Jackson - chavvy or not?

[catgirl1976]

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

i think jack has been done to death at this point, and jackson is a version of that. I don't dislike it but I wouldn't choose it. There are loads of great names out there.

I like it - it's DS's middle name (as it's my Granny's maiden name) :)

I love it, I'm also a Jackson Brodie fan and I love Jackson from Steel Magnolias
Its not Chavvy at all in my opinion :)

Gosh, you lot can be so rude!

MadamDeathstare, i agree with all your posts, esp the first one. And yes I guess it is a bit like AIBU in that it simply comes down to personal opinion. But we can get our point across without offending so many people!

I'm not keen, but my advice is to stick with something you absolutely love. I look back at my list of possible names and cringe at some of them.

I think if you feel the need to get opinions from other people about the name you must be unsure, so don't use it.

I have a great-great-great-great (or so) Uncle, born about 1850, who was called Jackson. But I am American. And it was very common in 1800s America to give sons surnames for their forenames. It happens tonnes & tonnes in my family tree.

Does that mean that 1800s Americans were all chavs? Or did the British really never have a tradition of using surnames as forenames?

Serious question, have long wondered!

Yes, in the UK surnames have long been used as forenames (especially, but not exclusively) middle names. But traditionally it has mainly been names that have some personal family significance, or sometimes to honour a friend or patron. Nowadays it seems that people are randomly choosing surnames just because they like the sound of them. That is the difference.

sorry, bracket in wrong place, should read

(especially, but not exclusively, middle names.)

Why does that matter, though?