Is this name chavvy?

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Nicole?

Dp and I had agreed on Charlotte but this morning we heard 'Nicole' and both liked it. I got to work and told a few people who said its a chavvy name.

So what does mumsnet think?

no! nicole kidman, and er the french girl in the car adverts, it's nice

hmm
not so keen
one lives over hte road form her

I dont think it's the name that makes the Chav! If you bothe like it then theres no problem

I like it - but I prefer Charlotte

if she grows up wearing huge hoo earings with strange bobbly bits hanging of them then yeap..chav

if not then no its a lovely, pretty very sophisticated name

mmmh - it does have a bit of a chavvy ring to it. Just a tad, though.
Don't discuss potential names with real life acquaintances! Someone's bound to find something to criticise.

i like it

prefer charlotte too though

I wouldn't have thought of it as chavvy, although I don't personally like it all that much. It's not awful though.

I think I prefer Charlotte but although dp agreed I'm not sure if he REALLY liked it

not chavvy, but it is a bit suburban-estate-dweller-trying-to-be-sfisticated.

Charlotte is lovely imho.

And thanks for all your replies

Well I have a Charlotte so deffo prefer that but nothing chavvy with Nicole imo.

Nicole perfectly reasonable name IMO - but I think Charlotte is nicer

however it's your child, so do whatever you want!

I like it
but it's one of those names that's fine if pronounced with a good round ol as in 'alcohol' or ohl as in 'hole', but can sounds dreadful with a long-drawn-out Estuary-type 'oaw' sound where the L isn't sounded.

I actually like Nicolette more, purely because the o is less emphasised and hence less subject to 'oaw'.

Nicolette reminds me of nicolette sheridan and she is mad! also reminds me of nicorette patches hehe

I think Nicole is a lovely name that can also be changed to Nic, or nicky if she wants as she grows into the teenage years, and back to Nicole to be more sophisticated.
I agree with the don't discuss it with friends. If they think Nicole is chavvy, then what about Charlotte the harlet? My oldest is Heather, and after I had named her, I worried that if she had a weight problem in later life she would be Heavy Heffer Heather. You could drive yourself mad. If you and other half like Nicole, go for it!

i would go with charlotte because nicole is nice but 'nicky' is chav.

Nicolette?? no way MrsB - it sounds like Nicorette! Nicole is difficult - it is very pretty and also quite a grown up name. I think as long as you don;t try distorting it with rogues Ys or Is or Ks it's ok. Nykole. Now that's chavvy

I think it's a smidgeon chavvy but not drastically so.

OTOH, there are about 4 Charlottes per class in my school. & you'd have to live with it being shortened to Charlie or Chas. Lovely name though.

Nicole is not chavvy at all!!!

(its my dd1 name) dh+1 have a friend called Nicole and we agreed it was beautiful name. Nicole does not like to be nikki, or nik, or nicola. her name is NICOLE she shouts at people who say it wrong

there's a complete minx at dd's school called Nicole, which puts me off a bit