"Tanya" - is this a trashy name?

Question

"Tanya" - is this a trashy name?

Answer 1

It's funny how so many people have had such a bad experience with the name! Anyways I know a Tanya who is very trashy. Into a lot of drugs, sleeps around, etc. I've also known a few Tonyas that have had to go to rehab. And then ONE Tawnya I've known who was the complete opposite. The sweetest lady I know!! Anyways all the other Tanyas have ruined the name for me!

Answer 2

Names like "Tanya" are the reason I don't look at my student rosters before I meet the students. I like to know the individual CHILD without any prejudgment based on their name. Maybe that sounds bad, but I embrace my human nature and understand it. I've found that generally speaking, Tanyas are named by less educated parents - lower social class, if you will. So to give my children the absolute BEST of ME I don't look at their names until I meet them.



I've known some very sweet and smart Tanyas - but I don't doubt for a minute that the name is a handicap. We are judged on many things - including our names. Is this correct or fair? OF COURSE NOT! But naming a child is so important - it's best to not give a name because you think it's cute or you knew someone you liked with that name. You should research what names more educated parents give their children. That's how I would do it, anyway.

Answer 3

I work at a call center. I have called a lot of tonyas and tanyas...any variation is just.. Well they are trashy, but people tell me im an optimist. They usually curse alot and yes i get a list of their occupations and it is veeeeeeeeeeerrrrry common for them to be an exotic dancer, escort, druggie, or just plain unemployed. I also have a cousin named tonya that is a pole rocker. Also she has a whole bunch of boyfriends..30 something looks 60 smokes like a nutt job

Answer 4

No! I don't think so at all! I have a friend named Tanya that I met in college and she is the opposite of trashy haha. I don't particularly care for the name just because I don't think its pretty, but I definitely would never classify it as a 'trashy' name. Although when you despise someone and think very low of an individual and then you think of their name, you kind of tend to associate it with negative things.



I'm like that with the name Michelle. My boyfriend had a psycho ex in college named Michelle, and she was a tramp and she was absolutely nuts. He almost got a restraining order on her! When I head that name I shudder. Hahaha.

Answer 5

I gotta say this - the Tanyas I remember from school were... um... well... trying to think of a polite word. Let's just say they were not the type of girl you would take home to meet your parents... and if you spent any time with them, you might lie awake at night wondering if you should see the doctor.



It's not as bad as Destiny or Chastity or Bambi or Misty... but I must agree. Tanya is pretty bad. It seems like parents in lower social classes use these names - or less educated parents. Interesting question.



I agree - get the pole. Sorry.

Answer 6

I think it's trashy. Too bad - I've known some very nice Tanyas... but their parents tended to be in the lower social class or uneducated. Names matter - I would choose a different one.

Answer 7

Everyone is always going to have negative things to say about baby names. That's why most parents wait till the baby is born to announce the name. If your friend likes the name then let her name her baby that. I don't think the name is trashy and its different better then the over used Isabella or Emma everyone is naming there daughters.

Answer 8

Oh, yes. Tanya is DEFINITELY trashy. What a shame they're putting that name on an innocent baby.

Answer 9

Ugh. Um... sorry. It's a trashy name. Brandi(y), Candi(y), Misti(y), Bambi, and names with punctuation are trashy. Get that pole.

Answer 10

GOD, YES!! I changed my name! I HATE the name Tanya! I love my mom but she was a teen when she had me. I lived my life with this horrid name - people DO respond to names. Tanya or Tonya or any spelling is a trashy name. No doubt about it.



Once a boy in middle school told me all Tanyas are sluts and wanted to know if I would "do" him in the locker room. When I said I don't do that, he said "Why not? You're a Tanya."



Names are important. People who give babies names because they think they are cute or they knew someone who had that name or, god forbid, some character on a tv show has that name - those people are just plain stupid. Everyone reacts to your name, and I can tell you, Tanya is a TRASHY NAME.



I legally changed my name and it was the best thing I ever did for myself. I never would name a child without researching it - not name meanings. People don't care about that. I would research what the smart, educated, or upper class people name their kids.



I went to college, got married, and am expecting our first child - a son - in six months. We are CAREFULLY researching names. We're not naming him for grandparents or friends or anyone at all. We're giving him a name that will be classy and fit with our last name. We're not naming a baby - we're naming a PERSON.



I'm sorry for your friend's baby. I hope they change their mind. It's a horrible name and honestly, all the other Tanyas I've known were pretty trashy girls. I felt like I was lifting weights my whole life just because I had that awful name. So glad I changed it.



If your friend does name her Tanya, tell her when she's older that she can change her name. She'll thank you for it.

Answer 11

Um no. It's not a trashy name, seems to me like you have a bad experience with somebody with that name. Personally its not my favorite name, but it is far from trashy. A name doesn't make a person trashy, its their personality.

Answer 12

I really do like the name. Unfortunately, my brother married a woman named Tawnya that completely ruined it for me. Such a terrible woman. Cute name, doesn't always have to be trashy. But she definitely ruined it for me.

Answer 13

It is strange how certain names are like that. My friend named her son Vaughn-- which I think is awful because it is the same name as one of my white trash drug-addict cousin's white trash drug-addict friends.



I'd have to say that Tanya isn't the most sophisticated names, but it's not as bad as Tawny, Trixi, Bambi, Traci, or Fawn.

Answer 14

I also think it's a trashy name

i had a dance teacher who was "trash" i was 11 when she taught me and the moves she made us do were just aweful

Answer 15

I don't think its a trashy name. its not that bad really.

Answer 16

I don't know about it being trashy but it's ugly. I don't see anything pretty about it.

Answer 17

i really don't like it. it just doesn't sound nice "tannnnn-yaaaaaaahhh" ew

i would advise your friend against it. maybe Tonya? that's a bit better.

Answer 18

it sounds like 54 year old indian housewife... try sebastian

Answer 19

Umm... EW! Tell your friend to try Tawni!

Answer 20

Well I don't like it.

Answer 21

does she dance?

Answer 22

i don't mind it

Answer 23

i like it. its different

Answer 24

I picture a ginger person ... Dunno why ...