To wonder if my DC's have names that are popular and chic now, but will be chavvy in 20 years?

[Moontime]

Obviously am not going to name DC's names but I do wonder sometimes if all the Noah's and Darcey's will be thought of as chavvy in 20 years time simply because they're so popular and will be very common.

Look at names like Sharon, Tracey, etc. They were once perfectly acceptable names!

Does anyone have any other predictions for what will be a common and undesirable name in 20 years, that is thought of as a lovely name now?

YABU

I would love to think that in 20 years people might have better things to occupy their mind than whether their children's names are 'chavvy'.

I hate the term chavvy, it's snide, sneery, judgemental and encourages people to look down their nose at others!

It depends what you mean by 'chavvy.' You can bet that any name that emerges as being the new big name of the moment will be boring as hell in ten years time and everyone will roll their eyes and go 'oh not another one.'

I don't think that make it chavvy though, just popular to the point of boring ubiquity. Olivia is like that now, but there is no way you could say it is a 'chavvy' name.

I don't think any name is 'chav' or 'toff' or 'hipster' by definition, It's the type of people who most regularly choose it who end up placing a name in a pigeonhole - not the other way around. And other like-minded people will follow. If you really want to know what makes a name become ulitmately 'chavvy' you can usually look to American TV and celebrities to see where the inspiration for certain trends comes from.

Chav by is not the same as common (common by class, not by numbers). Whoever said Darcey up thread; it's absolutely not a classic in my book, even the lovely Ms Bussell couldn't drag that one up.

I know a Mercedes, Lexus & they have a son on the way that they're planning on calling Rover. No. I'm not joking.

Oliver = the Dave/Steve of the future, every class/workplace will have a big Ollie, ginger Ollie, Ollie B etc etc. Ditto Isobelle, Ellie, Ava etc, they're the Gemmas/Sarahs/Hannahs etc; not chavvy, just everyone knows at least 2.

There are other names that were massively popular in the 1970s that do not have the same connotations e.g. in my experience there are a lot more people in my generation called Emma, Claire, Joanne, Rachel than called Sharon or Tracey. It's surely about the typical demographic that uses the name rather than just sheer numbers.

I suspect Isabel and Noah are very unlikely to be perceived as chavvy because of the very broad demographic that choose them. I can think of names that are probably much less used in pure volume that are much more likely to come to be our stereotypes but wouldn't post them as just my opinion and some people on here will have chosen and love them.

Just try not to pick anything too popular and stick with classic names/those with history. I always check the name lists not just for the year but over many years to see if there has been an upward trend. Nothing in the top 40 for me if I can help it!

Having said that there are certain fairly popular names that will never really be chavvy imo George, Edward, Alexander etc..

Toadinthehole Isobel is the more traditional spelling of that name here - maybe its a northern/Scottish thing. It looks much nicer to me than Isabel (disclaimer no dc called Isobel!)

Alisha/Alicia. Seems the whole world is called Alisha. Wait 60 years and you won't be able to move in the post office for old ladies called Alisha waiting for their pension.

you never know how fashions will change

DD1 has a good, classic name. Originally Ancient Greek, featured in a Shakespeare play and the New Testament, used often in Victorian times.
6 years ago when we picked the name it was outside the top 50, so unusual but not freakazoid unusual.

we now come across loads of 0-3 year olds with the same name, so it's probably going to become the Michelle/Lisa/Tracey of its day.

There are two different things:

In the 70s and 80s names like Andrew, Mark, Gary, David, Martin, Paul, Alison, Andrea, Sarah, Louise, Katherine, Julie were v v popular.

A very few came to have downmarket connotations: Sharon, Tracey, Gary, Jason maybe.

In twenty years time, I think Isabel, Ruby, Freya, Jack, Alfie, Archie, Lily, Freddie, Oliver will be the Marks and Sarahs.

But which will acquire the downmarket connotations? Very hard to predict. Popularity alone does not make it downmarket.

If it's used by Jane Austen it's generally ok.

"Isobel/Isabelle have only become popular recently"

I have worked in care homes (over 75's) and have met lots of women with the first name and middle name with the spelling Isobel (my Mothers middle name is spelt this way, she is 85).

I wish posters on these threads would stop making statements about names, as if they are fact, when it very much depends on where you live and the background of people around you.

The population is completely mixed where i live.

We have all EU countries represented (and Croatia joined the other day so no doubt we will have this influence as well).

We have always had an Indian/Asian population, as well as African, so it is difficult to honestly say that there is a domination of a group of names, as names such as Innocent and Malinka (sp), don't have an eyelid batted at them.

That should of read, "there isn't a domination of names".

What exactly is a 'chic' name, pray tell .

Mine and all of my dcs ThreeM 😀😜 ha ha

Oh well, mine all have old classic boring names, that have been around for centuries and will outlast us all.

Jack and Josh, DS goes to a very small school and there are quite a few

Justfornow Leela is of the sevateem. There most certainly is a correct spelling.

Agree with oliver/olli isobel/Izzy. So many of them! Also Noah zac Alfie finley . having trouble thinking of more girls ones....

And also I'd Darcy really that common? I've never met one! I love the name and would love to use it if I refer had a daughter. I have a ds called Jude ATM. Again, I've never met another, or heard of another bar Jude law :-/ but apparently theatre are lots of them around too!!

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Poppy and India. Those are the Sharon and Tracy of the future. Mark my words.

"Also how about the trend for original names? Ie: Cruz, etc"

Point if detual: Cruz isn't an original name. It's one of the appellations of the Virgin, and has been in use as a girls name for centuries.