For thinking baby names are getting silly

I prefer an Agatha to the weird 'unique' misspelled names.

I work in a school and it fascinates me how names come in cycles.
My own kids are adults now, and when they were born no one was Archie, or Albert or Esme or Ava-Grace...now classes are full of them!
Some names are always around.. we always have a James, an Alex, but the 'old fashioned' names are very much in. There are no Debbies, or Sharons or Julies at the moment ( Gen X names) but I bet in 20 years time they will be bck again along with Peter and Mark.

They've got to be members of the yacht club.

But whats 'normal' changes all the time. 20 yes ago my cousin named her baby 'Oscar' and I thought oh my god poor kid is going to be so teased.....a few years later there were Oscars in every primary school class and now its a really common name. There is no standard 'normal'. Normal for my generation was Gary, Mark, Paul, Vicky, Michelle and Sarah etc etc you don't find many of them in primary schools now.

I sort of agree…I also know a Horatio but his name suits him.

It’s hard for me to understand what the thought process was with some of the kids names I’m aware of locally; Atlas, Pebbles, Bunni, Dusty, Kobi-Bear, Bing, Venice, Buster etc. It just seems that it’s been more important for them to have a “unique” name and “be the only one in the class” than them thinking about what it might be like saddled with such a name.

You are aware that name trends go in a cycle?

Your first list were very 80s and 90s names so of course there are less in classes now.
For the same reason nobody is calling babies Gary or Sharon at the moment.

Oh dear op you have offended the ones who gave their children silly names 😬😆

Names have a 100 year cycle ish so it's not surprising there are lots of Audrey and Albies around. I think they're lovely.

I actually don't mind Horatio either.

1980s "normal" names will come back in to fashion again one day.

What’s wrong with Albert?

Loads of kids with the names on your first list in my area.
@bulbarsaurus if you want 'normal' in the traditional UK sense then maybe stick to biblical names or names which have local origin. I prefer more traditional names myself.

Well, if you’re on the Baby Names threads, you’re going to encounter a lot of people who are looking for names that are more unique than the “normal names” 🙄 you speak of.

I love the name Horatio but my husband hates it, I'm not middle class at all!!

As long as the child is not called names like Hitler or Crapbag let them get on with it. I think some names people use are awful but that's my opinion.

My kids were born late 90s early noughties and have normal names, I wish I had used the more unusual names I wanted but I didn't due to other people's opinions.

If I had my children would have been called
Casper
Oskar ( unusual spelling in the 90s)
Tuesday
Storm
Tate
Fabian

I agree but what we call “normal” names aren’t normal anymore. There are no Lucy’s, Emily, James or Thomas in my DC class

its Romeo, Roman, India and Willow 🤷‍♀️

Are people seriously pretending no one would raise an eyebrow at Horatio? Classic AIBU 🙄 I’m very middle class and I’d find it pretentious as fuck if a friend named their child Horatio!

You’re right though OP people are definitely becoming less conservative with name choices over time, especially for girls. I guess an easy list of very timeless names is past monarchs + consorts?

Think good thoughts.

YABU about Albert and Rodney. Nothing ridiculous about them. Perfectly ordinary names that have come round again in the cycle. Names seem to skip a couple of generations. So the baby Mables and Alberts of today should be calling their babies Brenda, Shirley, Trevor and Bernard if my calculations are right. Then next generation will be Sharon, Debbie, Steve and Darren again.

I can't imagine naming my children anything other than something normal so that when they finally go for a job interview their names appear professional and easy to read/pronounce.

We live in a country full of with people from various cultures and countries. What exactly counts as a normal name anymore?

I agree OP, the worst one being that woman who appeared in the tabloids years ago for wanting to name her daughter 'Clamidia' 🤢

If a Spartacus turned up in my kids class I probably wouldn’t give it more than two thoughts though!

Horatio is a great name.

Name trends evolve. Before the 70s Jason was considered a ‘posh’ name. Karen was a new modern name at one point. There were no Archie’s at my school in the 90s, now you’ll find a couple in most primary schools. Unless someone’s proposing a name like Phlegm or Buttcrack I wouldn’t worry too much.

Times change. You need to change with them or remain perpetually grumpy, I guess.

P.S The working-class Horatio comment was embarrassing on your part.

Why is this your problem tho - I can’t see how this affects you, did you just want to have a go at names you find silly? I have two children who have names that are not common - one is a musical reference. Why might that bother you - they are not
your children….

Like Spartacus is definitely a joke.