Our shortlist and it's 'chav' rating!

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We've managed to come up with a shortlist of names for our new DD and would like to gauge opinion on how they are seen as I have not a clue! I have mentioned a couple of the names (Jasmine and Lily) to various people and there have been some mutterings about chaviness and/ or being overused:

Please shed some light on this by letting me know what you think about our list and your favourite. Thanks!

Beatrice
Jasmine
Lily
Millie
Molly

Beatrice is getting waaay too popular (she says trying to stem the tide against DD's name...)
There are quite a lot of Jasmines and Lily's around here, but still pretty names - I guess it depends on whether you want your childs name to be shared with classmates etc or not.
I wouldn't say any of the names on your list are 'chavvy' though.

what do you mean by 'chav' in this instance? If you can explain what it is you're trying to avoid that'd be helpful :)

tbh they're all quite ubiquitous at the moment but Jasmine is certainly up there in the chav stakes

Beatrice is lovely.
Lily is too, but very popular.
Molly is sweet.
Millie sounds like a NN to my ears.
Jasmine... well, I like it sometimes, but in my accent it sounds horrendous.

I think Jaz-min is a nicer pronounciation that Jaz-mean, too.

oh fgs just use the names if you like them!

I would say Beatrice is the one that is least used at the moment, but none are particularly uncommon. I like Beatrice the best!

Actually I would use Lily for my next child, but it is just too ubiquitous.

Jasmine if you're posh isn't chavvy. No names are chavvy if you're not. I knew an upper middle class Jason once.

(fwiw I hate the phrase chavvy, but I suppose it's no different to the Kevin and Tracy thing that used to go on in the 1980s. )

I agree none of the names on your list are chavvy.

Beatrice - Nice, I really like this name and love the nickname Bea. Probably the poshest of your names.
Jasmine - Not my cup of tea, but nothing wrong with it.
Lily - yawn. Its okay I suppose, but there's nothing fab about it, and so many around that it has just become a really boring name. Like Sarah and Claire of our time.
Millie - Nice. I reallly like this name, but feel it would work best as a nickname for a more formal name - Camilla? Amelia? Emilia?
Molly - Okay. I'm not really into using 19th century working class / servants names. Not as nice as Molly imho.

Beatrice - the most traditional on your list
Jasmine - pretty, no idea if it's "chav" but I like it :)
Lily - pretty, fairly traditional I think
Millie - nice as nickname for Amelia/Millicent
Molly - don't like

None of them are "chav". Of them all, I prefer Beatrice. Lily is very pretty, but it is everywhere. I don't like Mollie or Milly because they sound too cuteish and nnish to me. Jasmine is ok.

Dislike Millie. I find it a 'neither here nor their name'. What is it really short for? Millicent?

I think they are all lovely TBH, I seriously thought about Jasmine when my daughter was born, but we settled on Mia instead, to be fair it really is about what YOU like, there will always be some people who have different feelings than you.
It is also better than being (IMO) one of these people that go a million miles the other way and choose a totally daft name for their child, Like Moonbeam or something...AND if thats your brothers/friend/other childs name then Im really sorry

'There' not 'their'.

I hate all the chavvy talk too. How can a name with no inherent attributes be chavvy. Maybe the names are associated with that sort of person in some minds but it is ridiculous. As bb says choose a name you love that suits your child! I like all of those they are pretty

I like them all. Beatrice the most and Jasmine the least. I don't have a problem with widely used names but do think some of the girls names blend into one namely Lily, Tilly, Milly, Molly etc...I would definitely go for a lnger name, where possible if using these names too as they are cutesy in my opinion..

Btw don't think they're chavvy at all...

"I hate all the chavvy talk too. How can a name with no inherent attributes be chavvy"

I agree with you. The same applies to so called 'poncy' or 'posh' names imo - they are all just names, collections of letters.

It is up the individual to define his or her personality.

I'm not keen on any of the names, op, but not because of their 'chavness' or 'poshness', just because I have different taste to you. (thankfully we all have different tastes!).

lily is the only one I would really think of as being chavvy.

I like Beatrice best.

I think Beatrice and Lily are the nicest, then Molly.

Beatrice is lovely, how about the less popular Beatrix too?

Lily, Molly and Jasmine I find rather tired I'm afraid ...Milly-Molly-Mandy springs to mind too

I think Millie and Molly are okay up to about age 7 or 8, but I don't think they would suit an older child, or teenager, or adult really.

I like Beatrice, Lily and Jasmine though

I don't like Beatrice at all though it does have some lovely nicknames. It just makes me think of beetroot which I hate.

I'm not keen on Jasmine and dislike the nickname Jas.

Lily is really pretty but there are lots of them.

I like Millie also pretty, don't know that many.

I love Molly It is popular but I only actually know five and three are in their 80's.

Millie only on that list I'm afraid.