Is this chavvy?

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Acaibowl · 14/03/2019 08:32

Hi ladies,

I am expecting my second daughter.
I haven’t shared with family or friends by chosen baby name, but decided to tell my work colleagues as they don’t mix with my family or friends.

One colleague mentioned something about my baby name that’s really affected me, and makes me want to change it.

The name is Amelie.

I’ve liked the name since I was young.

The colleague said it was a faddy name because it comes from a movie and that it’s chavvy where she’s from!?

Is it really chavvy?? This point really makes me want think of a new name.

I don’t understand why names from movies are faddy... Aurora from sleeping beauty is still popular. And Lara from Lara Croft isn’t “faddy”. And both Aurora and Lara aren’t chavvy...are they?

Is Amelie chavvy to you?

Thanks

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ItMustBeBedtimeSurely · 14/03/2019 08:56

It's not a classic name in the UK, I think that's the problem. I don't think it's chavvy exactly but it's definitely not elegant.

Ontopofthesunset · 14/03/2019 08:53

I think it's because it's a French version of an English name (Amelia) that suddenly became popular after the film, and was then used by lots of people with no French connections. It was never a name widely used in this country before the film, so it's a little like using Philippe instead of Philip but not being French. I don't think it really matters but that's why people say it's faddy. To be honest I think that's why people say Aurora is faddy too - it's not a name that was widely used before the film. I think Lara is a name that has been used much more widely and I knew people called Lara when I was a child 40 years ago.

EntirelyAnonymised · 14/03/2019 08:51

The film was 18 years ago!

The name is pretty

Beamur · 14/03/2019 08:47

The film was popular ages ago.
It's a sweet name, very popular in certain places - fairly common where I live, but not what I would say a 'chavvy' name (which is a pretty horrible thing to say anyway)

LuluBellaBlue · 14/03/2019 08:44

I love the name and think it’s beautiful, ignore your silly colleague who should have the decency to not be so disrespectful

BeGoodTanya · 14/03/2019 08:38

It’s not a term I would use, not being a horrific snob, but no, I do not think that Amelie has any particular class connotations. (And the name from the —cutesy and irritating— film is Amélie, with an acute accent, anyway.)

NoArmaniNoPunani · 14/03/2019 08:34

I think its lovely

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