Name classism doesn’t exist in 2026

[Kyttiol]

Name classism gets mentioned a lot on here but I don’t think there’s such thing in the big 2026 with the internet anyone can google and name their kid whatever they want. My eldest I had at 16 while living in a homeless shelter has a so called posh name and my youngest I had as a grown woman in her twenties married to a man with a middle class job has a name that’s been called chavvy on here.
Hugo is also apparently the epitome of posh but I know a literal crackhead named her son Hugo (he was taken away at birth though)

People always quote freakonomics which was written in 2005 before mass internet use and certainly before the internet was used to discuss baby names! Surely that’s outdated

Or a Tyler.

Give you a clue.........Im Cornish

Ahh yes, that makes sense now!

I think there’s still an element of what a teacher once said: “You never meet a badly-behaved Elizabeth.”

Brodie is a Scottish name, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that?

Yes. My daughter came home (14) and told me she’d met a really nice guy called Tyler. Sorry to say this news did not fill me with anything except concern. Amplified when I discovered his friend is Caleb.
I absolutely hate that this snobbery exists but it does and it is generally well-founded in my experience.

Can't imagine Prince George bumping into Kayden, Jaxon or Mason at Eton....

Agreed, very long established surname in Scotland now used as a first name.

i looked up some dukes and their children/grandchildren

Alexander
Davina
Catherine
George
Melissa
Max
Edward
Marina
Amelia
Columbus
Cassius
Eloise
Estella
Albert
Leopold

You trust your prejudices more than you trust your daughter's judgement. That's funny.

She's only a bad teacher if it negatively affects how she deals with them in the classroom. Teachers are only human

I'm sure the teachers of Eton and Harrow quake inwardly at certain names. 'Oh no, not another Edmund. Edmunds are always a menace'. I sincerely doubt those hallowed halls are immune from the presence of badly behaved boys.

Love a showgirl name and a cowboy one 👅

Yes. And anyone who says otherwise is either kidding themselves or holds no cultural reference points.

You judged a teenage boy you hadn’t met over being called Tyler ? And hate that this snobbery exists?
I don’t get that. Either embrace the snobbery and own it or don’t perpetuate it. Most people wouldn’t think twice about the name Tyler it’s not even that crazy

Working class people don't care that middle class people don't like their names.

Middle class people care that other middle class people know that they are middle class and wouldn't want to be mistaken for chavs.

The truly posh don't care what middle class people think either, hence various royals calling their kids Archie, Sienna and Mia while the middle class mums on Mumsnet would worry too much about being thought 'chavvy' to use those names.

Yes, the perception of posh or chavy shouldn’t still exist, but it absolutely does.

I’ve met any number of girls named “Chasity” [sic]. In my opinion, that’s not a proper name, it’s a typo.

Chasity? How many have you met?

I haven’t counted, but a minimum of six. I think it’s because that’s the way their parents pronounce “Chastity”. They don’t hear or say the inside “t”. It may be a dialect thing. I live in the Southern US. There is name classism here too. I also used to work with international post doctoral students. Several of them would use an Americanized version of their name on their resume and job
applications. One man said to me, “I thought America was a meritocracy. But it isn’t really, is it? When I use my real name, it doesn’t matter what I’ve accomplished. They just stop reading,” It kind of broke my heart.

I certainly have. She got excluded twice, she was a nightmare.

I work with young people.

Name classism does 100% still exist.
However, one of the loveliest lads I work with is called Jayden.

I do agree with you on Mason though.
And there is also Tyler 😁

Mairi, Vari, Ruari are definitely more associated with the Highlands but I don't think any Scottish person would assume you must be from the Highlands based on those names.

Donaldina/Andrewina/Williamina (usually known as Ina) - I've only ever come across those names on the West Coast/Western Isles of Scotland & they have always been elderly women. Anyone know a young Donaldina??!

Those are fantastic names. My Granny (in Alloa) had a good friend called Euphemia. I always loved that name.

There have been numerous studies that show the bias of teachers actually impacts the way they teach certain children on their class and as a result impacts their attainment.

There should really, really be a higher bar when employing people we allow to shape children.