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Do you think Keira is a chav name?

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KeiraMaysMummy · 19/04/2010 16:03

Well me and hubby love the name but my sisters think its chav, my work colleagues think its chav, his friends think itss chav and his brother and sister think its chav. I don't see why people would judge us though because I'm an accountant and he's a doctor so its not like we're chavs ourselves. And because she's due in May we've given her May as a middle name, so thats not chav either. What do you think.

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FanjolinaJolie · 24/04/2010 22:19

IMO it is chavvy.

Nancy66 · 24/04/2010 15:00

Yep 'fraid so .

muminthemiddle · 24/04/2010 09:55

If you like it then use it.
Personally I don't and am another poster with an irrational dislike of "K" names!!!!

I do know a Kiera Mae and her mother is awful and for me that ruins the name, but you don't know her so the name will appear different to you.
All names conjour up different images to different people and you will always fine someone saying they don't like a particular name.

padraig · 24/04/2010 00:27

@ mathanxiety

Not sure I see your point...

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KeiraMaysMummy · 23/04/2010 22:38

Ninah and everypne else that said things about snobbery, I didn't think anyone wasw beneath me and I wasn't being 'snobby' it was my friends and family that were.

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debaronz · 23/04/2010 09:54

No, I don't think any name is a "chav" name.

suesgirls · 23/04/2010 09:41

It is a lovely name hun not chav at all but then maybe i'm not one to judge coz apparantly my girls have chav names according to some people

StrictlyKatty · 23/04/2010 08:29

I just copied what was written on her own fansite! Forgot quotation marks, oops.

ninah · 23/04/2010 08:24

horrible horrible horrible
the post, not the name

StrictlyKatty · 23/04/2010 08:17

She was born Kiera Knightley on the 22nd of March, 1985, in Teddington, south-west London. Her name would become Keira as her Hollywood career took off, the change shamelessly breaking the golden rule of "I before E except after C" but making the name more easily pronounceable on a worldwide basis

StrictlyKatty · 23/04/2010 08:11

Keira Knightly is really Kiera, which is the proper spelling. She changed it as she though Yanks wouldn't be able to say it

mathanxiety · 23/04/2010 04:57

Riendeer, Padraig?

padraig · 22/04/2010 23:01

@ Nancy10

So whenever you have to say something is unusual does that mean you say it's wierd? Does Santa Claus travel the world via Riendeer? Is your diet getting enough protien? Do you avoid coffee because it contains caffiene?

Not quite sure that I'm seieng your reason to be honest.

Nancy10 · 22/04/2010 22:56

Keira isn't one of my chosen names but I don't think it's chavvy. I would have to spell it Kiera though,(slight OCD) 'I before E except after c rule!

MitsubishiWarrioress · 22/04/2010 02:58

Well, as I have a Kira, I'd have to say no,
She is a Kira Daisy (7)

I'd get annoyed at the opinions on here if I could be bothered but would prefer there to be a sticky out tongue emoticon.

She is my angel with attitude and has the biggest heart, she will share anything, puts me to bed and reads to me if I am tired and does the best little hugs.

So nerr....

mathanxiety · 22/04/2010 02:41

It's been See-ah-rah in the US for ages. Or Kee-ah-rah since the days of the Lion King. I think Keira is more pronounceable in the UK too. If you were in Ireland, I'd use Ciara.

padpadpad · 22/04/2010 00:51

I actually quite like the name.

Not fond of the Ciara spelling. Thanks to an American singer people are starting to pronounce it 'see-are-ah' [hmmm]

Linnet · 22/04/2010 00:27

There is a Kira at my dd's school and she is most definitely not chavvy. I wouldn't say it was an overly common name as she is the only one out of her entire school of over 1000 pupils.

I think it's a lovely name and personally I prefer it spelt Kira or Ciara.

EsmeWatson · 22/04/2010 00:13

Yes I do - terribly so. Wouldn't use it in a million years!!!

henry37 · 21/04/2010 12:09

Keira is not a name i love however i dont think its chav at all. i love both may and mae and think they get a hard time on here as i think its a classic preety name popular maybe but because its nice.

CakeandRoses · 21/04/2010 10:48

Keira is a great name. Agree with others on spelling of Mae tho.

ByTheSea · 21/04/2010 09:17

I like the name a lot in all its spellings.

Magaly · 21/04/2010 09:15

No I don't. I think some people think any name with a K in it is chav-ee.

Keira is an anglicisation of the name Ciara. A name that has been around for centuries.

Like others have said, I think May with a Y is nicer than Mae with an E. Just my opinion. But Keira May is a nice name.

diddl · 20/04/2010 08:41

I think it´s the child/parents/upbringing that denotes "c/non c"

Both my childrens names have been referred to as "c" on here.

Having just visited UK & been told how well spoken & polite they are I care not one jot!

Also prefer Ciara & Kyra spelings.
Like Cara also.

Bucharest · 20/04/2010 08:26

Was Keira Thing,(actress) the original one to have that spelling?

I've just never managed to work out how you can possibly pronounce something that looks like it should be "care-a" the same as Ciara? Are they both versions of the same name?

I do think if you use the Ciara spelling, you'll have fewer negative comments, and as a traditional Irish spelling, it won't date like Keira will.

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