Liam

[Diddle82]

What do people think about liam? Is this popular at the moment? DH thinks its a bit chavy - is he right?

[rocketeer]

I have a Liam and I don't think it's 'chavvy'. I read on here once that it is a naughty boys name - nothing could be further from the truth with mine!

[rocketeer]

Oh, and we rarely come across another Liam. My other boys have more unusual names and we seem to meet more of them!

[Diddle82]

Thats good to hear, its not a name we have really come across but not sure if its because we havent been listening out for it. I am liking it more and more...

[valiumredhead]

I'm not over keen, partly because there were loads around when ds was born 12 years ago.

[playftseforme]

I think it is a lovely name, quite unusual now

[emacp]

It is short for William not a name in itself I think

[Blanketsandpillows]

It's a gorgeous name I think. It is the Irish version of William and therefore is a name in itself rather than just being a shortened version of William

[C0smos]

I have one and I think it's a great name, not too common and quite contemporary. It's not unique I have seen a handful of others in his school.

[BustleInYourHedgerow]

I like it, a normal, run of the mill name here in Ireland, not overly common though either:) And not short for William, is a name in itself.

[badtime]

Of course it's a name in itself.

Both William and Liam derive from the Norman/French Guillaume (rather than Liam from William), so Liam has every bit as much of a pedigree as the English version.

[PattieOfurniture]

My 19yo brother is Liam, the only one I personally know.
I love it

[mulan84]

I love it, but I'm biased as I have a Liam. I know 3 others of different ages. Can be used a short form of William but is definitely a name in it's own right as others have said. My OH wasn't sure about it at first but I can't imagine our LO being called anything else.

[AllegraLilac]

I know quite a few in their 20s, but my kids went to a Catholic school full of Irish immigrant families.

I like the name very much. Liam from 90210 is fit.

[Onesleeptillwembley]

It was (in England) a lovely old Irish name, that unfortunately had been taken over by the Jeremy Kyle brigade. It's a name that makes me doubly wince; 1, it's a 'common' name in a lot of quarters, and 2; it was lovely and used by respectable people.

[JeanPaget]

I really like it, I only know of one Liam at my DC's school (in Scotland).

Although I like the name myself I do think some regarded as a slightly 'chavvy' name. I think it would help if you had some Irish link...

[Diddle82]

Interesting comments, definately like the irish connection...

[nocheeseplease]

I really like it. If dd1 was a boy she was going to be Liam, we ended up calling her Leah.

[Shrugged]

Pretty much the Irish equivalent of Thomas or Edward. Plain, strong, often used.

[JumpingJackSprat]

"was used by respectable people"? Wtf i hope i read that wrong!!! The liam i know is lovely, not a "naughty boy" and his parents arent chavs!! Good solid name, i dont know any others.

[derbyshire]

I've got a half-Irish/half-English Liam. He's actually William on his birth cert but always called Liam thereby pleasing both sides of the family!

I don't consider it "chavvy" - v respectable old name in Ireland. (Plenty of priests called Father Liam!)

[ChristineDaae]

I know 3 Liam's, one is my bro 20, a friends son 3, the other is about 27. Of course to a name in its own right. And it's not chavvy at all in my eyes.

[mamalovesmojitos]

I love it.

[MrsTomHardy]

My eldest is Liam...he's 16 now and I love his name......although I do often call him Lee....but I like that name too

[mathanxiety]

Very nice Irish name and also a very MC name in the US (same with Kevin - cf Home Alone).

Weirdly enough the Liams I know (and I know several among the DCs' classmates) all have a sister named Rachel.