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Scarlett - Receiving Lots of Negative Comments

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katfai · 29/07/2011 15:27

Only name me and my other half have managed to agree on for our DD is Scarlett however receiving lots of negative comments which frankly seem a bit snobby to me ? that the name is common or even worse ?chavvy? . Is this true?

I don?t move in ?chav? circles I?m a 37 year old, professional who works in London and lives in a very affluent part of Hampshire. So have no idea about ?chav? names. I can?t imagine our daughter will be socially disadvantaged by calling her Scarlett but I obviously don?t want to put her in a position of social or professional disadvantage by choosing the wrong name. Or give her a name she grows to hate.

I know Scarlett is very popular at the moment but is it going to become the new Jade or Danielle of the 80?s or 90?s? If you are Jade or Danielle do you hate your name? I think it has been around too long to fall completely out of favour I?ve always liked it as it?s a little bit hippy-ish to me .

My OH seems completely unworried and wants to stick with it. Jokingly says where we live could do with a few chavs.

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iceandsliceplease · 30/07/2011 01:11

I don't think it's chavvy at all, I really like it (was on the short list for DD)! It makes me think of feisty women kicking arse whilst wearing fabulous clothes. For some reason though, she would have to have dark hair. No idea why.

InstantAtom · 30/07/2011 10:12

It's quite a pretty name but the connotations would put me off (scarlet woman etc.) How about Charlotte?

vividgingerchilli · 30/07/2011 10:15

I know a Scarlett who is a teenager and she is lovely. Her Mum is completely bonkers unique and her father is much the same but she's lovely despite her parents!

manicmummyoftwo · 30/07/2011 10:21

I'm not a fan but the thing that really puts me off is that if she grows up to be a shy, timid child the name will really be 'wrong' IYKWIM. A bit like calling a baby Fleur and her growing up to be a tomboy - just wrong.

I'm also a great believer in not actually naming baby until you meet it! She may not look like a Scarlett!

SeverusandLilysLoveChild · 30/07/2011 10:24

I don't think ajay was being rude, just honest. The op did ask for opinions.

I thinly scarlett is a bit of a look at me name, but I can see why some people like it. It's clearly a name that polarises people.

Hevian · 30/07/2011 10:30

I can not understand why people worry about the fact that the name can't really be shortened and "what would the nn be?"

IMO not being able to shorten a name is a BONUS. Why all this obsession with nicknames etc...I can't understand it.

BulletWithAName · 30/07/2011 10:30

Totally agree Hevian, neither can I!

pjani · 30/07/2011 12:17

It's a strong name, very impressive.

The only thing is I think it's a name to almost live up to - and if your little girl is really shy, or plain, maybe it wouldn't fit her?

pjani · 30/07/2011 12:18

Agreed manicmummyoftwo

ensure · 30/07/2011 13:45

I don't really like it. It is a tiny bit common to me, sorry! But there is always someone who won't like any name you choose, so feel free to ignore my pointless opinion!

ilovesprouts · 30/07/2011 13:48

scarlett is not chavvy at all ,

mrswoodentop · 30/07/2011 13:55

wouldn't say chavvy as such (not really sure what that means anyway)but do think of it as a bit precious to be honest ,would bracket for me with Tiffany or Chelsea but if you like it thats all that matters and to be honest unless the name is really common in the true sense of the word then your little girl will define the name for you and not the name your little girl

CharlieBoo · 30/07/2011 14:23

Wooah!! I wouldn't go as far as comparing to Chelsea and Tiffany...

Nancy66 · 30/07/2011 14:42

I think it's borderline chavvy

mathanxiety · 30/07/2011 16:52

I think there's a fine line between boho and downmarket and I think Scarlett (and Summer, India, Sienna) are sliding fast across it. I agree with the Danielle/Jade comparisons.

I don't really understand the attraction of the character Scarlett O'Hara. Can't get past the plantation aspect of her life.

A1980 · 30/07/2011 16:58

I don?t move in ?chav? circles I?m a 37 year old, professional who works in London and lives in a very affluent part of Hampshire.

Good for you?

It isn't chavvy but to me it just sounds a bit harsh. The Scar sound at the beginning I don't like. I don't like Charlotte either for the same reason, as it sounds harsh. But I don't think Scarlett is a chavvy name at all.

wigglesrock · 30/07/2011 16:58

Where I live it would be in the same bracket as Jade, Chelsea, Jayden and first names that end in Lee. Although I think its a very pretty name.

noddyholder · 30/07/2011 17:25

It is not chavvy. I wish I could name the person I know whose daughter is called scarlet they are anything but and in fact are quite the reverse but don't want to out her. I think people who categorise names thus are a bit themselves. Anyone with true class couldn't give a monkeys about what other people call their children.A name is an inanimate thing it cannot have a characteristic like being 'chavvy'!

birdofthenorth · 30/07/2011 17:41

It's a lovely, characterful name.

Only issue us it has got very popular very quickly (used by all social groups near me as far as I can tell) so there is a chance it will date her or acquire more specific associations later on (when one of the thousands born in recent years ends up on big brother, or the 2025 equivalent!)

LineRunner · 30/07/2011 17:51

The only family I know with a Scarlett is a hippy-fiddle-music-Welsh-boho mob.

But they thought it would be an unusual name back in the day; and it is becoming much more frequently used.

But if you like it, you like it. I think it's excellent.

NinjaTurtle · 30/07/2011 19:44

I love it. It's one of DD's middle names. I was going to go with it as a first name, but people round here tend to drop their Ts, so it doesn't sound as nice. I didn't tell anyone of my final name choice until after she was born, people don't comment negatively once your chosen name is actually attached to the baby iyswim.

rhetorician · 30/07/2011 22:23

should have added to my comment that I actually rather like the name

Going2bamum · 30/07/2011 22:30

No way is Scarlett chavvy. We were going to have it if our baby was a girl ! I thought it sounded quite classy. When I told people that Scarlett was my girl name it took them a while to like it, but at the end of the day she's your daughter call her what you want!!

I found out later having a boy so now going with Finlay!!!

NattersAndMutters · 30/07/2011 23:37

It's quite a pretty name but the connotations would put me off (scarlet woman etc.) How about Charlotte?

Charlotte the Harlot?

sparkle12mar08 · 31/07/2011 17:30

Sadly Scarlett is rapidly moving from boho to chav, and it will also date very quickly imo. I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole.

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