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I was told Zachary was a “council house name”

90 replies

Nononotacceptable · 25/06/2019 23:07

Hmm

I am only guessing at what they mean by a “council house name” but I assume they didn’t mean it in a kind way.

So, assuming they mean a big downmarket (apologies to council tenants, not my opinion) it isn’t anyway is it?

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sue51 · 26/06/2019 08:40

A good old fashioned name. I think it's classless.

carmenbea · 26/06/2019 08:35

Love Zachary- wouldn't ever describe it as that either!

CassianAndor · 26/06/2019 07:52

The two Zacs I know are as middle class as you like, so no it isn't.

Purplehammer · 26/06/2019 07:46

It’s a Dingle name.

funmummy48 · 26/06/2019 07:32

There are a lot of Zach/Zak/Zac's around here and lots & lots of Reubens.

averythinline · 26/06/2019 07:29

there seem to be a lot of them so maybe thats what they mean...
there are 2 in DS year (2 form school) and are probably at least 2/3 in most other years..
although they may be a mix of Zachary/ Zakk/Zaki - the kids always end up being called Zak....

ceebeejeebies · 26/06/2019 07:24

I live on an estate and I've only recently come across a Zachary at dds nursery, his family seem quite middle class to me 🤷🏻‍♀️

NationMcKinley · 26/06/2019 07:19

Love the name Zachary. People are twats. Someone upthread mentioned Zacky being a “council house name” (not my words). Zaki is actually an Arabic name........

BarryBarryTaylor · 26/06/2019 07:18

anthony I know only one Natasha and she is in her early thirties and a head researcher for Cancer treatments. Quite far from the description you were given 🤦🏻‍♀️ Really annoys me when people say a name sounds like something...it’s a load of tosh

AnthonyCrowley · 26/06/2019 07:12

I was told the same about the name "Natasha" which I always thought was a nice, ordinary name. The actual phrase I was told was "lives in a council house, likely to be pregnant at 16".

BarryBarryTaylor · 26/06/2019 07:09

Oh god some people are idiots.
It’s just a name, and as it’s biblical you will find it used across all socio-economic groups. Elton john son is Zachary I think Hmm I also like Zeke and Zacharius/Zachariah

Sessy19 · 26/06/2019 07:00

TBF, the Old Testament association is Zechariah, from the Prophet... Zachary is a modern (and Latin, so not ‘modern’ by modern standards!😁) translation, and I am familiar with the wider opinion that it’s in the ‘naughty boy’ list of names....whatever the fuck that means.

I love Zakk (it’s a European spelling, not yooneek), and I don’t care if it’s considered down-market (I don’t!) or cheap (it’s absolutely not!) I would still use it.

It’s an actual name, it would belong to an actual person. And if one in exposed to these idiots who judge a person by their name before getting to know one, then this idiots aren’t worth having in your life or your child’s!

AuntieStella · 26/06/2019 06:47

It was used in Jilly Cooper's 'Class' as an archetypal upper middle class name.

Yes, popularity of names changes over time. Biblical names tend to stay in use in all classes.

ZacharyQuack · 26/06/2019 06:25
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AverageMummy · 26/06/2019 04:49

It probably isn’t as posh as it would have been a generation ago - I live in a very deprived area & very close to 3 schools & have heard Zack called out a lot. But it’s a lovely name whether people with less money than you like it or not.

Expressedways · 26/06/2019 00:03

I know 2- one is an American adult but from an average middle class family and the other is a toddler Brit and the son of 2 bankers. There was also one in the Scott Dunn kid’s club when we went skiing last year- the other little boys were Hugo, Lysander and Sebastian. So I wouldn’t have thought it’s a lower class name if that’s what’s being implied.

Davespecifico · 25/06/2019 23:55

I get where they’re coming from, but I quite like the name.

EmmaGrundyForPM · 25/06/2019 23:55

Were you told that by Katie Hopkins OP?

AquaPris · 25/06/2019 23:54

Prefer Zachariah but have never heard that about Zackary - I like both!

Upfeet · 25/06/2019 23:52

Anyone with such a way with words is a knob. A council house name! What an awful thing to say.

Bluerussian · 25/06/2019 23:51

Nononotacceptable, I've not heard that. Zachary is a great name (Zac or Zak for short).

Another good name is Xavier. There's a dishy doctor in Holby of that name and he is known as 'Zav'.

BoronationStreet · 25/06/2019 23:49

I know someone that named their child Zacky. Confused THAT is a council house name.

Zachary is lovely.

Hellywelly10 · 25/06/2019 23:49

Id say its more of an ex council house name.

AnonymousP · 25/06/2019 23:45

Not at all. It’s a lovely, solid, traditional name. Nothing wrong with council houses anyway! Hmm

Sofasurfingsally · 25/06/2019 23:41

The only one I know is American.

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