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Is Alfie a working class name?

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RainCheckMate · 02/09/2022 09:39

What class do you associate Alfie with?

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VatofTea · 07/09/2022 10:59

I think it's a crusty hippie name

Cheeselog · 07/09/2022 10:52

Louise0701 · 03/09/2022 12:33

@Cheeselog missed the point of the thread but are you aware many bricklayers earn more than many lawyers? 😂

Yes, I am aware of that. It doesn’t stop them from being working class. You can be middle class in genteel poverty or a working class millionaire. It’s not (purely) about money.

RedWingBoots · 07/09/2022 02:22

SeanMean · 06/09/2022 19:38

Yes it is.

Not in the UK.

A footballer who is working class can have more wealth than a member of the aristocracy, who is upper class.

Even the modern social classes that were designed a few years ago used culture and social capital as a large indicator of class.

Lilacsunflowers · 06/09/2022 21:15

His real name is Alfred Giovanni Roncalli Boe

Imissmoominmama · 06/09/2022 19:38

Alfie Boe comes from a very working class seaside town/fishing port. He will likely have been named after a relative.

SeanMean · 06/09/2022 19:38

Yes it is.

ginexplorer · 06/09/2022 19:33

Louise0701 · 03/09/2022 12:33

@Cheeselog missed the point of the thread but are you aware many bricklayers earn more than many lawyers? 😂

But money isn’t necessarily related to class?

Floomobal · 06/09/2022 15:28

Yes, mostly. But why do you care?

RestingMurderousFace · 06/09/2022 15:25

Feetache · 06/09/2022 00:00

Common dogs name along with milo

And Oscar.

Feetache · 06/09/2022 00:00

Common dogs name along with milo

Lilacsunflowers · 05/09/2022 16:58

I expect the person to have a full name e.g. Alfred, Albert, Archibald.

Me too. I'd always prefer to give the full name rather than a cutesy nickname.

RedWingBoots · 05/09/2022 16:30

Holidaydreamingagain · 05/09/2022 15:11

I expect the person to have a full name e.g. Alfred, Albert, Archibald.

I don't, they're far worse than the short versions. Who wants to be called archibald?????

Different people, different tastes.

No child I'm closely related to has a diminutive as a first name even though they are called it.

(Then again none are called Alfred, Albert or Archibald.)

MissHavishamsMouldyOldCake · 05/09/2022 15:29

Archibald is an out and out hideous name.

Holidaydreamingagain · 05/09/2022 15:11

I expect the person to have a full name e.g. Alfred, Albert, Archibald.

I don't, they're far worse than the short versions. Who wants to be called archibald?????

Arbesque · 05/09/2022 15:08

It's just a very popular name at the moment, like Ben was a generation ago and Steven a generation before that. Used across the spectrum I would have thought.

MuddlerInLaw · 03/09/2022 20:01

Technically, anyone who works for a living is working class

No. That’s not what it means.

But English is a complex language!

Bubblyinblanch · 03/09/2022 19:57

Technically, anyone who works for a living is working class.

Duchess379 · 03/09/2022 18:50

What?! My friend has a son called Alfie & I don't look at her as either a snob or any other class 💁🏼

Wouldloveanother · 03/09/2022 18:28

I find people of a ‘higher class’ don’t actually get hung up on whether a name is ‘common’ or not they just choose what they want. Tying yourself up in knots about it is a middle class angst thing.

Harriet428 · 03/09/2022 18:22

I have taught in both public schools and currently at a private school, both have had Alfie’s and Archie’s
If you like a name pick it because you like it not because you think it is a certain class

Suedomin · 03/09/2022 14:39

No it's just a name

Cheeselog · 03/09/2022 14:31

BungleandGeorge · 03/09/2022 11:32

Alfie and Alfred are not particularly tied to one class. It’s the same old arguments but they’re both in very normal everyday usage so who cares. Alfie can call himself Alf, Al, Alfred or something else exactly the same as Alfred can.

I don’t think Alfie would call himself Alfred if that wasn’t his name. My DP’s name is like this - he has the nickname as his full name - and he wishes he had the fallback of the full name but since it’s not actually his name, he doesn’t feel that he can go by it.

Louise0701 · 03/09/2022 13:15

@MissHavishamsMouldyOldCake 😂😂

ImPickleRickSpartacus · 03/09/2022 13:11

Best to go with Peregrine or St John to be on the safe side, op.

MissHavishamsMouldyOldCake · 03/09/2022 13:08

Notanotherwindow · 03/09/2022 10:38

Being brutally honest (sorry) Alfie sounds chavvy to me 🤷‍♀️

Same! I just didn't want to be the first to say it.
I don't like nicknames on birth certificates. It's a diminutive, to me it's like naming them Darling.

you've taken the brave step to be the second person to say it. well done.

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