Is Harvey a chav name?

[septembersong]

I think it's cute but have a warning bell that it might be chavvy - does the Katie Price association ruin it, or am I being a pretentious twat worrying about such things?

usual you know that there is such thing as a chav name really, even if you don't want to admit it.

But TBH I never knew Harvey was one. All it reminds me of is a BF of a friend of mine Circa 1987 who had a motorbike, was from Coalville and very square. So to me Harveys are quite sweet.

FunnysInTheGarden ..any one who thinks a name is chav is a fucking snob

The only one I know, his Mum is definitely not the c word.

But....... I would choose something else. I still think .... bristol cream. I'm quite old!

oh yes, a fucking snob, thats me and proud of it. But really, in real life and all, some names are just a bit naff and give folk the wrong impression about it's bearer. They just do, and there is nowt you can say which disproves it. Hence some names are a bit chavvy.

Actually in my part of the world chav is not really a term understood by most and so I prob don't really know about chavishness, but I do get the gist.

It used to be called 'common' in my day.........

yeah well the chav word pisses me right off [grumpy and common]

ah well if you're grumpy and common then I quite understand

The first Harvey child I knew had really posh parents, but it still reminds me of an invisible rabbit.

Harvey is sooooooo chavvy!!! Dont do it huni lol xx

I think it is chavvy, and a dogs name. My 4 year old SS is called Harvey, his mother is a chav who ran out on him when he was 15 months old . I am his main carer and am aware of what people think when I call his name! His name is actually Harvey-Lee (chavorama) but I've registered him everywhere as just Harvey.

I'm not keen on Harvey, but not because I'd label it as anything, just that it sounds too 'cutey' along the lines of Alfie/Archie/Charlie etc. I think these names will date as they fall out of fashion.

I think Harvey is a gorgeous name in it's own right - it's just a shame that it's BECOME a chavvy name and not just because of KP! I have seen worse 'chavs' than KP with a Harvey - i'd steer clear!

I've not seen many furniture retailer dogs.

I can't stand the 'chavvy' label, unbridled snobbery, which is pretty rampant on this talkboard to the point when ridiculous names are considered nice, and perfectly reasonable names are dismissed. Harvey is a nice name and by the time your little boy is in school no one will even remember who Katie Price is.

"when ridiculous names are considered nice, and perfectly reasonable names are dismissed"

Surely it is a matter of taste. A name one person finds ridiculous, another finds nice. Thankfully we all have different tastes .

But I agree - I hate the British obsession with 'labelling' names.

Yes, agree it's a matter of taste, but there is bias on this talkboard towards what middle class folk in SE England consider to be the 'trendy' names of the day - 'love it, love it, love it' - but which, 2 or 3 years later, are being attacked as 'too popular'. Pretty ironic. Don't know why this baby name thing is so compelling, but really hate it when people are so horrible about certain names based on nothing but class and what part of the country they're from.

Don't like it. I know someone with a little Harvey and,erm, well I'll say no more (after all my mother always told me 'if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all')

Bellbell, maybe there are just a lot of mumsnetters based in SE England... and yes, names that everyone here loves will by definition become overused eventually.

I am in NW England and still think it is a chav name, unless you are over the age of about 30 then I would imagine you to be quite posh

deffo - right up there with george and edward - just buy your kids hoodies and have done

I knew one once too. He was, um...highly annoying challenging.

Lol at 'Charvey'

I know a Harvey, who is not a chav.

I like the name Harvey, but prefer Harley.

Am I a chav? I don't think so but then I don't suppose anyone would describe themselves as one.
I meant unless the person named Harvey is over about 30 not the parent, I was pointing out that it has changed from what I would consider a posh name to a not so posh name.

you can limit the chavness of Harvey if its spelling stays the same. Going down the 'Harvvie' 'Hharvheee', 'Arvy' or 'RV' route gives major chav points.