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Would you let stumbling upon a handful of two decade old web pages where a name you love is described as “chavvy” put you off?

78 replies

Manfredine · 24/02/2026 14:27

Just that really?

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mrsgilfeathers · 26/02/2026 08:25

Manfredine · 24/02/2026 14:59

No but similar I suppose

Brooklyn?

HeadyLamarr · 25/02/2026 21:12

Jordan, Jade, Kai and Logan and the only ones I remember being thoroughly tarred with the "chav" label.

You can't please everyone. Pick the name you like

Hazelmaybe · 25/02/2026 21:06

Paris?

Heidi2018 · 25/02/2026 20:24

No it definitely would not bother me. I would hate to have name regret because I was too worried what people thought. Our children's names are both regularly mentioned on MN, they shouldve been given their longer names, they'll never become a doctor because we used the shortened versions of names, and that it's so bad we didn't give them a name with "options" whatever that means! 🙄 I love them, they really suit my children, and once the name isn't as ridiculous as Princess Fifi Rainbow I don't see an issue. We all have different likes and dislikes!

SnowFrogJelly · 25/02/2026 00:43

What is it

mathanxiety · 25/02/2026 00:35

Manfredine · 24/02/2026 14:57

It was once a popular name apparently Ruined by celebrity association years ago. Does anyone even care about celebrities that haven’t been relevant for decades?

No, they don't.

Honestly, stop overthinking.

Choose a name you like. Move on with your life.

TeenLifeMum · 25/02/2026 00:24

According to mn dd3’s name is only a nickname (it’s been a name in its own right since the 16th century) and it’s a “stripper” name. She’s 14 and not planning a stripper career. I’ve only come across one other at church 10 years younger than mine. Dd was named after my great aunt (who also wasn’t a stripper to my knowledge).

Therunecaster · 25/02/2026 00:18

Jade is a beautiful name.

Calliopespa · 25/02/2026 00:18

WarrenTofficier · 24/02/2026 20:20

I know 4 Sebastians (Well Sebs) under 16 they are all from working class/ lower middle class families. Not at all posh. The one Sebastian over 40 I know is decidedly posh. It is no longer a 'posh ' name in England

That fits with the usages I know too, which are a posh 40-something, a posh 50-something, but lots of not very posh young Sebs or Bastians.

Calliopespa · 25/02/2026 00:14

forno · 24/02/2026 20:01

Still not very working class

Well it is on the children I am hearing it on.

ETA it has become what my mother calls a supermarket name ie; you hear it being called out angrily or wearily at malls and across playgrounds.

Ilovelurchers · 24/02/2026 20:34

I find the concept of anything being seen as "chavvy" and therefore bad, a disgusting piece of class prejudice. I have no understanding why people are allowed to use the term on here, when it's obvious hate speak.

So if anything it would encourage me to use the name, as a fuck you to the utter morons who wrote such an imbecelic article!

StrongLikeMamma · 24/02/2026 20:29

Manfredine · 24/02/2026 14:59

No but similar I suppose

Kai?

winewine · 24/02/2026 20:21

Joey??

WarrenTofficier · 24/02/2026 20:20

forno · 24/02/2026 20:01

Still not very working class

I know 4 Sebastians (Well Sebs) under 16 they are all from working class/ lower middle class families. Not at all posh. The one Sebastian over 40 I know is decidedly posh. It is no longer a 'posh ' name in England

wiffin · 24/02/2026 20:11

People might not care, but they do judge or make assumptions. Conscious or unconscious. Because certain names conjure up an image, an expectation or whatever. Might be cultural, social class, something else.

Not helped by names coming and going in fashion. Celebrities etc.

Names are really important. If you're worried about a name, maybe think how you feel using it. If people did judge.

You should love the name, your child has to live with it. Personally I wouldn't use a name with strong negative connotations. Difficult to know OP when you wont tell us what it is.

Vestus · 24/02/2026 20:04

Just pick what you like, who cares? Bethany I wouldn’t have picked 20 years ago but I quite like now. Times change.

Didimum · 24/02/2026 20:04

There will always be someone who doesn’t like a name.

forno · 24/02/2026 20:01

NamingNoNames · 24/02/2026 19:59

It became very popular when a racing driver made it big.

Still not very working class

Heavenknowsimnolongermiserable · 24/02/2026 20:01

elQuintoConyo · 24/02/2026 14:52

According to MN, my son has a name given mostly to pets*, so..... Who cares?

*Not Fido

I remember when my son was born 18 years ago and I told a friend we'd named him Harry, her reply.. ''why have you given him dog's name?'

Nowt so queer as folk.

NamingNoNames · 24/02/2026 19:59

forno · 24/02/2026 19:53

How is ‘Sebastian’ “very working class”?

It became very popular when a racing driver made it big.

forno · 24/02/2026 19:53

Calliopespa · 24/02/2026 19:47

Yes, names do change vibe.

Sebastian was once painfully posh and now very WC.

If you are thinking of any of the Jayden, Jade, Kylie, Kayden type names, then yes, I think it is a bit "downmarket" - much as I like Kylie Minogue as a person actually.

How is ‘Sebastian’ “very working class”?

pizzaHeart · 24/02/2026 19:52

Manfredine · 24/02/2026 14:57

It was once a popular name apparently Ruined by celebrity association years ago. Does anyone even care about celebrities that haven’t been relevant for decades?

I don’t think anyone cares.

By the way I cant understand your question OP. Have you found a web page about your partner’s name or are you worried that in 20 years time someone will google your child’s name before answering them on dating app?

Calliopespa · 24/02/2026 19:48

Pieceofpurplesky · 24/02/2026 19:10

Cheryl

Oh yes that has a certain vibe to it.

I think a good test - not infallible, but decent - is whether a name existed before about the 1930s. If so, it tends to come round again eventually. I'm really not sure the Brendas and Cheryls and Kylies will ever really come back.

Calliopespa · 24/02/2026 19:47

Silverbirchleaf · 24/02/2026 14:53

Names like George and Harry were once considered really old fashioned.

Nancy had a negative connotation, Nancy -boy meaning effeminate, and George was Georgie-Porgie meaning fat. Both names are popular now.

Sabrina to me was the cool one in Charles Angels. Later it became a teenage witch.

What I’m trying to say is baby name fashions change over time. If you love it, use it.

Yes, names do change vibe.

Sebastian was once painfully posh and now very WC.

If you are thinking of any of the Jayden, Jade, Kylie, Kayden type names, then yes, I think it is a bit "downmarket" - much as I like Kylie Minogue as a person actually.

Pieceofpurplesky · 24/02/2026 19:10

Cheryl

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