Has anyone ever actually been bullied for having a chavvy name?

[Manfredine]

Nothing outlandish or double barreled but a name that nonetheless comes up in all the chav name lists. A lot is made online about names being chavvy but has having such a name ever actually affected anyone irl?

example being Chantelle not princess-Rosie-Leigh

AIBU to think it’s more about the parents and worrying about how they’ll be perceived for choosing a certain name?

Same here (but I'm not from Ireland). We'd say scally.

Sarah and Emily aren't remotely chavvy. Mercedes is an unusual name in the English-speaking world, but not chavvy. Nicole is fairly ordinary.

Agree with PP that I would worry more about unconscious bias than bullying.

In Dublin it's "scanger".

I have definitely noticed that some names tend to be WC, some names tend to be MC, and some names are either way. Anecdotal examples from my age cohort (late twenties):

WC: Lewis, Wayne, Callum, Lauren, anything with -May or -Mae attached.
MC: George, Toby, Alice, Marcus
Either way: Emily, Hannah, Oliver

I think these are all perfectly nice names and there is probably some crossover. I can't imagine it's much fun to be called Leontes in a rough state school, nor to be called Skyla-Mae in a posh private school.

Skanger!

Or gurrier. Or scobe. (Around these parts, I mean, not Dublin.)