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Jackson - chavvy or not?

39 replies

catgirl1976 · 18/05/2011 20:21

I kind of like it....but is it a bit Kai / Jayden x

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colditz · 18/05/2011 20:22

YES IT IS.

olddeuteronomy · 18/05/2011 20:23

It's a surname - why would you call your child 'son of Jack' (unless he is!) Jack by itself is much nicer.
(also, yes to the C question)

pinkytheshrinky · 18/05/2011 20:24

Gosh it is a dreadful name

catgirl1976 · 18/05/2011 20:25

yeah..thought so.. but the hormones..they make my brain not right!

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Artichokes · 18/05/2011 20:27

I have a v classy friend with a Jackson. He was going to be Arthur but there was some story about her waters splattering up the wall during labour and the pattern looking like a Jackson Pollock which led to jokes and the name stuck.

catgirl1976 · 18/05/2011 20:49

I may stick with Rafe or Isaac........

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SecretNutellaFix · 18/05/2011 20:50

At least you spelled it correctly and not Jaxon.

wheniwishuponastar · 18/05/2011 20:51

I like it but I guess I do have dodgy taste / I like American names.

Edmundo · 18/05/2011 21:06

It's classier than Kai and Jayden. I know a fair few middle-class Jacksons. It's more Harper/Chester.

rachel1970 · 18/05/2011 21:34

Its nickname Jack is certainly very common.

MelinaM · 18/05/2011 22:04

Awful name, and very American sounding to boot!

usualsuspect · 18/05/2011 22:08

I like the name Jackson

Rafe is a poncey name

MumblingRagDoll · 18/05/2011 22:11

I think of America....Jackson's a town. "Going down to Jackson" is a song too!

ThatllDoPig · 18/05/2011 22:15

I like it. Have you read the Kate Atkinson books.

Jackson Brodie is just fab.

ColonelBrandonsBiggestGroupie · 18/05/2011 22:49

Horrible imho, sorry. But Rafe is awful too.

shabbapinkfrog · 18/05/2011 22:52

I love the name and all four of my sons have real traditional older names. Go with your heart and what you like best

SandStorm · 18/05/2011 22:53

I quite like Jackson.

Tigerbomb · 18/05/2011 22:56

Does nobody else think of Michael Jackson or Jackson 5 when they hear the name Jackson?

PegPolkadot · 18/05/2011 23:01

Not as chavvy as Jaxon in DS's class

wheniwishuponastar · 19/05/2011 11:41

i can't believe Jaxon. it looks like a jason. a cross between jackson and jason. horrible.

go for jackson!

PrincessScrumpy · 19/05/2011 11:45

Avoid names that are really surnames - always chavvy

Jojay · 19/05/2011 11:46

Is it chavvy? Yes, IMHO

wheniwishuponastar · 19/05/2011 11:47

i dont think its chavvy at all.

jobrien1980 · 19/05/2011 14:42

Yes...sorry!

agora1 · 19/05/2011 21:47

I like it!