Is it...abit...dare I say......Chavish?

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Im due ds2 at the end on april, and me and dp cant decide on a name. I like the older names like Jack, but everyones called that, and Jake, Oliver, Josh, and have a son (3yrs) called Alex. But dp isnt his dad, so had no say in his name.
Dp likes 'wierd' names like Sole (no, its a baby, not a fish dp!), and Chester (dog), and the only name we can remotely agree on is Dylan, but family members have commented that maybe its a bit 'common', and in chavish (please dont shout at me for using that word, I cant think of another that would explain what I mean).
So, is it?

I like Dylan, but have heard it being referred to as chav before. I would let this bother you. It's one of those names that is used by all classes.

I love Finn, but Flynn? Just no!

Dylan is not chavvy!!

DS3 is Dylan and he is wonderful. I don't know any other Dylans btw.

And DS1 is Alex

Sorry, that hould have read 'I wouldN'T let it bother you'

Now he wants Marley

sigh

sole and chester awful, but like dylan

TMMB - there are many more Jacks around than Dylans! DS2 has 4 Jacks in his class.

I thought Chavvy names were meant to be ones like Tia-Maria or Armarni or whatever (struggling to think of any tbh)

I men I like Dylan, it's nice

I know a Chester (at nursery with DS3) I don't really like it that much, tis too much like a surname. And I would like Marley if one of my awful relatives hadn't named her youngest it (she is chavvy - I'm not!)

There are lots of Dylans about but very few of them pronounce it correctly...

I know 2 dylans, neither they nor their families are remotely chavvy
mainly makes me think of Bob
and the Magic Roundabout

Sole is an appalling name
Chester's not much better

How do they pronounce it?

Why on earth does your DP think that "sole" is a name? It's a fish, it's the bottom of your foot, it's being all alone, but it sure isn't a name. I won't even start to go into how awful "Chester" is as a suggestion for your precious baby boy. Dylan is perfectly nice, but if you like Jack, I think you should hold out for that.

Marley is waaaay chavvy.

But how on earth could you pronounce it incorrectly? Admittedly e do get some silly spellings eg Dylon/Dillon/Dillan etc etc

Hes chanting "Marley. Marley. Marley." now. Get me out of this house!

He just said someone on Hollyoaks was called Sole.
I said, are you sure it wasnt Saul?
He looked at me stupidly and walked out. He meant Saul, the bloody spoon!

i have made this suggestion beofre on these threads and i will make it again.

give him a matching teddy he can be in charge of naming.

you know i really want to be the mumsnet equivalent of the swiss government.
i will compile a list of approved names and instead of these threads you just check the list. if it ain't on it-you shouldn't be calling your child it.

Oh please do tmmb. It would save a lot of stress!

MMB, I love your approach to naming and will back you to the hilt (with my swiss army knife, of course!).
OP, that's a result - Saul is a great name. I've only ever known one Saul - he was a dreamboat and really brainy too.

Davina McCall's little boy is a Chester

Dinny, I think that proves the anti-Chester brigade's point.

Gawd, I knew it would be Dylan when I clicked on the link

My DS1 is called Dylan, and I sometimes wonder if it sounds a bit common (usually as I'm screeching it in public), but we have a fancy surname so I think we get away with it

Dylan was a Mythological Welsh god of the sea btw, he was killed by his uncle I think

Dylan is not chavvish but I know lots of little Dylans so it might be too popular for you

My DH also likes more unusual names.. his suggestions for DS2 included Brutus and Bruce.

A friend of mine recently named her DS Spartacus (middle name) as her OH insisted on it.