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Chloe- classic & traditional vs "chavvy"?!

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TurquoiseDress · 22/07/2018 13:50

Baby is due very soon, Chloe is one of several names that we really like and are trying to make a final decision very soon.

I have always thought of Chloe as being a solid, classic, traditional name...I've known a few over the years, they have always been well educated, generally great women.

One Chloe I still know is French, I love the way it is pronounced over in France.

Have been reading quite a few comments saying that the name Chloe has become "chavvy" (I really hate this word) and much more "common" in recent years.

What do others think of the name Chloe?
Do my observations above ring true?

It wouldn't stop us using the name but I am keen to find out why it seems to have chavvy connotations in recent years.

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slovenlys · 23/07/2018 17:11

Be warned. Once she hits 16 she may start demanding Chloe handbags.

Tarlu · 23/07/2018 17:12

Any name that's popular is going to have been chosen by people at the lower end of the socio economic spectrum as well as those at the top of it.

I don't think it is a 'chav' name as it has been around forever, it's not like a new name that came out of nowhere. It's a proper name. I like it, use it, don't mess with the spelling. It's not chavvy at all. My child isn't called Chloe by the way! But her name has been described as both boring and too frilly on here so I think there is no jury more critical than mumsnet.

MariaMadita · 23/07/2018 17:57

It's just really dated imo.

shaggedthruahedgebackwards · 23/07/2018 18:06

I like Chloe and despite it being in the top 10 for much of 90s/00s, I have met very few IRL

I wouldn't class it as 'chavvy' and the ones I have come across certainly don't fall into that category

I would put it in the same category as Emily/Sophie/Amy, in the sense that it's a 'classic' name but the majority with the name are under 35

TheDowagerCuntess · 23/07/2018 18:07

It is very sheep-like to characterise a name as 'dated' just because it was very popular in the 80s

What...?

How / why is it 'sheep-like' to categorise a name as dated ?

If a name was especially popular at a certain point in time, and now isn't being used anywhere as much - it becomes associated with that era. Ergo, it becomes dated. That's just the way it is - it happens to names, clothes, hairstyles, decor, art, architecture, you name it.

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 23/07/2018 18:09

Chloe is pretty but was popular in the 90's, todays versions are Lexie, Sienna, Hallie, type thing.

OlennasWimple · 23/07/2018 18:10

It's pretty, classic and a nice change from all the girls names that end in A that are so popular at the moment

LionAllMessy · 23/07/2018 18:11

It was number 1 from 1997–2002, so there will be an awful lot of 15-20 year olds called Chloe right now.

I don't think it's common, though. Just universally popular, much like Olivia is today. They have to be really, to be number 1 for so long,.

emsiboob · 23/07/2018 18:11

Not classy but certainly not chavvy

ofcoursehesthefuckingfarmer · 23/07/2018 18:12

In our school of 320 pupils there's only 1 Chloe. And she's not from a "chavvy" family at all.

Theycouldhavechoseneve · 23/07/2018 18:13

It brings to mind Chloe Mafia

sonnyboo · 23/07/2018 18:14

It sounds dated to me. There's nothing sheepish about that btw, anything that was very fashionable and then falls out of fashion becomes 'dated'.

I prefer more timeless and less popular names.

Quizeerascal · 23/07/2018 18:25

Its a biblical name. I think it was particularly popular in the 90s/00s but its fairly timeless, wouldn't think of it as chavvy at all

Pemba · 23/07/2018 18:31

For a name that was practically invented in the particular period, say Kimberley, you could say it was now dated. But Chloe has always been around, so is a rarer classic. Just because there was a surge of popularity in the 80s doesn't then make it dated IMO. The same could be said for a name like Sarah, very popular in the 60s and 70s, less popular now, but still classic.

And sorry, but sheep-like was because some people on here just seem to vaguely think, 'oh there were a lot of Chloes around in the 80s', and can't be bothered to know anything more about it. In the same sort of way that eg. other posters criticise a poster who suggests an unusual but legitimate spelling of a name They don't know, and they can't be bothered to find out.

TheDowagerCuntess · 23/07/2018 18:36

I still disagree - I have a name that's always been around (has multiple (valid) spellings, but is an old name - along the lines off 'necessary on a bike?' ). But it was still badly dated when I was given it in the early 70s.

Even old names come in and out of fashion - if they go through a peak in popularity, which Chloe absolutely did - then they will sound dated when they inevitably drop out of favour.

Pemba · 23/07/2018 18:42

Isabel (whichever spelling) was never dated. I was born in the 60s and only knew a couple of contemporaries with the name, I don't think anyone at school thought of it as dated. I always thought it was pretty and unusual (well it was then!). Gladys would have been dated for someone of your age, or Doris or Edna, something like that.

MikeUniformMike · 23/07/2018 18:46

How many Olivias were you at school with Pemba?

MikeUniformMike · 23/07/2018 18:47

and how about Isla, Mia, Darcie/Darcy/Darcey?

I was at school with Sarahs, Claires, Lindsays, Helens and Karens, and you can probably guess my age from that.

Pemba · 23/07/2018 18:58

Well no Olivias I think, but we were aware of the name and thought it was nice. Darcie/Darcy as a girls' name is made up, and only in recent years. Isla used to be very unusual, except maybe in Scotland.

I guess you were born in the 60s like me then. But Sarah and Helen are still classic names. Lindsay and Karen not so much.

twinklylights · 23/07/2018 18:58

I have a Chloe who is now 27. It was pretty unusual back then.

MaisyPops · 23/07/2018 19:02

Chloe seems dated to me.

But then again the Noahs/Olivias/Oscars/Henrys/Lilys etc of today will probably become synonymous with the 2010s.

allmycats · 23/07/2018 19:05

Of course 'Chloe' is dated - it goes back to the New Testament.
It was a Greek name - Khloe and used to represent Demeter , the Goddess of Fertility.
It is IMO a lovely CLASSIC name and will it date ?? obviously not !!!

MikeUniformMike · 23/07/2018 19:05

Sarah and Helen are classic and don't really sound dated. Karen and Lindsay are dated.
Isla and Mia are pretty but so popular. Darcie is probably from Darcie Bussell. I don't like the name Darcie/Darcy/Darcey at all and can't see any appeal.

dinosaurkisses · 23/07/2018 19:10

Bit dated sounding to me- an acquaintance named her DD Chloe about two years ago and I remember thinking it was a bit 90s-retro then.

MariaMadita · 23/07/2018 19:10

For a name that was practically invented in the particular period, say Kimberley, you could say it was now dated.

Chloe is a classic name with Greek origins, etc. I like it a lot, along with Zoe

Gladys would have been dated for someone of your age, or Doris or Edna, something like that.

Doris is also a name with Greek origins. And wasn't invented in the last period it happened to be popular in (the UK).
And Edna is actually biblical... (And Irish, I believe.)

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