Have I saddled my baby with a chav name?

Aidan is a lovely old Irish name. And Hayden has a long and respectable pedigree too.

The rest are Americanish (especially Jayden) and popular among a certain type of American too. The C word is unknown in the US, but the idea is alive and kicking. That being said, if you like the name and had what you thought were good reasons for choosing it, why would anyone else's perception of it bother you? It seems a little shallow to be worried about something like that, and I wonder if your perceptions of children you teach are coloured by their names and other surface-level aspects of them too.

obviously got all [snnooty barckets and winking mixed up there!!

fwiw, sciencebint, I wasn't offended by you being called a witch - you can join my coven if you want to!

Got to do school run myself.

The word is snooty of course, just seemed you were hung up on the house element of the snootiness above the general snootiness.

I too use the ' 's for chavvy to show that will I am joining in the discussion I am really better than all this[ snootinesswink].

It's the person not the name! Kevin is often derided on here (and indeed in RL) - but if you are an American actor it's perfectly acceptable. Sharon is a very pretty sound. Tracy was the 'posh bird' in High Society and that Bond film with whatsisname..

Yes, I was being facetious..........

I wasn't even referring to any one specific name either. Just the idea that the sudden realisation that you've chosen the wrong name is less awful if you live in a council house...
But I don't want to tear the OP's OP apart.

'this fate worse than death ' surely we are now exaggerating the disadvantage in being called Kaeden (or whatever it is.)

My Aidan will never be a Chav.

However, as we are in Glasgow, he might be a Ned.

But only if he ditches the Barca top for a Rangers/Celtic one!

I know what you mean sciencebint, having a nice house doesn't mean that you deserve this fate worse than death any less than some family who accidentally did the same thing but live in a shack...

I wouldn't mind living in a nice house !! Well, at the moment I live in somebody else's nice house, but one day we'll live in our own shack, so that's another way some people might judge MY children.

So many assumptions, stereotypes, judgments, and so much fear of it all too. Maybe we should all get a computer-generated name?!

Bint you don't seem to find the term chavvy offense just the suggestion they may live in 'shitty houses'??

Is your point that 'chavs' can live in posh houses too? Beacuse that doesn't seem like a hugely righteous stance to take.

OP not been back.

Hurt feelings, doing something more interesting, or a little test for us do you think??

Lol at sciencebint again!

Aidan/Aiden is a very popular Irish name, not "chavvy" at all. Hayden is a lovely name and the one I know isn't remotely "chavvy".

settle down, lucy - sciencebint wasn't any ruder than the OP's implications on the status of these names or who has them.

A name can be chavy but that doesn't mean the child is. I have been accused of using the C word on Mn, and I have used it, but I do take children in real life as they are iykwim. I don't think, oh, bad name, must be a delinquent.

Unfortunately my children will fit some negative stereotypes as well. Their parents didn't marry, and now we have split up as well. SO I understand your fear of having accidentally ticked some box that is a negative stereotype. You feel like you've let your child down before you've started! But probably, if you analysed any child's life on paper you could find something that might make some people come to an erroneous conclusion. Just make sure you prove the few people who lazily believe the stereotypes wrong.

Aidan is not remotely 'chavvy'.

sciencebit the last line of your comment was very rude and hurtful to this lady, you sound like a real witch!!

Why have you put Hayden and Aiden in your list of 'chavvy' names? They are both traditional, respectable names that unfortunately have a similar sound to Jayden/Brayden/Kayden (I blame Britney Spears for the unwelcome connotations of these names).

It's a bit like slating the name Ben just because it sounds a bit like Ken, Len, Den - middle aged men names that aren't so popular these days.

Im a bit put out actually - i have an Aidan and i never ever thought it would be considered chavvy

Its not - its a lovely name

pmsl a bints comments.
SHe is spot on I'm afraid.

Since you ask yes agree looks like a made up name and therefore chavvy to me sorry

Agree with others who said as teachers surely you must have known this, they are supposed to be the worst for judging the Edwards to be middle class well behaved high achievers and the Kaedens for being not so!

Maybe the two of you are secret chavs?

(not meaning that rudely)

I guess you're really wanting people to answer honestly, seeing as you've asked. Personally, I don't like the name and would, on face value, associate it with trackie-wearing burberry-capped types. But, it's the person that counts and he's 2, so it's not as though you're going to change the name now, is it? If you like it, so what??!