names that are considered chavvy?

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What names are the most chavvy do you think?

Whilst heavily pg with dd- sort of whale like proportions- a woman sidled up to dh in a bar (he was holding my bloody hand at the time) and batted her eyelids, intoning something about "I'm Krystal with a K, if you want somebody to go home with tonight..."

And she was wearing pixie boots. Chav wasn't the first word which sprung to mind.

Russell Brand. Yes, slightly Russell Brand. I like his voice though. Gritty whimsy.

I don't think I whine. Just got the same sort of accent. He only comes from over the river to me, you see?

lol at Krystak with a K and pixie boots.

I thought Kenton was 'posh'.

What about Kier, Karen and Kara?

Each social group has its own naming traditions and preferences. This has always been the case, although the word "chav" is a recent development.
When I was young, working class kids were called Darren, Gary, Jason, Kevin or Tracy, Stacy, Karen, Sharon...

These days, names I would consider working class are nicknames as given names (Alfie, Charlie, Freddy, Ellie...), names of celebrities/TV characters and anything deliberately misspelled. Plus anything hyphenated with with -Mae/Mai/May.

And like someone else mentioned, there is a big trend towards using Irish names among the working classes these days, especially for boys - Callum, Kyle, Conor, Liam. I think because these are viewed as "tough" or "manly". I'm guessing the girls names are intended to be "cute" or "glamourous"!

Middle class tastes tend to lean towards "solid, traditional" names. Also family names. I don't think there's necessarily a right or wrong - it's just a question of culture and values. Each to their own...

I realise that it's more that I personally don't like "K" names than they are actually "chavvy"! Whatever that means anyway.....

Tanya, I agree - I think the K seems harsh in a name. I much prefer the look of Catherine vs Katherine, for example, or Chris vs Kris.

And "Keith" for example, why..?

Sigh, I knew it wouldn't be long before DS1's name was mentioned.

I worked in Dover briefly and honestly heard a woman shouting out "Chablis! Chablis! Where the f* have you gone?" :(

It always makes me laugh when people on MN claim that being called 'Posh' is as insulting as being called a 'chav'.

OP in answer to your question...any name that I seem to like

DS has a traditional Irish name but spelt the naice Gaelic way with a "C" and a fada , not the chav anglicised way with a "K". This is because because we are not working-class he is half Irish, and we wanted him to avoid getting bashed up by tougher manlier kids appreciate his roots.

I suspect my name - very cool and unheard of when I was born - is now considered dead chavvy.

My dds both have names that were once rather middle class and seem to be sliding into chavvydom.

Top of my list for the son I never had was Jordan.

[shrugs]

I'm older than God and very thick-skinned. But these threads do cause upset and I feel sorry for any hornonal mother of a newborn who happens to chance across them.

vitaminC don't know where you got your list of Irish boys names, but, only one of those is really actually Irish :)

3boys yeah, should probably have said (pseudo-)Irish ;)

Where I live, the current trendy boys' name is Killian! Pretty much in the same vein, no?

I guess, these trends have always existed. 15 years ago, the style was pseudo-French, which names like "Chantelle" which don't actually exist in France at all

with, not which!

vitaminC you hit the nail on the head "psuedo" Irish is a good way of describing them :)
It is funny because here in Ireland the posher people seem to be going for the more outlandish old Irish names with all sorts of spelling issues. Not very attractive names on the whole.

Right, yoooou bastards! My name has been mentioned again

Where is the bloody OP? See what you've started

And everyone knows - them Royals, right bunch of Chavs!

lapsed i reckon your ds might have the same name as my ds, and spelt the same! i also picked it as i am half irish.

does it rhyme with "aidan" ?

Robin, if it was me, I didn't say it was a bad name, just typically 1970s working class. Nothing inherently wrong with that [shrug].

For the record, I'm having lunch with a guy named Gary tomorrow :)

I think the reason working class names are looked down on here on MN is because most posters seem to be middle class, so don't really "get" those trends. If you suggested Hugo or Felix to a bunch of working class mums, they'd probably laugh.

I grew up in a very working class area, but with middle class parents and a very middle class (certainly in those days) name and got teased mercilessly for being "posh" :(

I would have given anything to be called Emma or Sarah or Tracy and have deliberately given my kids "passe-partout" names which I hope will be acceptable in every social context and not make them stand out in any way!

I'm only teasing Vitamin. I would be the first person to admit that it is chav. I didn't choose it, so I'm not bothered. Mines a typical 70s/80s name. It's very common (there were about 5 in my year at school) and I am wc .

I would probably be a little deflated if someone had mentioned my precious children's names though. The names I chose for my DC always end up on the "classic names" threads though or names you think are boring and overused threads.

Life would be very boring if we did all like the same names I suppose!