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Is it Chavy or too popular, or too.......

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bevlin · 28/07/2009 16:06

Oh im driving myself nuts here. I wish I hadn't looked on this site!
My names were

Olivia - now seems too popular
Orla - too weird? Do you imagine ugly?
Serena - is it chavy?

my boys names were

Alexander (Alex) - now seems too popular
Brennan - Is it silly with Evan?
Colm - Is it silly or chavy?

Any suggestions would be sooooo appreciated along with honesty on the above.
Obviously im trying to avoid over used or chavy names!

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maggievirgo · 28/07/2009 17:15

Olivia - Lovely but very popular.
Orla - Lovely, nice name, nice meaning, easy to spell for English people, can't go wrong imo.
Serena - Not chavy! beautiful. I knew a very posh one growing up. Might have been attached to the guinness brigade.

my boys names were

Alexander (Alex) - ok but dul.
Brennan - NO!, please use Brendan. Brendan is a lovely strong classic name, and Brennan is a sur name. It's a theme Irish name. Taken up in American because they erroneously consider it Irish, well, It is I guess, but it's a sur name. And a type of white bread!

Colm - ok, but a bit dated to me.. Very blah. Calum, Cathal, Conor, Cormac all have a bit more fire iykwim.

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bevlin · 28/07/2009 16:57

Thanks everyone.
Colm is apparently Irish and trying to get Irish names to go with silly irish surname (im scottish). Not that keen now either.
Do you know what, I need to scrap them all now! Im a pain in the ass librian who can't decide on a flavour of crisps never mind my childs name!

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hippipotamiHasLost53lbs · 28/07/2009 16:56

I love love love Orla and Alexander.
Not too keen on Olivia, nor Brennan.
There is a Col'm in dd's class. (note the apostrophe) and it is pronounced Collum.
I had never heard it before either adn had to do a double take when his name appeared on my group list at the school trip

MamaLazarou · 28/07/2009 16:51

They are all lovely names.

StripeyKnickersSpottySocks · 28/07/2009 16:50

I love all the names especially Orla. Apart from Colm, never heard of it, not sure how to pronounce it but don't like it.

jellybeans · 28/07/2009 16:48

Olivia - OK but yes too popular IMO
Orla - don't like it, abit weird/unpretty
Serena - I like this, not chavvy at all

Alexander (Alex) - bit boring, don't like unisex names
Brennan - This is quite nice, goes well with your other name. Like Brendan too.
Colm - Don't like it, abit weird.

nickytwotimes · 28/07/2009 16:28

I like Olivia and Orla and Alexander.
I don't think any of them are remotely chavvy though. They are all nice names.

blametheparents · 28/07/2009 16:25

Olivia or Orla for a girl

Alexander for a boy

Qally · 28/07/2009 16:25

Olivia was very unusual when I was born, in the mid 1970s - but now it seems every 5th girl is called it. Serena seems a bit pretentious, tbh. I love Orla, though, I knew a lovely (and incredibly pretty) Orla at university. Unusual, but simple and elegant as well. And very feminine with the "a" ending, too.

Brennan and Evan do sound odd together, tbh, and Colm trying too hard in a way, plus Evan and Colm sounds like a menswear shop! You could always call an Alexander Xander if you wanted a bit more unusual? He can be Alex at primary school when all they want is to fit in, but has a "cooler" name for teenage years as well!

Deemented · 28/07/2009 16:24

Firstly, the teenage witch was Sabrina, and secondly Brennan goes really really well with Evan. I also love Colm too, and Orla is nice.

franklymydear · 28/07/2009 16:09

I love them except

Serena always reminds of 1) the teenage witch and 2) the terrible remake of the classic Humphrey Bogart movie

Brennan is a surname and too close to rhyming with Evan and don't like Colm