We absolutely love a name that's seen as 'chavvy' would it be wrong of us to 'saddle' our child with it?

[RemyTheHamster]

We absolutely love a name that's seen as 'chavvy' would it be wrong of us to 'saddle' our child with it?

@EverythingEverywhere1234 what? I didn't ask about my surname?? I asked if it was mean to give a child a name that people think is chavvy? Where have I asked anything else??

Jayden Meadows is nice op! Go for it. Definitely prefer it to Hayden Meadows, though I prefer Hayden slightly as a name.

Hayden is nice, and Hayden meadows is fine! Though I guess other kids might rib him for it....

Jayden etc are "chavvy " imo, but so what! If you like it, use it.

I wouldn't listen to what anyone else says tbh. Do what you feel is best.

I know a few Hayden nice little boys call your son what you like honestly i can't be doing oh it is chavvy bull shit. I read a few pages back somebody thinks Ryan is a chavvy name

How about Jay? (Totally different to Hayden but I quite like it as a name!😊)

I know two Haydns. It's a nice name Imo, but not spelt Hayden and not with the surname meadows.

Yeah I'm an idiot @SoupDragon, just here to make you feel superior...

I said that, to me, Hayden is a Welsh name. I said that it's lumped in with the newish or popular names Jayden/Caidan/Aidan because it sounds like them. Aidan is popular, clearly, but not new. It's Irish and old as you know.

I think Hayden Meadows is a great name. It works for a little boy but is also a good grown-up name.

Hayden is far better than Jayden.

Ps if I had the lovely surname of meadows, i would have to call my dd summer, hehe! Few things are more beautiful than a summer meadow!

MrsJayy

I've heard James and Daniel called 'a bit chavvy'. Jesus wept!

Hayden is a nice name that will see him through life perfectly well. Real life is not a MN baby name thread.

Please can someone tell me what chavvy means 😩😩 I know it's clearly a bad association but what does it actually mean!?

James chavvy WHAT 😂

just here to make you feel superior...

er... ok.

Means you are a bit rough and dead common REMY not council house and violent as some people think

Op, just google the word 'chav' if you need to know. Though, it's not a word worth knowing too much about tbh.

Chav is a Romany word meaning boy child.
All other supposed meanings are wrong and derogatory
www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherhowse/3560662/Calling-people-chavs-is-criminal.html

It's a nice name but I'd spell it Haydn like the composer and pp is right it's seen as chavvy cos it rhymes with Karen, Jayden etc

A little girl when i worked in a nursery in 1992 was called Hayden recently it has been a boys name

Chavvy is an awful word that people use to mean "not as good as me". I hate it. There are lots of names that are considered terribly "chavvy" on here that I think are perfectly nice. I teach and often associate those names with lovely kids I've known.

Yes but the composer didn't pronounce his name the same way I'd like it pronounced. Although I too know a Haydn pronounced Hayden, I don't think it's should be, so would be a bit weird to call my son it.

Haydn sounds more like high-den so that wouldn't really work.

remy
People have their own idea of what chavvy is.
In my mind being chavvy is not being poor or working class (feel that needs to be made very clear).

Chavvy to me a particular subculture. In my area, chavs tend to wear tracksuits a lot, lots of fake tan, fake nails, drawn in slug eyebrows, babies seem to be dolled up with lots of sparkles or worse the lads are paraded round in tops that promote "tough lad" stereotypes. They tend to be the ones who go to the local social club and can be found outside there with a pint from 11am and the me wander around top less the second the sun is out. There was a phase recently of some houses in that area hanging union jacks and England flags out windows (feels very much sort of EDL type). They tend to the people who get involved in loud loutish behaviour too.