Any Aussies out there?

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daisy78 · 14/12/2009 08:13

DH is Australian. We have very different tastes in baby names. He keeps suggesting names that he thinks are unusual, but that are actually pretty popular here in the UK. I have seen some of them described as 'chavvy' on MN.

His argument is that they are unusual in Australia, which is true for some of them. However, he also claims that people don't name class based assumptions based on names over there and there is no such thing as a chav/bogan name. Is he right?

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ninedragons · 14/12/2009 11:50

Classic Chaser

Walnut8 · 14/12/2009 11:21

No such thing as a bogan name in Oz? Is he kidding?

There are the traditional:

Darryl
Kel
Dale
Wayne
Barry
Les
Doug
Ken
Kylie
Sharon
Cheryl
Raelene
Jay den

Then there are the modern versions eg anything named after a brand of car (Mercedes), anything with an extra "ae" or "lee" added to it. Celebrity names are also popular.

Didn't someone post a Chaser link on this recently?

ninedragons · 14/12/2009 08:53

Deffo loads of bogan names. You will find most of them on people's tickers on essentialbaby.com.au.

I suggested Zoe, which while not vanishingly unusual here, is certainly a lot rarer than your Ruby/Olivia/Grace bunch of names and faintly bohemian. English DH shot it down in flames as chavvy. Equally, Jacinta is a deeply bogan name but I have seen it praised here.

I think there is a fair degree of overlap. Neither in Australia nor the UK do Maddysin's or Jae-dyne's parents sit on the board of the National Ballet.

thighsmadeofcheddar · 14/12/2009 08:45

Yes agree with Lou. Definintely some bogan names. My sister's friends have cornered the market on them.

LouIsAWeetbixKid · 14/12/2009 08:40

He is wrong to an extent. There are some bogan names. Kevin, Darren etc are quite 'working class' names. What names are on the list?

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