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Is this, or is this not, the No. 1 chav boys' name?

111 replies

Gunnerbean · 09/03/2009 20:11

Jayden

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wotulookinat · 11/03/2009 09:43

MN would be a very boring place if nobody cared enough to comment!

mumofdjandbabies · 10/03/2009 17:13

who actually cares?

lunamoon2 · 10/03/2009 17:10

Haven't read all the posts so apologies if repeating what others have said.

I don't think in itself any name is "chavy" it is purely the connotations which people associate with that name.
For example if the first person you ever met called Jayden turned out to be your best friend all the way through school, and you didn' meet another Jayden throughout your childhood then you would have very positive images associated with that name.

If in later years "Jayden" travelled the world and was a free spirit then you would probably love the name and find it hard to imagine a completely different person with that name.

Intersestingly as a child I cannot remember disliking names as such but only a vague memory of a few kids (all boys) having rather "old fashioned" names. Also I never thought "Oh I really don't like the name X because lots of my friends are called X and therefore it is too common".
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wotulookinat · 10/03/2009 15:53

I really like the name Tyler.

DevilsAdvocaat · 10/03/2009 15:07

my ds is called tyler.
when we told my dh's best friend, he said "oooh it's a bit chavvy like tyrone isn't it?!". i thought it was completely absurd. we are both teachers and most names we liked one of us associated with some little monster tyke.

so we both liked tyler and went with it. i agree that sometimes i hear names which are either made up or spelled in a really weird way and it makes me look twice. people judge, it's only human. what i don't do is go out of my way to make comments or go on to the internet to start a thread. that is purely childish and shows what a lack of content your life must have to spend time criticising others.

tyler and jayden are neither made up or new names. you have clearly upset lots of people here and i personally would appreciate it if people would give it a rest with saying tyler is a chavvy name because it is not.

mrsruffallo · 10/03/2009 14:57

Why do you care anyway Gunnersbean, Geepers et al?
Do you have a little list with your top ten chav names in?
Do you tell your children to avoid these boys?
Come on, what's the point?

mrsruffallo · 10/03/2009 14:56

Nasty

princessparkle · 10/03/2009 14:53

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wotulookinat · 10/03/2009 13:12

We all make judgements about names on the baby names thread, though. I often call names pretentious. No harm in saying that you think a name is chavvy, IMO. Some people will like the name, some people won't.

Chellesgirl · 10/03/2009 12:55

Wow, A long day ahead of me. gotta go see what dh is doing STILL in bed!

georgimama · 10/03/2009 12:53

right here

Chellesgirl · 10/03/2009 12:49

'Pedants corner'????? How do I find it????

Chellesgirl · 10/03/2009 12:48

Buses come in all types of colours nowadays.

georgimama · 10/03/2009 12:47

Come over to Pedants' Corner, you'll love it. It's full of people who cane think of nothing better than to debate the difference between and adverb and an adjective.

Chellesgirl · 10/03/2009 12:47

Chaya - what I meant was simply if I said 'red'
You wouldnt say instantly 'bus' would you?

Chellesgirl · 10/03/2009 12:46

oops think I need to retake that GCSE ' leesons'

Chellesgirl · 10/03/2009 12:45

I think we have come to a conclusion

It shouldnt have been started in the first place but has sent the majority back to our English leesons at school.

chaya5738 · 10/03/2009 12:45

Yes:

Person #1: What colour is that bus?
Person #2: Red

Person #1: What do you think of the name Jayden?
Person #2: It is a chav name.

Chellesgirl · 10/03/2009 12:43

lol georgimama

Blu · 10/03/2009 12:43

Better, as Georgiemama suggests, to NOT "ascribe characteristics to a person, just because of your opinion of their name."

Chellesgirl · 10/03/2009 12:43

'Bus' is a noun
'red' is an adjective

You cant simply say that Using the word 'red' alone describes a bus??

Blu · 10/03/2009 12:42

Nancy True- and MN is the place to build that sort of prejudiced picture? add to it? Enjoy it by comparing and contrasting the extent to which name provokes the biggest stereotype? Because that adds to the experience of the children named that how?

chaya5738 · 10/03/2009 12:40

btw, of course a name is a noun not an adjective but one can say that a name is "chav-ish" in the same way that one can say it is a "pretty", "nice", or "bad" name. By saying a name is a "chav name" one is describing the name (or noun) rather than saying the name is an adjective.

georgimama · 10/03/2009 12:40

What you mean is that you should not ascribe characteristics to a person, just because of your opinion of their name.

I agree with you.

Nancy66 · 10/03/2009 12:39

Certain names have certain associations and it's ridiculous to insist that they don't.

No, it doesn't mean you're a toffee nosed aristo if you call your kids Quentin and Jemima and it doesn't mean you're trailer trash if you call your kids Taylor and Maddison - BUT there's no denying that when people hear a name they build a picture.