What is the most Chavvie name?
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Totally agree! The only Portia I've met did fit the description "Posh totty" and the only Mercedes I've met was of Afrikaaner extraction (and posh totty!)
I do think there is something in this but my kids attend a private school and it tends to go the other way,
Margot, Pascoe, Isaac, Ignatius, Tristan, Eugenie, Rupert, Cecily, Harriet, Prudence, Lysander etc.
There was a whole section of Middle class girls all call Fiona, Caroline or Annabelle when we were younger, they all said "Fark" when they swore and "Yah" for everything else.
We tried to stay neutral as far as possible, My middle name is Darren though
Margot, Pascoe, Isaac, Ignatius, Tristan, Eugenie, Rupert, Cecily, Harriet, Prudence, Lysander etc.
There was a whole section of Middle class girls all call Fiona, Caroline or Annabelle when we were younger, they all said "Fark" when they swore and "Yah" for everything else.
We tried to stay neutral as far as possible, My middle name is Darren though
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The only names that arn't chavvy are the ones that can have a royal moniker suffixing it.
Charles 1st, Edward 2nd, Henry 8th, Elizabeth 1st.
I know that discounts most of the names in popular use, Duncan 1st, Gavin 2nd, kylie 3rd, but its the only things my kids are going to be named.
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Charles 1st, Edward 2nd, Henry 8th, Elizabeth 1st.
I know that discounts most of the names in popular use, Duncan 1st, Gavin 2nd, kylie 3rd, but its the only things my kids are going to be named.
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astraboy - I've never liked Edward. I'd go for Henry.
Ignatius - I'm not sure how to say it let alone give some poor b*stard that as a handle
Having said that I was very tempted to call our baby Ayrton. We settled on giving our daughter a middle name the same as a surname of an F1 driver - probably more sad than chav
Ignatius - I'm not sure how to say it let alone give some poor b*stard that as a handle
Having said that I was very tempted to call our baby Ayrton. We settled on giving our daughter a middle name the same as a surname of an F1 driver - probably more sad than chav
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The only names that arn't chavvy are the ones that can have a royal moniker suffixing it.
Charles 1st, Edward 2nd, Henry 8th, Elizabeth 1st.
I know that discounts most of the names in popular use, Duncan 1st, Gavin 2nd, kylie 3rd, but its the only things my kids are going to be named.
astraboy.
Charles 1st, Edward 2nd, Henry 8th, Elizabeth 1st.
I know that discounts most of the names in popular use, Duncan 1st, Gavin 2nd, kylie 3rd, but its the only things my kids are going to be named.
astraboy.
King Duncan 1st was in Macbeth
Edit: the Real Duncan 1st of Scotland was from 1010 to 1040. HtH
I was going to suggest names from the Bible but they are hit and miss, nobody sane is going to call their son Judas...
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The trend today seems to be naming kids with surnames. Connor, Taylor etc
It's an unavoidable fact of life that people will judge you by your name as part of a first impression so however posh you are you will still be thought of as a chav if your name is bad
It's an unavoidable fact of life that people will judge you by your name as part of a first impression so however posh you are you will still be thought of as a chav if your name is bad
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i was taking my two kids (Dylan & Dewi btw, just in case) swimming in maendy pool, and a gran shouted in a thick cardiff accent to her grandaughter "Chardonnay, CHARDONNAY wheres Keanu" now i don't normally laugh out loud but....
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Have to take that one up with my mum and dad, nearly got it as a first name but got named after a stain instead, my father in law likes to take the Mick out of the Darren things but his initals spell ***** ! So he can't talk
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I work for a housing association- so you can imagine the great names we come across:
in my time I've dealt with a family all named after elvis, pressley- i.e aaron, priscilla.
kids called sonny and cher
frank sinatra
Michaela Ditrect some weird crossing dressing bloke.
Bran and Morton-- remember AHA ?
heathcliffe leaper
mr buckletits
halifax bluesoxs after the ice skating team apparently. he wasn't happy when he had to explain it to me, as I had no idea what/who they were.
lots of 1st names like
bronte
heaven
all the kylies and jasons back in the 90's, followed up by jordan, joshua
most common thing is no one even has a common surname running in the family.
seen one family with 6 different surnames to mum. (she was only 26 by then)
the one dead set rule of thumb- is double barrelled surnames.
if you own half of yorkshire and drive around in a 30 yr old landrover- it makes sense.
if you live in a rented house, you have enduring mental health problems.
and I'm being deadly serious !!!!!!
in my time I've dealt with a family all named after elvis, pressley- i.e aaron, priscilla.
kids called sonny and cher
frank sinatra
Michaela Ditrect some weird crossing dressing bloke.
Bran and Morton-- remember AHA ?
heathcliffe leaper
mr buckletits
halifax bluesoxs after the ice skating team apparently. he wasn't happy when he had to explain it to me, as I had no idea what/who they were.
lots of 1st names like
bronte
heaven
all the kylies and jasons back in the 90's, followed up by jordan, joshua
most common thing is no one even has a common surname running in the family.
seen one family with 6 different surnames to mum. (she was only 26 by then)
the one dead set rule of thumb- is double barrelled surnames.
if you own half of yorkshire and drive around in a 30 yr old landrover- it makes sense.
if you live in a rented house, you have enduring mental health problems.
and I'm being deadly serious !!!!!!
And they're a cut above LDV!
We call them ''Drongos'' round here. Lets see;
Jayden
Rory
Courtney
Crystal
Angel-Delight (I **** you not!)
The list goes on! But it's not just the names its the whole Drongo lifestyle aswell, most of the females being 4x4's (4 kids, 4 different dads) and none of them give a toss about anything.
We call them ''Drongos'' round here. Lets see;
Jayden
Rory
Courtney
Crystal
Angel-Delight (I **** you not!)
The list goes on! But it's not just the names its the whole Drongo lifestyle aswell, most of the females being 4x4's (4 kids, 4 different dads) and none of them give a toss about anything.
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I do think there is something in this but my kids attend a private school and it tends to go the other way,
Margot, Pascoe, Isaac, Ignatius, Tristan, Eugenie, Rupert, Cecily, Harriet, Prudence, Lysander etc.
There was a whole section of Middle class girls all call Fiona, Caroline or Annabelle when we were younger, they all said "Fark" when they swore and "Yah" for everything else.
We tried to stay neutral as far as possible, My middle name is Darren though
Margot, Pascoe, Isaac, Ignatius, Tristan, Eugenie, Rupert, Cecily, Harriet, Prudence, Lysander etc.
There was a whole section of Middle class girls all call Fiona, Caroline or Annabelle when we were younger, they all said "Fark" when they swore and "Yah" for everything else.
We tried to stay neutral as far as possible, My middle name is Darren though
