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All the baby girls...

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KnitterNotTwitter · 14/10/2010 11:25

...that I know and have been born recently are called

Imogen
Grace
Elodie
Evie
Amelia
Daisy

And permutations including the above for their middle names. i.e. Imogen Grace and Daisy Amelia... How did these names suddenly get so popular? And would you use them?

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LiquoriceLila · 15/10/2010 21:33

Yep id agree those names are all v popular (with exception of Elodie- dont know any). Also Ella seems v popular, i know loads

Silkstalkings · 15/10/2010 21:14

I'm an Olivia, named after the mother in the Waltons! Is nice now that everyone can pronounce it and spell it at last but I'm not a fan of popular names. I liked being pretty much unique growing up, made me memorable without me having to trySmile.

Caro1302 · 14/10/2010 21:00

I love all those names, along with Isabelle which is the only one missing from your list for my NCT group Smile

My own DD is Lydia which is not so common but the MW who delivered her had a 13 year old Lydia funnily enough.

Names seem to get popular out of nowhere. I remember when Isabelle and Grace were unusual, old-fashioned names, but word spreads and names become over-used. Actually it wouldn't put me off using any of those names because they're all pretty.

ValiumSkeleton · 14/10/2010 16:24

Never met an Elodie, and actually I think those names were more 'of the moment' nearly a decade ago....

The last two girl babies born in my extended circle of acquaintance friends/family were Zoe and Catherine.

going · 14/10/2010 16:09

Most of them will have the middle name Mae/May or Rose!

Oldjolyon · 14/10/2010 16:06

With the exception of Evie, I don't know any children under 5 with those names. I do know 4 little Evies mind :)

Babies I know round here have names like Harriet, Martha, Isobel and so on...

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KnitterNotTwitter · 14/10/2010 15:29

ragged you've just listed both my first and middle names - and I am a child of the 70's :)

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4andnotout · 14/10/2010 14:46

When I named dd1 Olivia-Mae in 2001 it didn't seem to be particularly popular but then within months i heard of loads of Olivia's. May must be very popular at the moment as bil has just named their baby xxx May Hmm

ragged · 14/10/2010 14:45

Grace is ok, others not my taste at all.
I like the 1960s-1970s names like Jackie, Nicola, Jane and Sarah!

rachel234 · 14/10/2010 14:42

Yes, CharlieBoo, you can indeed not know which names will become super popular after your child is born. You can only minimise the risk by choosing a name outside the top 100 (but even then, there is no guarantee, of course).

CharlieBoo · 14/10/2010 13:23

Yes, but classic timeless names are in the top 20, think Sophie, Emily, Lucy.

Its hard to balance out the popular from the over popular, and you never have any idea about which names will be popular in your area at the time of your dc's birth. This site gives the name Jack a complete slating but there are none in my ds' class at school and only 2 in the whole school, however the name Noah which is much less popular, there are 2 in one class in reception and one in year one and another in year 2.

mopsyflopsy · 14/10/2010 11:58

Names, like fashion, fall in and out of fashion. They become very popular only to fall out of favour a few years later. People with such names are therefore 'dated' to the era they were popular (think Sharon, Tracy etc).

Personally I would avoid very popular names because 1) I hated being one of 3 in my class and 2) I prefer classic more timeless names. (Just like I prefere mor timeless classic clothes Smile).

BuntyPenfold · 14/10/2010 11:26

I would use Daisy, not the others.
I never get the popularity of Grace, so like Grease to my ears. And Greasy is worse!

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