Chav names make your kids thick!!

[mancmum]

Anyone seen this in the MAil today (read at work!!)

Seemingly government research has found that kids with middle class names like KAtherine and Duncan do 8 times better in school than Waynes, Dwaines etc..

Some teachers have said that PAiges are the worst girls of all and that the following names arose the following comments:

Adrienne (kiss of death - spiteful, sneaky or both), Alanna, Ashleigh, Britney, Candice, Chantelle (spawn of the devil), Chelsie, Chelseigh, Chloe (nasty, spiteful).

Cindy (always a pain in the a**e) Courtney, Cortnee, Cortnie (trouble), Danielle (a nightmare), Jade, Jodie, Jordan (pretty bad for a girl), Kayleigh (a pain), Keeley, Keira (live in fear), Kimberley, Kylie, Leanne, Leigh, Lou-Lou,

Mia, Paige, Poppy (hyperactive and not very bright), Stacey, Tyler (lesson disrupter).

And these are the boys' names that the teachers most fear: Ashley, Chayse, Conor, Connor (a nightmare), Curtis, Damon, Declan, Dillon/Dylan, Dwayne (a terror), Grant, Jordan, Josh (arrogant, nasty, selfish.

Kade, Kane, Kieron, Kyle (always spells trouble), Liam (always a bad lad), Mason (a horror), Mitchell, Myles, Painton, Rhys / Reece (a nightmare), Ryan, Scott (live in fear), Shane (a terror), Troy, Tyler (lesson disrupter), Wayne (a terror).

What do you think?

[tassis]

Well I taught for around 6 years and have to agree that most of the kids called Stacey, Danielle, Josh and Ryan were trouble.

And as for Leanne...

But if these are your children's names, I'm sure they'll be the exception!

[sweetkitty]

mmmmm better not name DB no2 Chardonnay-Skye then?

[Pruni]

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[gigglinggoblin]

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ds1s name is in there and we are goths, not chavs!!!!!!!!

and he is very bright and i am at uni so cant be thick. am going to go and cry now boo hoo my little boy is NOT a chav!!

[dinosaur]

Kayleigh's going to have something to say about this!

And I have a feeling that one of Princesspeahead's sons revels in a name on this list - and they don't come over as very typical...

[blueteddy]

I have worked in primary schools for years & have to say that pretty much every Liam I have ever come across has been a nightmare!
Same goes for Kierans & Jordans, for some reason!
I know of a pretty bad Chelsea too!

[Pagan]

I'm going to sound like an outrageous snob here but it's not the names that make kids thick it's just that they are more likely to be called such names because of their chavvy parents and I'm sure there is plenty research to back up the arguement that kids from chavvy backgrounds do less well at school because their chavvy parents don't know how to make the best of things in life.

I'll now duck down behind a parapet and await the parps and hooters

[triceratops]

I taught a Danielle who was a proper little madam with a mean streak a mile wide and a Wayne who was very disruptive. However the worst child I had to deal with in my brief teaching career was called Leo which is fairly middle class I would have said.

I have just spent the morning at my sons preschool with an adorable child called Jade. She is the sweetest thing, very bright and very gentle.

And there was I almost agreeing with something in the Mail.

[JoolsToo]

OMG - joshy!

[blueteddy]

Was going to say something similar, but decided against it, pagan!

[Listmaker]

God that soooo fits with my dds' class mates! They missed off Chaz and Kole though who were worst of all in dd1 class!!

A couple of the names seem un-chav to me though - Josh? Liam? Declan? Mia? Poppy? Not chav-like to me!

[Pagan]

Blueteddy - will you hold my hand behind the parapet?

[Carmenere]

I was upset to see Alanna on that list as that is my dd's name however quite a few names on that list are not considered to be chavvy in Ireland (where I am from). It reminds me that when dp and I were trying to come up with a name we could agree on for dd we found that many names had different social standing in the UK and Ireland, it was a real eye-opener on cultural differences.

[colditz]

Flower names are not chavvy IMHO. and iI don't have a girl so am not biased.

[Iklboo]

I'm sure they roll out something like this every year...does anyone remember the Sharon/Tracy/Wayne/Darren stuff from years ago.

[Listmaker]

I agree with you entirely Pagan!

[Iklboo]

Oh - according to the (full) list, the names we've chosen for a boy will mean he's a delighful nightmare

[Pagan]

(tentatively raises her head to smile at Listmaker)

[Pruni]

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[blueteddy]

I am ducking too, now, pagan!

[sweetkitty]

Love the different spellings of erm modern names, nothing like messing with some vowels to give your children some individuality - know a Morgyn, why?

I have an odd name and always have to repeat it and spell it as it's a double barrelled version of two very common names and it drives me mad.

[expatinscotland]

American names make my skin crawl. Especially when they say, 'Oh, it's so pretty!' No, it's not, you brain donor numpty! It's naff and sounds ridiculous.

[blueteddy]

We once had a boy at one of the schools I worked in, called Conner, but spelt Konna!!!

[Pruni]

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[spacedonkey]

My sister was HV to a baby Bacardi a few years ago