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

I love analysing names for how chavtastic they are, but don't really give a flying fuck, if they are chavvy, if that makes sense. I've seen mine and my brothers names described as chavvy on mumsnet, but still love the names.

Beatrice - Beautiful name. Not at all chavvy.
Jasmine - beautiful name, I don't think Jasmine is the least bit chavvy, but the nn Jaz, is very very very slightly, possibly chavvy.
Lily - lovely name, and in my humble opinion, not the least bit chavvy
Millie - I think Millie is nicest as a shortening for Amelia or Emilia. As a name on its own, it is ever so tiny bit chavvy - possibly.
Molly - definitely not chavvy. I LOVE the name Molly.

All nice names.

I have a Beatrice! I'm not a chav! (or least I don't think I am)

What a bloody awful tread

or thread *

None of them are chavvy, all are very popular though.

Chavvy names are made-up/misspelled/hypenated.

What do you think about Yasmin as a nice alternative to Jasmine? I love that name.

Thanks for your replies everyone. I didn't really think about whether our shortlist were 'chav' or not until I started talking to people about names ... and reading MN! I guess what I am getting at is what Jajas said:

They are not just names though are they? Like it or not we consciously or sub-consciously make up our minds about people based on lots of things but their name is most definitely one of those deciding factors.

It would seem, going by this, that Jasmin/ Lily seem to be perceived by some as 'chavvy' whereas Beatrice isn't. All are lovely names to me!

Any more opinions on our shortlist would be very much appreciated.

I'm afraid I think Jasmine has quite a high chav factor. The others are pretty but I'm sure they're up in the most popular lists, except perhaps Beatrice. That would be my favourite on your list.

What's considered chavvy probably depends on where you live.

Not chavvy just fairly pleasant

I think they are all perfectly nice names - not my cup of tea, but perfectly pretty and acceptable names. I don't think they have any negative connotations.

Beatrice - not at all chavvy
Jasmine - very very very slightly, due to nn Jaz
Lily - no, it isn't. Lily is fab as nn for Elizabeth
Millie - if it's a nn for Emilia or Amelia, definitely not chavvy. On it's own, still not, just not as definite.
Molly - not at all chavvy. Traditionally a nn for Mary

all chavvy except Beatrice I'm afraid; Millie and mollie are very prevalent amongst chavs often hyphenated ie millie-ruby and Mollie-may (actual people) same for Jasmine and Kerry katona has a Lilly so that says it all

My problem with Milly, Molly (and Tilly etc) is that they are dogs' names. I know at least 3 dogs with each of those names.

I don't think any of them are chavvy, popular yes chavvy no.

Lily is my favourite name of all time! I am going to call my daughter Lily when i have her. It is defo not chavy It's more posh than chav hope you choose this name. Second favourite Milly then Jasmine (Jas)

Jasmine is, IMO, chavtastic. Beatrice is lovely but according to my spies is becoming increasingly popular, especially in the SE.

I love Lily, but it is incredibly popular.

Beatrice is also lovely.

I much prefer Yasmin to the more common Jasmine.

Millie and Molly are a bit twee and both very popular and have been for years.

Beatrice - Like
Jasmine - Was quite popular about 6 years ago, there seem to be loads of primary-school-aged Jasmines at the moment.
Lily - Like
Millie - Prefer Milly
Molly - Love!

They are nice names, nothing wrong with them, but IMo they're just boring, nothing special names. Massive apologies to anyone who has children with these names, I'm sure you know it isn't meant unkindly, tastes differ, etc.

I would go with old solid classics. You can't possibly go wrong with them.

I work in quite a posh private school and teach a Jasmine and quite a few Lilys ad Millies (often Elizabeth and Amelia though). I don't they're chavvy (ugh, hate that word!) at all.

Beatrice - Rank 116 in 2010, 492 babies named it. I'm not keen personally.

Jasmine - Rank 41 in 2010, 1466 babies named it. I think it's quite pretty - nickname Jazzy is kind of cute.

Lily - Rank 4 in 2010, 4257 babies named it. I like it but it's quite bland.

Millie - Rank 32 in 2010, 1733 babies named it. I don't like it much.

Molly - Rank 42 in 2010, 1454 babies named it. I think it's sweet and pretty.

So, if you want a fairly unusual name Beatrice is your only option.
I like Molly best.

My grandmother's rule of thumb (vair old school) was that you should be able to put Lord or Lady in front of a Christian name without wincing. Obv, this does not included nns! As the higher orders tend to user ridiculous monikers for each other.

imho, Beatrice is ugly. That's the one that makes me wince.
Lily is perhaps "overused".

Jasmine is extremely popular around here, guess that says what kind of area I live in. But none of the Jasmines I know fit any Chav stereotype (no baseball caps, no trackies, nobody in housing association). Great big house, very expensive car and 2nd home in Florida more likely.

Friend called her baby Emilia, Millie for short. I'd use Millie as nn for Millicent.

I don't know about the class connotations of these names (I've met middle class people with all of these names except Millie) but Millie and Molly in my opinion are very cutsie except as nns. And I too wonder why Mandy is missing from the list

Isn't Molly a n for Margaret? Milly Molly Mandy was Millicent Margaret Amanda

I have a Molly, and it is most certainly not a chavvy name where I live. As for popularity, I meet far more children with my second daughter's name which is meant to be the less popular name of the two. Guess it comes down to where you live.