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Tara - is it chav?

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barbiehouse · 15/07/2008 11:11

Tara - chav or not?

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janeite · 15/07/2008 22:12

One of my loveliest friends is a Tara and about as far removed from a chav as is possible.

Doozie · 15/07/2008 22:06

On the Tara sounding theme... I have a friend called Tora - short for Victoria. She is also called Tori. Just a thought...

Doozie · 15/07/2008 22:03

I like this name too and it goes well with our surname (not an easy feat), but I too was worried about the chav connotations. I've heard it grouped in with Sharon & Tracey type names. I think it could go either way TBH. But if you love it, use it! Anyway, for us it is no longer on the list. I still like it, but it also sounds very Irish and we have no Irish connections.

I've never heard it as a dog's name.

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barbiehouse · 15/07/2008 21:22

thanks for all your comments. we're getting her registered tomorrow, so feeling much happier about it.

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ChukkyPig · 15/07/2008 20:24

Tara pretty posh surely? Def not chav.

Hulababy · 15/07/2008 20:21

Wouldn;t be chav round here, just unusual and not common at all. An olde name - only ones I know are now in their mid/late 20s.

But then DD is a Mollie, and round here that is also not in that category. Maybe it depend where you live in the country....

LongLiveGreenElizabeth · 15/07/2008 19:36

Not Chav at all. It's a classic Irish name imo.

Tamara with Tara for short takes the Irish out of it, but gives you more options.

moosemama · 15/07/2008 17:03

Ooh yes,

Quite a few Heidi(s) and Freya(s) too!

moosemama · 15/07/2008 17:02

We had this name on quite high up on our list but have had several quite negative reactions to it so its now fallen by the wayside. (For us it was more evocative of Ireland than anything else.)

I have only ever known one Tara (other than Tara Palmer-K) and she was really quite posh.

Interestingly, I have been a 'dog' person for over 25 years and despite competing and being around 'lots' of dogs have never come across a dog called Tara. Lots of Mollys, Poppys, Sashas, Bellas, Trixies even a couple of Katies and a Sarah - but no Taras, weird.

QOD · 15/07/2008 17:01

Hey!!!
My name's Tara, I am not a chav, not particularily posh, went to grammar school and live in the sarf east

(However, in secondary school, my best friend was called Heidi, we were once out, having a piddle in some bushes when this man started bellowing....

"TARA ... HEIDI... get here NOW!"

we were terrified, we were at a beach party & had snuck off as I say, for a piddle.... suddenly 2 alsations bounded up to us.......... how's that for a coo-inkydink!)

Tortington · 15/07/2008 16:58

pmsl!

AtheneNoctua · 15/07/2008 16:56

I knew a tara once. She was a total slut.

It's an Irish name, I think. They are probably not all sluts.

Tortington · 15/07/2008 16:52

depends on your accent

you need a certain accent

any pole accent country wide - will not suffice

be that

liverpool - i think it would sound the worst

but croyden - pretty bad.

WendyWeber · 15/07/2008 16:50

This is THE uber-posh Tara (she's very well-connected, you know )

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Fimbo · 15/07/2008 13:07

I know an uber posh Tara.

Wasn't there a Lady Tara in Emmerdale?

wolfear · 15/07/2008 13:00

chav name

PuppyMonkey · 15/07/2008 12:57

Tara isalso slang for bye where I live.

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barbiehouse · 15/07/2008 12:55

its actually for a middle name, but on announcing the name, my mum said straight away that she didn't like it, and then MIL, whoi is normally quite polite, also made out that she didn;'t like it. My dh is now suggesting that we change it, but i am adamant that we don't as it should be our choice alone, and we shouldn't pander to their rudeness. Just thought I should check that it wasn't considered a horrific name by everyone except me.

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Rachmumoftwo · 15/07/2008 12:27

I like Tara, it is a name that won't sound silly as the child grows up. I have stopped caring about dog/human names now. I draw the line at calling a little boy Rover or Fido, though.

janeashersbookofspacecakes · 15/07/2008 12:10

No. It souns like it but you don't often get chavs called Tara. It's either dogs or private school girls.

StellaDallas · 15/07/2008 12:07

For a boy or a girl?

Aimsmum · 15/07/2008 12:06

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MrsBadger · 15/07/2008 11:46

I knew it from the Sanskrit/Hindi angle and know several, all quite posh and not at all chavvy.