Is Alfie a working class name?

[RainCheckMate]

What class do you associate Alfie with?

Archibald is an out and out hideous name.

Different people, different tastes.

No child I'm closely related to has a diminutive as a first name even though they are called it.

(Then again none are called Alfred, Albert or Archibald.)

I expect the person to have a full name e.g. Alfred, Albert, Archibald.

Me too. I'd always prefer to give the full name rather than a cutesy nickname.

Common dogs name along with milo

And Oscar.

Yes, mostly. But why do you care?

But money isn’t necessarily related to class?

Yes it is.

Alfie Boe comes from a very working class seaside town/fishing port. He will likely have been named after a relative.

His real name is Alfred Giovanni Roncalli Boe

Not in the UK.

A footballer who is working class can have more wealth than a member of the aristocracy, who is upper class.

Even the modern social classes that were designed a few years ago used culture and social capital as a large indicator of class.

Yes, I am aware of that. It doesn’t stop them from being working class. You can be middle class in genteel poverty or a working class millionaire. It’s not (purely) about money.

I think it's a crusty hippie name