 17/06/2017 22:31

Chavvy is an awful word that people use to mean "not as good as me". I hate it. There are lots of names that are considered terribly "chavvy" on here that I think are perfectly nice. I teach and often associate those names with lovely kids I've known.

MrsJayy · 17/06/2017 22:30

A little girl when i worked in a nursery in 1992 was called Hayden recently it has been a boys name

Malfoyy · 17/06/2017 22:30

It's a nice name but I'd spell it Haydn like the composer and pp is right it's seen as chavvy cos it rhymes with Karen, Jayden etc

PortiaCastis · 17/06/2017 22:29

Chav is a Romany word meaning boy child.
All other supposed meanings are wrong and derogatory
www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherhowse/3560662/Calling-people-chavs-is-criminal.html

Decaffstilltastesweird · 17/06/2017 22:28

Op, just google the word 'chav' if you need to know. Though, it's not a word worth knowing too much about tbh.

MrsJayy · 17/06/2017 22:27

Means you are a bit rough and dead common REMY not council house and violent as some people think

SoupDragon · 17/06/2017 22:26

just here to make you feel superior...

Confused er... ok.

MrsJayy · 17/06/2017 22:26

James chavvy WHAT 😂

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RemyTheHamster · 17/06/2017 22:25

Please can someone tell me what chavvy means 😩😩 I know it's clearly a bad association but what does it actually mean!?

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Scrumpernickel · 17/06/2017 22:23

Hayden is a nice name that will see him through life perfectly well. Real life is not a MN baby name thread.

Decaffstilltastesweird · 17/06/2017 22:23

MrsJayy

I've heard James and Daniel called 'a bit chavvy'. Jesus wept!

BrutusMcDogface · 17/06/2017 22:23

Ps if I had the lovely surname of meadows, i would have to call my dd summer, hehe! Few things are more beautiful than a summer meadow! Smile

SoupDragon · 17/06/2017 22:23

Hayden is far better than Jayden.

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