which class does this name ' belong ' to ?! 🙊

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Slate me if you will !

I thought we'd settled on the name Thomas.. But have had mixed reactions to it, one even said it was a chimney sweeps name! 😂 And then a relative scoffed and said I may as well go the whole hog and name him Tarquin.
So I was wondering if you lovely mumsnetters could give me your opinions on the name, whatever that may be 😊

Thomas is just a generic, inoffensive name - it doesn't have a class.

I like Thomas and would've used it if I knew people wouldn't shorten it to Tam, which is the norm in my area once you get to teenage age.

Completely timeless, classless and ageless. A lovely classic name which suits anyone.

classic and timeless!

I have a Thomas - although he's only ever been called Tom.

Other Thomas/Tom/Tommy's we've met across the years have come from probably every class category you could think of.

Likewise Matthew, James & Daniel amongst others.

I have two close friends from school called Thomas (both Tom). One left school at 16 and works as an electrician, the other has a masters degree and has some high-flying job in commercial property development.

It's a classic Biblical name.

I think it squarely middle class at the moment, but not unknown at either end of the scale.

Classic and classless

Thomas is a great name Our chimney sweep is called Andrew. HTH.

Thomas is a great classless name. If you wanted to class up (and appear a tad arsey )you could insist on Thom with an h for a diminutive.......

It's a timeless classic. Lovely name.

Agree with others here, it's classic - neither chavvy or overly posh. I'm surprised that anyone objects strongly to it!

It cost £50 to get our chimney swept and that was mates rates. Your dc could do a lot worse than taking it up as a trade!

Thomas is a classic, an excellent choice.

I think it's a classic, doesn't really age and works in any country or job. If that's what you like, go with it.

Our eldest is Conrad. It was one that worked with Dh and I different languages and cultures, and again I thought didn't age or seem terrible for baby, child or adult.

My mother still almost 7 years on tries her best not to use it as it's ' like being called Hitler'. Wtf

Classic name, that never dates. Certainly not a chimney sweep name, whoever said that must be on the sniff.

Spud - your right there, it's often over £100 in London to get chimney swept. We should start sending the kids back up there

*Yes I don't get why Tarquin gets dragged out.

Has anyone ever met a little boy with this name?*

Yes!

I think Tom is one of the few names that is actually truly classless.

Ftw- really giggled at your suggestion to hyphenate depending upon class 😂

And i like the nickname Thom when written 😁

Thanks all for ur opinions, he's due any time now so I think he may well be a Thomas after all X

Yep, agree. Classic and timeless. It's nothing like Tarquin.

I suppose Tom Kitten did get a bit sooty...

Good choice.

Classless really, and classic. Nice, although there are quite a few around as I'm sure you know.

Not completely timeless though. I was born in the 60s and wasn't at school with a single Thomas (they were all Mark, David, Andrew, Stephen etc.)

I think it started coming back gradually in the 70s, as I had a cousin Thomas born at this time. Same thing with William and Henry/Harry.