I was told Zachary was a “council house name”

[Nononotacceptable]

I am only guessing at what they mean by a “council house name” but I assume they didn’t mean it in a kind way.

So, assuming they mean a big downmarket (apologies to council tenants, not my opinion) it isn’t anyway is it?

Bit, not big

I love it! It's a traditional biblical name.

It’s Biblical fgs.

It’s a fabulous name.
Love it.

I wouldn’t have thought so...

But the only Zach I know is brother to Jayden.

Not on my council estate, that’d be pretty posh lol

Seriously, it’s a lovely name, biblical and classic. Whoever said that to you sounds like a grade A twunt

I must have missed the part in the Old Testament about council estates...

That is legitimately one of the most ludicrous and inaccurate comments I’ve heard about a name ever!

Some people really are parochial little creatures. Obsessing over who's below them in the social order is all the sport they have in their small lives.

Tell Zach Goldsmith that!

Thank you all. I was genuinely shocked!

it's only a council house name if you spell is Zackeree.

(Sorry. Not Sorry)

I live on a council estate never met a Zachary 🤔 (is this good or bad?)

I have a Zach. I wanted Zachary but my husband thought it was too religious. Personally I love it. I don’t know of any other boys with the same spelling. We don’t live on a council estate and he’s one of the most caring, sensitive boys I know.

It's a classic, biblical name.

I like it

Its ds2 middle name

(Should have gone for it as a first name...bloody dh )

Very popular in my sons yr (yr6) . 4 in my sons class a Zak and 3 Zachs. Plus 2 in the other class. Apart from this huge influx in one year I know no one else with the name chavvy or not!!

The only one I know is American.

Not at all. It’s a lovely, solid, traditional name. Nothing wrong with council houses anyway!

Id say its more of an ex council house name.

I know someone that named their child Zacky. THAT is a council house name.

Zachary is lovely.

Nononotacceptable, I've not heard that. Zachary is a great name (Zac or Zak for short).

Another good name is Xavier. There's a dishy doctor in Holby of that name and he is known as 'Zav'.

Anyone with such a way with words is a knob. A council house name! What an awful thing to say.

Prefer Zachariah but have never heard that about Zackary - I like both!

Were you told that by Katie Hopkins OP?

I get where they’re coming from, but I quite like the name.

I know 2- one is an American adult but from an average middle class family and the other is a toddler Brit and the son of 2 bankers. There was also one in the Scott Dunn kid’s club when we went skiing last year- the other little boys were Hugo, Lysander and Sebastian. So I wouldn’t have thought it’s a lower class name if that’s what’s being implied.