Have I saddled my baby with a chav name?

[KateBeckinsale]

My DS is 2 and as soon as I found out I was pregnant, DH picked the name Kaeden for a boy. I really liked it and we stuck with it.

I chose to spell it this way for the following reasons:

1. Kaiden would get Kai and he has a cousin called this. 2)Kayden would get Kay 3)I didn't like Kaden as thought it loooked like kad-en rather than Kayden and it is arabic and I have no arabic connections.
2. Caden means round lump and is usually the girl version.
3. Kaeden is sometimes shortened to Kaed and we just like it.

But since then lots of people have called their kids Kayden/Jayden/Hayden/Aiden/Brayden, etc and people have started calling it chavvy.

This really upsets me as neither DH or I are chavs, we're teachers with a nice house, etc and we DS going to be judged on his name for the rest of his life and is it really a horrible name or are people just being snobby and trying to label others?

Sorry my laptop is rubbish. That was meant to say 'we chose it because we liked it. Is our DS going to be judged...'

If you like it that is all that matters.

Well, seeing as you ask outright, it looks like a made-up chavvy name to me. But you like it and had good reasons for picking it, so you should ignore what other people think and be proud of your choice.

You like the name and obv put a lot of effort into choosing it.

According to MN my DS has a 'chavvy' name too,, ( i obv dont agree)
If people judge someoene by their name then thats their problem.

the name is chosen.chins up.ignore any comments

Actually, SixtyFootDoll, if people judge someone by their name, then that's the problem of the person being judged - particularly if its a child.

OP - once people know a person, they forget any preconceptions they might have about that person's name.

my DS has a name which invariably called chavvy - it is also unisex and a surname - how's that for a triple whammy

as scottishmummy says it is done and dusted and you and your DH like the name

anyhoo to the serious qusestion are you really KB.

thought you and lenny boy were getting divorced.

do you plan to make any more cheesy vampire movies

Yes you have saddled him with a chavvy name, since you ask. Even more so with that spelling, as whatever your reasons were, it will look like you are either illiterate or were trying too hard to be different.

Does he have a decent middle name to fall back on?

Ah, you can't with with names on here
they're perceived either as
chavvy
pretentious
or dull

you like it, that's what's matters.

Yes (because you asked) due to the creative spelling.

Erm...well...yes, soz.

However, so long as he not chavvy and neither are you it won't matter too much.

Keep him out of tracksuits unless he's playing sport, make sure he says aitch and not haitch and absolutely never, never let him wear a football t-shirt and he should do OK.

What are you hoping to achieve with this thread btw?

I hate the lable chav/chavvy. only dimwits use it

The name is lovely, and you like it so that all that matters

Kaeden seems to be listed on name finder things as a form of Caden, so not sure you have avoided the meaning. Seems to also possible mean 'battle' or 'companion'.

If you like it then that's the important thing. There's a lot more to being a "chav" than a name - make sure you never buy him a white shell suit!

Have to say I object to "Aiden/Aidan" being in your chavtastic list. ALl the ones I know (a few, including my own) are frighteningly middle class!

DH has a chavvy middle name and since he grew up in a rough village, he went by his chavvy name instead of his Sunday name. He is still universally known by his chavvy name with rare exceptions like when people ring him for the first time and don't know how he's normally called.

His character and personal achievements have way surpassed any dubious connotations his name suggests.

There sounds like there is no reason the same won't apply to your son in the future. Chin up.

"I hate the lable chav/chavvy. only dimwits use it"

LOL! You've just called the OP a dimwit

I think my childrens names are potentially common, and they are both diminuitives so I guess they will never be a high court judge or Prime Minister.

Surely though if you love the name and you'r ds is not 'chavvy' in his behaviour then what does it matter.

For what it's worth I know a couple of tracksuited lads with ASBO potential called William and Edward.

oops

I object to the term chav in any case. It's pure snobbery. Years ago such people were called 'common' and it's exactly the same attitude just with different terminology.

As others have said, people will form judgements on your child's character from how they behave, not from their name. And if they do the latter then they are incredibly shallow.

just become supportive of team kaeden but but maybe dont be too enthusiastic

I don't think it's the name per se which makes someone a "chav", it's their behaviour.

I mean look at the royal family - can't you just imagine Betty on the steps of Balmoral screeching "OIiiiii Charlie, 'Arry, Bi(w)l, Fi(w)l yer tea's ready!"

What has happened but you have started NOTICING similar names. I know children with those names but they are older than 2 yo - Hayden and Aidan are names of great pedigree.

My child has a lovely name thought to be chavvy in some circles, in our middle class area knee deep in Georges and Henry's he is thankfully unduplicated.