it would seem the mn masses hate my dd name!

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DD is called Layla (mn Violet)

Upon browsing some baby name theads i noticed a lot if people state they 'hate' the name and 'can't imagine a grown woman going for a job interview' and think 'chav' when they hear it

This makes me very sad and worried about people's perceptions of me for calling our daughter this. Stupid I know. But I'm now already worrying if other children's parents at primary school will deem her too 'chavvy' to invite home for tea!

The reason we named DD Layla is because it's a hugely popular name in the Arabic/Muslim world. Dh is an Arab and as I'm british we thought it would be a name that crosses languages and cultures well.

Obviously I shouldnt worry what others think and I love the name on dd. But I can't help now feeling as though I have saddled her with a 'chavvy' name despite the cultural reasons.

(disclaimer - I hate having to use the term chav but I'm using the direct quotes from mners previously describing the name!)

It's a lovely name and for what it's worth, anyone who describes anyone as a chav has got social and communication problems of their own.
The first person I told my own dd's name to, promptly remarked that it sounded like 'someone from the back streets of Belfast.' (Mil, by the way!)

She might have been right about that. I wouldn't know.

Layla is perfectly lovely, Layla Violet even more so.

If you'd named her Laeiiye-Lah on the other hand...

oh dear my dd is also Leila (So I think it's a lovely name :o . Coincidentally she is also half arab and we chose it for the same reasons as you that it would cross the British-Arab culture. It is popular in the Middle East and I have always had a positive response from people there.

I wouldn't let it bother you, my sons name is always coming up on threads as being too popular. I don't care, I named him four years ago and I still LOVE his name. Would use it all over again. I don't think Laya is chavvy btw.

One of my most posh (grown up) friends is called Layla (she also has mixed Arab-British heritage).