are you happy wite the names you have chosen after ? years

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my dd are called emily and annabel. not the most unusual names i know. they are 2 and 7 months. i still like both the names but have to admit that i still smile when i say annabel as i like it so much. let my oh choose both name sso i am lucky i liked them. not sure what i will think of emily though when she goes to schoola nd she is one of 7 in her class

how do you feel about your childrens names now you have lived with them for a bit.

My ds is Patrick, and using the name helped to heal long standing rifts in dp's huge and very Irish family, (long and complex story!) and to lay a lot of family 'ghosts". I will never forget how happy dp's Dad was when we told him.

Apart from that, I love the name (which is convenient!) Strong, good shortenings, timeless and unusual.

Yes, chose fairly classic or 'old' names so they haven't dated horribly, 18, 16 & 7 years down the line

It does baffle and irritate me when Irish names seem to equal chav (on Mumsnet?) As though th entire nation of Ireland, and all its folklore, traditions, language and people were synonymous with chav. Nobody would ever say that all French names or all German names were chav.

The British have their own notion of blue blooded aristocracy I guess, and they're welcome to continue to aspire to that (and many very ordinary people do!), but to denigrate an entire other country's names as chav is xenophobic and insular.

I'm certainly not having a pop at anybody on this thread, but I have noticed that there is a train of thought in Britain, that Irish names on British children equals chaviness.

Conor says nothing more to me than James or Harry. It's just a classic, solid, sensible name.

Patrick is one of my favourite names. It's a great name.

I have an Eva, named after my mum. I loved it when I chose it and still love saying it now. Only problem is I have to keep correcting people who call her Evie and I may not have called her it if I had known how popular Evie was going to become.

Still I do love it though

Fairy Tucker,
I don't think it is British society as to be on here. I think in RL, people seem to associate 'Chav' names that are only used by a particular demographic in society. Whereas, on this site, some people seem to think that if a name is used by someone they consider to be chavvy, then it becomes a chav name. Tbh, I think it is quite frankly ridiculous, and have seen all sorts of names described as 'chavvy', including Irish names and even Vicky / Victoria. I'm sure Lady Victoria Hervey (Aristocratic IT girl, model and socialite), would love to know that she has a chav name!

To me a 'chav' name, (although I hate the expression) is only a chav name if its use is generally restricted to that demographic (whatever that might be), but if it is used widely, by all classes of society - such as Vicky/Victoria is, and Irish names, then its not chavvy, and I don't anyone in real life who actually thinks that, just a few odd sorts on here .

Mine are 4 and 6 and I still love their names.

NDP, I thought you were only young? How can you have chosen names 18 years ago?

I don't think it's Irish names, to be honest. I think it's Connor and Callum.

I totally agree wth you ellokitty.

It's always annoyed/baffled/irked me that people brand names as chav just because they've met some chav kids/adults with this name.

I know a chav called Thomas and quite a few chav kids called Freddie but I don't think they're chav names. The people are chavs, not the names!

There are probably very few names that are only used by chavs.

I often check out the Telegraph births and Connor/Conor is sometimes featured there.

announcements.telegraph.co.uk/births/02-May-2004/06-Mar-2010/connor/1/results.aspx

announcements.telegraph.co.uk/births/02-May-2004/06-Mar-2010/connor/1/results.aspx

So it IS used by the other end of society.

On the other hand, if you searched for Jayden...

OK, caution to the winds, I think my Connor has to be seen in the context of his father and brother. My dh has a traditional Irish name. He is actually Australian, but of Irish ancestry and it seems to be quite common in Australia for names to reflect family ancestry so he was quite interested in giving his sons Irish names too although we are not Irish per se. I was happy to go along with that as I love all things Irish and also have a Celtic heritage. So alongside our Connor, we also have a Declan and a Finbar. Now I know Fin is very popular these days, but it is usually shortened from Finlay or Finley, so hopefully Mners would agree with me that Declan and Finbar are not chavvy names. Within that context, I don't think Connor is either, though I can see that people have a view of Connor as a name which does not match the view I have of it.

Oh and sorry about the double n. That was my doing. Dh said it should be one n, but I preferred the look of the double n. Actually, sometimes we joke that all the boys should have had the Gaelic spelling put down on their birth certificates, just to really throw people! That would have given us a Deaglan, Conchobhar and Fionnbharr!

