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Is Alyssa Chavvy?

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sleepyburry · 07/09/2008 00:47

My friend thinks so. I was too embarrassed and cross to tell her this is on my list if I have a dd .

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macaco · 13/09/2008 07:40

Alyssa is not a name in Spain.
ALICIA is.

Mamazon · 12/09/2008 23:17

Alyssa isn't made up at all. its quite a well used name it Italy and Spain.

its pretty.

1dilemma · 12/09/2008 23:12

ethan christopher isn't chavvy (leaping to conclusions I know.....)

However the OP name is a bit chavtastic IMHO sorry, I'm with 9 and seeker I think names are even more polarised now.
Isn't it freakonomics (only read part of it over someones shoulder on a bus) that talks about how names work their way down the social scale before jumping back up again only to repeat the whole process.

Alicia however is not chav

(you could tell the difference by the way they're said )

ethanchristopher · 12/09/2008 22:56

yeh its chavvy

but i dont mind chavy

my ds has a chavvy name but will not be a chav, i will dress him head to toe in ralph lauren... if i can

OneLieIn · 08/09/2008 08:43

Alicia = lovely. Alyssa = not so lovely.

seeker · 08/09/2008 08:43

I'm afraid people will make judgments about Morgan and Thomas and Molly and Alyssa too.

I'm not saying they should. I'm not saying it's right. I'm just saying that people do - and it is something which, very sadly, needs to be taken into consideration when parents choose names for their children.

In an ideal world people should be judged on ability alone, and you should be able to go for a job interview called Chardonnay with multiple piercings and a PVC mini skirt and be judged solely on your ability to do the job. But you won't be. So why make things harder for your child than they need be. You may not be able to stop the piercings and the mini skirt, but you can avoid giving them a name that will cause people to make assumptions before they've even got a foot in the door.

Rant over - for now!

VictorianSqualor · 08/09/2008 08:42

Is Alyssa chavvy?
Dunno. She hasn't been born yet.
If you're the family form shameless and have children called Mayson, Jordannette and Jayden, then go on to have Alyssa, then the whole family's names, as a group could seem chavvy, but Alyssa by itself, not really.

If you look here it's been around a good forty years.

Brightfield · 08/09/2008 08:24

But ninedragons, your name examples are from one extreme to the other. With Morgan & Thomas or Molly & Alyssa for example, one couldn't tell.

mou · 08/09/2008 07:37

i think it is pretty. not chav and she will make it her own with her own personality.

AbbeyA · 08/09/2008 07:32

I quite agree ninedragons. People make instant judgements on names.

ninedragons · 08/09/2008 06:22

Oh come on, it is absolutely absurd to claim that all names carry exactly equal social connotations.

Whose mum is a banker and dad is a QC - Arabella's or Destynee's?

Heated · 07/09/2008 22:08

I know a Lissy shortened from Elizabeth.

Alyssa is ok. Alice/Alys is better.

AbbeyA · 07/09/2008 21:59

Alicia is very nice.

Janni · 07/09/2008 21:55

I like Alicia.

AbbeyA · 07/09/2008 21:55

What is wrong with Alice or Alison?
Anya is fine. My pet hate is made up names.

TheNaughtiestGirlIsaMonitor · 07/09/2008 21:43

Was it like Ulysses? Taht was a stream of consciousness too apparently!

No more booze tonight..

What about Leopold? Now there's an excellent name. I wish I'd called my son Leopold in fact.

AuntieMaggie · 07/09/2008 21:11

Alyssa has greek and hebrew origin. My name is also hebrew but often accused of being made up.

I think it's really pretty and not "chavvy".

Anyway, who cares what anyone else thinks - as long as you like it that's what matters.

"Chav" is overused in my opinion to insult things people don't like.

"I would mentally place an Alyssa a little lower down the social scale than an Alice" how wonderfully stuck up of you.

ja9 · 07/09/2008 21:08

i only know one alyssa. not chavvy at all

frankbestfriend · 07/09/2008 21:06

Rofl NaughtiestGirl have another drink and post some more, that last post was a classic

poppy34 · 07/09/2008 20:56

lol - naughtiest gil you have really made me laugh..had forgotten about bogans

jchandler · 07/09/2008 20:54

bogan is an australian chav basically. used in Melbourne mainly. Mullet haircuts and flanelette shirts.

I really love the name Alyssa. Very pretty !!! go for it

stripeymama · 07/09/2008 20:46

What is a 'bogan'?

GetOrfMoiLand · 07/09/2008 20:45

Lolol at Naughtiest Girl's stream of consciousness ramblings!!

Alyssa is a pretty name - not on the chavometer IMHO.

TheNaughtiestGirlIsaMonitor · 07/09/2008 20:41

I've just re-read my post. what utter nonsense. What ninedragons said really. Ignore my post.

TheNaughtiestGirlIsaMonitor · 07/09/2008 20:39

It is. I'm going to be lfamed for this, but feck, I've had two large lgasses of wine and I really don't care. My male cousins in Australia all behave with this shabby M.O. have several children and a bogan, then dump first bogan and move But, the point I'm getting to finally is that more than one of the children, cousins, or half cousins or step cousins to eachother were called Alyssa, Alicia, Alyssia...arhghghghghg! so it's a common name in bogan circles, imo.

What the heck is wrong with Alice?!?

Anya is lovely and anybody can use that imo.

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