Is Blake a "chav" name?

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Just that really..controversial as the word is I know

I must be a chav for growing up in a council house.

i love this name for or a boy or girl! Anyone i know who's child has this name are quite well off and certainly not chavs.

It's a lovely name. My DD went to private school and one of the lads she was friends with was called Blake.

I'm thinking of William Blake, I don't associate it with chavs.

The only two Blake’s I know both come from very wealthy families. One boy around 33 and one girl around 6. Definitely not a ‘chavvy’ name.

What a nasty, judgemental thread. 'Chavvy' is a despicable, derogatory term & I hate seeing it used on here.

I like Blake, unusually for me as I'm not mad on surname names. I only like it for a boy though, it doesn't sound right on a girl.

Awful name, sorry.

if you know the word is 'controversial', why use it?

What exactly is a chav?

Like Blake Fielder-Civil? No thank you.

Yes. Always reminds me of a humorous scene in Corrie many many moons ago when Raquel was picking out baby names and said she liked ‘Tiffany’ and ‘Blake’

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Respect!

The only Blake I know personally is the dc of a very successful American couple, both very highly educated and successful. Pretty much the opposite of Chavs.

It's awful.

I’ve worked at schools full of people deemed to be chavs by judgemental people on here for 10 years and have never met one Blake. I don’t think it’s a popular enough name to be “chavvy”
@Rachelover60 forgive my ignorance but surely “bored of” is right? You wouldn’t say I’m bored have this book?

yes

What? No! Not in Wales. I guess it depends where you are living to make it chavvy. Definitely not chavvy here

It’s a certain ‘type’ of name that goes with Taylor and Lily-Mae. Not a bad thing, but not to my taste.

It's a surname to me, used as a first name it sounds American. I'm not a fan and wouldn't use it. It's better on a boy than a girl imo.

Anyone who looks down on someone else because of their name, or social circumstances, is stuck up, nasty and judgemental. Calling someone a chav because they are lower than you is inexcusable.

I don't think it is. The one I know certainly isn't

Anyone who looks down on someone else because of their name, or social circumstances, is stuck up, nasty and judgemental. Calling someone a chav because they are lower than you is inexcusable

preach @Itsreallymehonest!

pretty much call your kids whatever, they are stuck with you as a grim role model

Oh get off your high horses it's just a word 🙄

Thanks for all the replies, it seems that yes, overwhelmingly seen as so. I wasn't sure how much I liked it anyway, and it was a definite no from DH as he sees it as a surname only.

Yes a very derogatory word which means different things to different people too.

I only know 1 Blake he is primary age just a normal little boy from an ordinary family it is a fine name , but heyho we would rather die than be associated with chavvy names