IABVVVVU but I cringe inside when I see

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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!

What about May as a first name, would that still be considered chavvy.

Melika Ann needs to stay away! I was burdened with that middle name. Its not double barrelled but because of my first name they assume so

Every time I hear -may I think of The clampets.

Love these threads. Pmsl at my (double barelled) name somehow defining me as "chavvy". What a grim term anyway.

I think DS's name has been pronounced chavvy by MN too, and apparently all boys with his name are rude and badly behaved.

I posted once on baby names about choosing between several girls names and got a load of scathing replies saying "well, they are all the most common names, so obviously I wouldn't dream of using any of them". They aren't the most common names round here, I can tell you, we don't all live in white middle class suburban/semi rural enclaves.

Vinegar Come join in the chavvy thread

Where's this chavvy thread?.....lead the way!!

Oh I see it's this one! Haha I'm a bimbo too

Its not this one. Its in AIBU. Cant miss it

I just do NOT understand the obsession with giving children 'unique' names.
My girls middle names are Ann and May - both family names that mean something to us.
Why(unless its a cultural thing) would you give a child a name that no one knows how to pronounce or spell?

My middle name is May and I've always hated it and thought it was old ladyish too. Whenever someone found out it was May I'd get really embarrassed when they said 'oh that's a pretty name' as I thought they were doing it just to be kind.

Now I see that loads of people actually do like it so am feeling a bit more puffed up

I'm 39 by the way.

To the chav step with you tin

I named my DD Eleanor many years before it came back into fashion and I did consider May. In the end OH said she would forever sound like a Clampett so I she became Eleanor Jane.

She's not called Ellie though, usually Eleanor or 'Belle'. I've had some looks when I've said Belle in the past though, I'll swear people think I named her after a Disney Princess hehe

I don't judge names - the most important thing is to find a name that suits a child, and that sometimes means using one that is in the top 100 names. For dd3 when I was pg I chose unusual names that just didn't fit her when she was born and the name I eventually chose was in the top 30 but it suited her which was most important to me.

When I was at school Louise and Jane seemed to be common middle names. There will always be trends.

dd1 has a hyphenated name. ending in Mae. we didn't say, fuck it lets call her a default name. we liked it. and chose it. and I still like it. it isn't shortened its her full name. I am confused as to why my daughters name might make people grit their teeth or make them 'Fed up' I mean... really? get a grip. its a name, if it is actually making teeth itch I think you need a little bit of a reality check. someone else's kids name... shock horror... nothing to do with you! and you judging it reflects far more on your personality than their 'chavvy' choices.

My dd full name is Elinor. Its the welsh way of spelling Eleanor and we live in wales too but she's been Ellie since birth.
[shrug]

If I'm lucky enough to have a daughter one day, I want to call her after my late mother who was the person I loved most in the world. The name is one of the flower names derided by the OP. I don't give a toss what you might think- but like me, some of the Lilys and Maes and Roses might have huge emotional implications for the parents choosing those names.

My family must be chavvy then!! Why does it matter what people want to call their children. ? And how does a name make somebody a chav?!

Indestructible... May or Mae as a name is not what the thread is about. more about names hyphenated with may added on the end.

If anybody chooses to call their child those names there is no problem... it's a light hearted thread I thought?

Ghosts
I love the Elinor spelling. We have a lot of welsh names between us and Elinor Lyon is one of my favourite authors. Ds3 would have been elin though I was mulling on Elinor as its gorgeous

Miaow, Mai-Mae, would be more annoying, and Rai-Rae, Lili-Lillie, etc.

Me too, it's just awful.

Can I add though that anyone who has chosen a hyphenated name like -Mae, -Rae, -Lee etc. has obviously done it because they like that particular name, not to impress others with their choice.

I chose my children's very popular names (Daniel and Emily) because I like them, not because of what anyone else thinks.