Why are K names considered "chav"?

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Why are K names considered "chav"? I do not understand one bit!

I (personally) think it looks awful when the name that usually is spelt with a C is spelt with a K and it has been spelled differently, usually to make it more 'phonetic' like Kaycee or Kaysi rather than Casey.

Its usually girls names though. I'd expect a boy being called Casey to be still be Casey, chav or not, but wouldn't be surprised to see Kaycee for a girl.

One of my old school friends has called her little girl Kleeo, I hate it and my brain always seems to substitute it for chloe and I have to be really careful to get it right!

And I would NEVER consider Katherine a misspelling of Catherine

Considering Henry VIII was married to a Katherine, a Kathryn and a Catherine I think that's a peculiar thing to say. Unless we're saying Katherine Parr was a chav

You may prefer different spellings, but very old names were around long before spellings were standardised, and that's a different kettle of fish altogether.

are spelt I blame my screaming baby for distracting me!

urgh Kleeo, thats awful

Katherine is an original spelling btw

Fair point jkklpu re Keira.

What I don't really understand is the need to misspell names to make them look different. There are so many millions of original, beautiful names out there, why would you pick Kaycee or Kira? The poor child then has to spend his/her whole life labelled as coming from an illiterate background. Life's tough enough - why make it more difficult for them?

I did think this when choosing DD2's name. I even scour the 'Chav names' threads to make sure it doesn't come up it's a K name but a real one and its not in the top 100, possibly not even in the top 500. But I am aware of the K chav connection which is a bit irrational really because there are so many lovely K names. I never considered Kayleigh to be chav though.

Unless from Russian stock, I consider Nikkita to be chav

Kaleb
Karman
Kayci
Kourtney
Kayden
Either completely made up or substituting the original letter for a K to be yooneeq. I think the C/K swap is more common as they have a similar sound which is why the K is considered 'chav'. There are perfectly normal K names (Kelly, Katherine, Karen, Kerry, Kate etc) which are just names that happen to be spelt with a K, they are just names!

Nikita (one k) is a Russian boy's name. Only because of Elton John and an excellent French film fromt he 1980s, when it was used as a spy's alias, has it become associated with girls. Ridiculous.

So my name is chavvy apparently, and is being tarred with the same brush as the heinous 'Khloe'. And there I was thinking it was a widely accepted alternative spelling of an old Scottish/Irish name. Well I never.

Serena mine is "chavvy" too apparently

Often it seems as though people name their children aspirationally, and what those aspirations are can say a lot about their lives.

So for instance if you get a child called Sunflower, it sounds like their parents like nature and sunshine and that sort of thing. Fair enough if a bit hippy.

Or Seraphina, whose folks are probably quite well to do and like paintings of cherubs. they want their child to be beautiful.

and then you get the child who is named Diesel and it sounds like the limit of their parents' aspirations can be found in a mall in Trafford.

Of course I'm generalising but you can see what I'm getting at I think.

I am fed up of all this stupid 'chav' name idiocy. A name is a name, most of the names here are very pretty, and I have never heard of anyone being held back in life because their name was 'Kira' or 'Kacee'
The kind of name that holds someone back is 'Adolf Hitler Campbell' or 'Anus' or some such

Im sure my DD1's name would be insulted as much as possible if it were on here. I didn't actually name her...but it doesn't matter. Its a beautiful name, and it suits her to the ground.

I like names based on their pronunciation. I like the sound sonme letters make, I don't like others. Its personal to me, and i don't usually class names into categories like 'chav' etc.

Yes, it is personal. There are many names I hate and many I love.

It isn't because it is used by a certain type of person that I hate the name, it is because I hate the name.

And thus when someone uses a name I hate, and they love it, I generally find we don't share taste in other things either.

but anyway...it doesn't matter. It all depends on what you like.

There are quite a few chavvy names that start with K. On the other side of the coin though, many people have pointed out quite rightly that there are plenty of good solid traditional K names. I think it's just that quite a few of the un-chavvy K names are out of fashion at this particular moment. Walking through town you're far more likely to hear someone shout Keiran than Kenneth, so it skews the perception of a K name. There is nothing chavvy as such about a name starting with a K, Katherine and Kate are as traditional as they come. I had a quick think and the first three letters I thought of I could also name plenty of chav names and plenty of traditional names so I think K's not really a special case. (J,C & L)

For me, it is the letter K. IMO, the only K names that aren't 'chav' (for want of a better word) are Kate (beautiful name) and Katherine, but I infinitely prefer Catherine.

I am judgy when it comes to names, but I would never let that judginess over-ride actually getting to know the person and realising there is a hell of a lot more to people than their name! :)

Not even Karen and Kit?

Well exactly. My mother's name is Karin. It's German but you occasionally hear it over here.

And Karen of course, one of the ugliest names I ever heard but that doesn't mean it's exclusive to ugly people.

It's just a name. (sorry to any Karens!) People probably hate my name too.

Katherine (personal fave)
Kirsty
Karen
Kirsteen
Kristy

all my dds or friends of theirs.

Not chavvy

in Scotland
(where we don't have chavs anyway!)

It comes and goes.

Back in 1981 when it seemed as if everyone wanted to be Lady Di and "The Sloane Rangers' Handbook" was a best seller, the names beyond the pale were all those beginning with "T".

longtalljosie you misread me (or I did not make myself clear)
A poster said she thought some people consider Katherine with a K to be misspelling of Catherine with a C.
I meant to in my post that I would never consider it to be a misspelling. I consider it a traditional name in it's own right.

And I prefer it to Catherine with a C.

Oooh I do not like K names at all.

It doesnt mean I dislike the person though. I am a TA in school and treat the children the same but there are some names that make me shudder.....

Kyle
Kallum - but not Callum
Kade
Kacey
Kayleigh

but then we have a

Jorja
Kloe
Loukas
Niamh PRONOUNCED NY-AMM

and that makes me shudder too!!