Dumble, I love your boys names and think that all 3 go together very well. None are at all chavvy.

Now, what is your daughter's name?

agree with you re the chavvy names ellokitty.
names are only chav if it is that demographic solely that would use them

e.g. you'd never come across a Lady Teagan or Madison, or a Prince Jayden would you?

Maybe conor and calum come in for criticism on mn because they became popularised quite quickly? and any name which races up the charts quite quickly can seem a risk as it will seem dated in twenty years. So maybe it is the speed at which a previously unused name goes 'mainstream'.

I like your sons' names Dumble.

Honestly - I love DS1 and DS2's names but DD's name still hasnt grown on me even though she is 17 months. I really wanted another name but DH said no, so it is now her middle name. Her name is a pretty name, but its not the name I imagined my daughter would have iyswim.

I love Connor, It was my second choice for DS2 after the name we went with. I cant understand why some people seem to think its a chav name. I know two Connors and they are both lovely boys.

lizzylou - dh chose the first 2, you are correct. They are old names (biblical) which have not dated. I chose DD's name, not biblical but also an old name. In my post I did not say that I chose all of the names, I replied on behalf of both DH and I as a parenting unit.

I'm happy enough with their names but have to admit if dp and had agreed on more names none of the three would have their current names.

dd is a Sarah, and while i do absolutely love it i think it does have a huge disadvantage due to popularity... she has the middle name Abigail to fall back on if she wants though.

ds1 is Caleb, which i love but find everyone, including dp, pronounces with varying degrees of 'wrongness' to my ear and it annoys me... it varies from 'Kay-lahb' (dp) to 'Kay'lem' and 'Cah-leb'.... I like the name the way i pronounce it 'Kayleb'... not the other versions!!!

ds2 is Aaron and I chose it because there were very few boys names that couldn't be shortened that dp and i agreed on (in fact he only agreed on this 2 days before the birth) but again it is a bit common and i'm finding it's taking me a very long time to adjust to him being that name... part of me still thinks it's not quite right but i can't explain why

I also sometimes wonder if people find it odd that we have 2 very common names and one extremely unusual one (Caleb is fairly unheard of over here)

Well, since Declan, Connor and Finbar would identify me to anyone who knew me, saying my dd's name will not, of itself, lose me my anonimity. Dd is Hayley. I would much prefer she was Isabella (her middle name).

Oh and thanks for all the nice comments re Connor and my sons' other names. I love them too. I do like the sound of Hayley, and love that it means hay field - so English and fresh and innocent sounding (to my ears) but it is hard to shout across an open space without sounding very chavvy. Plus, it is, a modern first name for girls and that goes totally against everything I am. Isabella, otoh, is a beautiful, classic name with a noble history behind it.

PS I love Caleb, and would say it just as you do Tulips.

I still love my DC's names. DS - I couldn't imagine having a boy and not calling him it. It's on this thread already...

DD - not a name I would have thought of I think, but DS came up with it and it was just right straight away.

dd1 is Evie and I loved it when she was born, but it's become so common now that I really wish I'd called her by her middle name (Violet). Her bf is also called Evie and her mum has told me she wished she'd used her middle name too.

dd2 is Mabel and I love, love, love it. It suits her so well. I really hope this doesn't go the same way as Evie...

I still love my daughter's name, Millicent, but I hate it when anyone calls her Millie. Her name is Millicent, not Millie. We shorten it to Mills, but really, not Millie.

DG if it helps, when I had dd my french friend was very scathing of my desire to call her Isabelle. Apparently in france it is a maids name. Hayley is much more unusual.

disclaimer - I obviously like Isabelle!

widowwoman- I have a Millicent Elizabeth, which I totally love- it was my girl's choice first time round with DS (He's Elliot, my favourite boys name) They are now 3.5 (dd) and & 7 (ds). Ido call dd Millie though, as i like it, but she is also Moo, Boo, Mills, Bad tempered monster etc....

Trouble is , i am now to DC3, and have no idea what to do if we have a girl , having used my favourite names already. it was surprisingly easy to think of a boys name in the end. I have picked a name, with a fab nick name that really makes me smile.

Just got to convince DH about a girl's name!