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IABVVVVU but I cringe inside when I see

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AmataesAmataes · 21/05/2013 14:14

Girls names with -Ella, -lily, -mae, -Rae, -lee or any variation

Following on from my name thread and a couple of threads I've seen about rochelle from the Saturdays new baby,I can't help but cringe when I see any of the above e.g. Gracie-Mae

I am being VVVV judgey pants but I find it so overdone, twee and chavvy.

I'm ready for my flaming!

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everlong · 21/05/2013 18:32

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HintofBream · 21/05/2013 18:33

No, I am certainly not. Fedup. I have been Hint for ages and no name change. (Even if it is judged to be a chavy name) .

crashdoll · 21/05/2013 18:35

I still don't know what constitutes a chavvy name, could someone please enlighten me? Given that names like; Lily and Ella were in the UK top 10 last year, I can only assume we have a chavepidemic going on. Or is it the hyphens that make a name chavvy? What a minefield!

Pigsmummy · 21/05/2013 18:42

My 90 year old Gran mother is called Doris May, I chose to call to my daughter Emma May, The middle name May is in honour of this fantastic woman. How is this chavy?

crashdoll · 21/05/2013 18:49

Pigs obviously Granny Doris was a chav of her time too! Wink

Oswin · 21/05/2013 18:54

My daughters name is Lylah Mai, am I a chav? Probably.

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AmataesAmataes · 21/05/2013 18:54

Can I just point out I didn't make the comment about anyone with the MIDDLE name may/mai/Mae I was talking about giving two names as a first name.

I am Shock at Emmaleigh

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AmataesAmataes · 21/05/2013 18:55

Oswin your daughters name isn't hyphenated, Lylah is lovely Smile

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crashdoll · 21/05/2013 19:04

It's alright everyone, random person on MN says it's not chavvy to call your daughter Lily May, only Lily-May. You can all go on peacefully with your day now...............Smile

hurricanewyn · 21/05/2013 19:04

There's a section for these types of threads - the baby name section.

My DD has Mae for a middle name. No family history, no connection, just thought the name was pretty.

Her full name was deemed worthy of 10 pages of pure vitriol over on baby names - chavvy, common, like every other little girl on the council estate, rough, larger swilling pitbull owning parents. All kinds of shite.

Please OP - when you're just musing on how a very common name makes you cringe, remember that if it's common a good many MNers will have used it & you're insulting us & telling us that our children, who had no say whatsoever in their naming, make you cringe.

bruffin · 21/05/2013 19:08

Lucybabs
My dds middle name is May after my Mum and Grandmother. She is 15 and i didnt know quite how popular May was as a middle name. A lot of her friens have May as a middlename
5 years is not before the bandwagon, it has been very popular as a middle name long before that.and i suspect because it is a family name.

BatmanLovesVodkaAndCherryade · 21/05/2013 19:11

I'm a Something-May, and I'm 34, so I was chavvy before any of your daughters. Ner ner Grin

SPsCliffingAllOverMN · 21/05/2013 19:13

Batman You are the Queen of the chavs!

hurricanewyn · 21/05/2013 19:31

I would love to see actual batman (original Tv series Batman) chavving it up.

Or even better, hamming it up ala Made in Chelsea

Sokmonsta · 21/05/2013 19:49

I wanted Emily-Raine. Dh vetoed it. Probably for the best really. We hyphenated her middles names instead as they flowed better. I know lots of lillie/Lilly/lily-may/maie/mai's. it's ok though. They're all unique!

mrstigs · 21/05/2013 20:15

Im a x-may and I'm 30. My mum was obviously chavvy before her time. I also have one of the most common names given to girls in the 80s, so I'm common80sname-chavvy10sname. No hope for me at all. Smile

BatmanLovesVodkaAndCherryade · 21/05/2013 20:24

Oh, Batman as a chav would be fab!

" Holy Steak Bake Robin, The Riddler's nicked me Best of Jeremy Kyle DVD!"

D0oinMeCleanin · 21/05/2013 20:25

Well, dd1 is hyphenated. I did not want to give her one important family name as a first name and another important family name to be relegated to being a middle name that is never used.

Her name has great meaning and sentiment behind it. Far more than bloody Rupert James.

And again, if people believe that makes me chavvy, well then I am chavvy enough to chin them.

How dare you tell me that naming my daughter after my gone to soon uncle and disabled father is fucking chavvy Angry

Nagoo · 21/05/2013 20:39

LOOK! A TIGER!

And in other news I need a new kettle :(

MiaowTheCat · 21/05/2013 20:42

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SoggySummer · 21/05/2013 20:45

Pissing myself at the possibility in 10 years time Rupert James could be the new "chav name"!!!!

Imagine the shame OP.

SPsCliffingAllOverMN · 21/05/2013 20:45

Nagoo Was there any need for that?! I fell for it. You deserve not to have a kettle now

BatmanLovesVodkaAndCherryade · 21/05/2013 21:02

Hahaha at the TIGER

Genius Nagoo

beautybox2 · 21/05/2013 21:03

My girlie is Evie-Mae. I really dont care if its a common name now, me and DP chose it and we love it, it's not a competition for the unusual name if u like it go with it f**k what everyone else thinks :) wow people do think there above others on here makes me laugh really

Giggle78 · 21/05/2013 21:12

Woah. I love the name Ella-Mae. I didn't know it was every where. I really thought I had made it up!!! And my grandmother was really called Daisy May LOL

Surely you have to go somewhere where there are lots of children to know whats become popular or not. And at the moment I don't.

My baby is due soon - how will I know if the name we will choose is chavvy, popular, over used, a default name? Suddenly I feel the fear coming on!!

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