Bogan baby names?

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Hi all. I'm new to this site and love this thread!

Was reading a few old posts from years back and came across a 'Bogan name' thread. DS's name was on it and i wondered what a Bogan name is?

DS has a very uncommon name (well where i'm from anyway) and has never been used on this board until i saw this!

According to my Aussie chums, bogan is sort of Aussie equivalent to 'common'. Oh how I amuse myself sending them links to a local carpet shop by the name of 'Bogan's Carpets'!

Yeah, it's the Antipodean equivalent of chav. :-/ Maybe not what you wanted to hear - but don't forget that bogan/chav is entirely in the mind of the observer and this does not actally mean anything.

I'm sure you've chosen a lovely name for your DS.

FWIW, my DS's name was on the Twitter list of ugliest names - you can't please everyone, so you might as well please yourself.

Thank you :)

Wow never thought of it being a 'chavvy' name! Haven't met any other kids with his name!

He's just over 3 months and i still love it :)

I'd never heard the term - that's my new thing learned for the day. We'll probably end up with a baby names thread that goes something like:

What do you think of

Nah, Bogan.

Oooh yes Bogan is a much better name! Thanks!

I'm Australian and it is used in the place of chav. Bogan is only in the eye of the beholder though and I wouldn't worry about it :).

Grimma - You never know, Bogan could become the new Jack, Harry etc.

Stealth - Thank you :) i love his name, even if it does get mixed reactions or pronounced incorrectly!

In my experience, examples of bogan names are Riley, Rogan, Troy, Jai.

Wayne, Shane, xxxx-Rae, pretty much anything that ends in and "een" sounds as that sounds dreadful with an Aus accent, Darren, Sharon (Dazza and Shazza), made-up names, misspelt names. Similar to the English concept of "common" names, but with an element that is uniquely Australian.

DS was very nearly Riley....

What is the name in question???

So we can all so "oh, now its not Bogan at all"!

sorry, meant "oh, no, it's not Bogan at all".