Tyler for boy

[babynelly2010]

What does everyone think of it?
I like the name but never met anyone with it.

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[littlemog]

usualsuspect I have no idea what your problem is or why you are being so offensive.

[littlemog]

LOL? Good Lord.

[usualsuspect]

So is it the spirit of MN to call posters children 'Chavs' ?


Because it wouldn't be accepted on any other topic on here.

But baby names is a bloody free for all.

[littlemog]

Where have I EVER called anyone a chav? It is not even a word I use!

[littlemog]

And I think it's a pretty vile thing to call anyone tbh.

[acsec]

I'm with Tjobes on this. I don't like names that sound like occupations.

[thenightsky]

The only Tyler I know is a pretty blonde very feminine girl of 11 years. I never thought of it as a boy's name at all.

[TobyLerone]

I didn't mean to just choose 'working class' occupations, btw. I also wouldn't call my child 'Stockbroker' or 'Computer Programmer'.

[Peachy]

Only Tyler I know is the son of an affluent local businessman and a very accomplished star in his own sport.

I do hate silly class snobbery, especially when it has such a tenuous basis.

Mind if supposed chav Whitney were my daughter, given what she has been through in the Soap, I'd be quite proud of her.

I have a Sebastian; I presume that fits the MN persona; but I think Tyler is fine.

[DancesWithWoolEnPointe]

It is funny - until you said that I'd never thought of Tyler as Tiler.

[FreckledLeopard]

Good god almighty. Why are certain posters so wilfully obtuse to refuse to acknowledge that, like it or not, a person's name is indicative of social class and is a factor that others use to form judgments, rightly or wrongly, about that individual, their background and their possible future?

Everyone, in one way or another, forms judgments about those we meet. If you dress in black and listen to Marilyn Manson then people will assume you are a goth and make a judgment based on that. If you wear a suit and work in the City, people will adjust their ideas and expectations accordingly.

If you call your child Tyler, Jayden or Chardonnay, people will perceive them in a certain light and that light may not be flattering. Call your child Sebastian or Hugo and the perception will alter.

If you truly don't care how your child is perceived then call it what you like. Frankly, I would rather err on the side of caution and call my child a name that I could envisage being used by a High Court Judge, a doctor or a nuclear physicist.

[usualsuspect]

Are you taking the Mick ,with the high court judge thing?

[TobyLerone]

If I thought the name of my child would have affected his ability to be a high court judge, I would have called him Gout or Fat Tory Bastard.

[FreckledLeopard]

Why would I be taking the mick? Fat Tory bastard? Not very original. What about the Labour peer Lord Goldsmith, former deputy high court judge?

[usualsuspect]

[usualsuspect]

Do you think a Colin would ever be a high court judge?

[FreckledLeopard]

I'd suggest Colin would be more likely than Tyler.

[TobyLerone]

I'll add Lord Goldsmith to the list of baby names. Never let it be said that I am politically biased.