IYO...What's the new 'on-trend' names

Clearly I am ahead of the game. I have a DD with probably the most metioned name on this thread.

My predictions;

Joan
Dorothy
Audrey
Mary
Jane
Verity

John
Andrew
Spencer
Mark
Paul

Oh and I can assure you that Esme is certainly not an Ella analogue name! Those names would not have got on our list!

Lots of young Iseults in Ireland. I like it but prefer Isolde, so I can see that because much more popular very soon.

Are they actually the same name? I should know that.

"I think MamaLazarou has a point, as those with grandparents/parents with the plainer names become more frail, they will want to commemorate them by naming their offspring with those names. They have the advantage of sounding unpretentious (perhaps a little too safe for now) and are consciously non-aspirant which may merge well with forthcoming times of austerity."

'Consciously non-aspirant' was what we were going for. We have a John, a David and a Mary. I'm hoping Mary doesn't become too trendy, but tbh even if it does, we love it (as we do her brothers' names) and at least we're ahead of the curve....

Both my potential boys names mentioned here, Red and Teddy.
I predict Mad Men inspired names for girls like Betsy and Joanie. There's about 10 Finns at ds's nursery. I think Jean is cooler when it's a boys name, a la Gene Symonds or Gene Wilder

Delilah, Esme, Emilia, Martha

Seth, Herbie, Archie

Never heard of Isolde, how do you pronounce it?
Nancy I love but know a few.
My 2 year old ds's name not on here !
Know a few Katie, Arthur, Isla, Eliza, Billy

I am pregnant and my soon to be little girl will be called Isolde and Issy for short. I absolutely love that name and thought it was unusual until I heard it twice last week!

Not sure for boys but I know two Nancy's under one year old.

Orla / Orlaith already seems to appear on lots of 'names I like' lists

I agree with Hester about Oisin (pronounced Usheen / Osheen )and other more unusual celtic / Irish names like Caoimhe. They aren't particularly unusual names in Ireland (Oisin seemed to be really popular when we went on holiday to Cork a couple of years ago) , but not so common in England. I love the name Oisin, it was top of my list of boys names, but H wasn't so keen....

Not seen DD1 or DD3 names mentioned and only DD2's nickname so I think we have escaped being 'trendy'.

I think A names like Amaya, Amariah, Anais will become popular for girls as will names like Seth, Caleb, Sebastian for boys.

But I could well be wrong

Richard IS a royal name - there have been 3 English kings called Richard, plus the current Duke of Gloucester is a Richard.

Interested to see Felix mentioned on here a few times. It's currently top of my list for DS2 due very soon but was worried it might be a bit too out there. I've got a super unusual name and I have always loved it but I think it's a bit more difficult for boys to carry off unusual names than girls [outrageous generalisation emoticon]. If it is on the way up then I feel much happier about it!

I'm interested to see Elodie on this list.I know a 6 year old Elodie, chosen by her French parent, and it really stands out, and I now have a newborn neice called Elodie and people still seem to be thrown by it and need it repeated.

Umm, my friend named her DD Esme in 2009, and she was the only one I knew until this year! ..I know of 5 now!

Joni I would say Esme has been rising steadily for 6 years or so (in my area anyway). I know an awful lot of Esmes 7 years and under.

Called our DD Esmée, I had no idea it was on the 'up'. We named her after a character in a book...when did it start to become popular

Poor Wilfred, that's all I can say!

Wilfie? Seriously?

Oi stop hating on Agatha-is my fave girls name ever but dh said not a chance in hell. We gave our dd what I thought was an unusual name but now becoming more popular.

Having been called Dorothy as a second name and rapidly eliminated it as a young adult, am absolutely amazed it's making a comeback. Just sounds ugly to me.

I think that obviously pretty pretty names are on the way out. Millie, Ruby etc. All very pretty. STronger sounding versions of these names will start appearing. And names that don't end in -ia or -a.

Mildred? Winifred? Dorothy? Maud?

For boys things like Victor, Howard, and perhaps other classics that aren't royal, such as Richard.

Names like Reuben and Imogen which have been suggested are in the top #100 and are completely mainstream already surely???

When i had my Wilfred nearly fifteen years ago there wasnt any others for miles around. My poor mother went very quiet at the end of the phone when i told her what we had called him then she managed to say "I'll have to get used to that name!!" My reply?? "Yes you will Mum wont you!!!" She's never said another word about his name since and he so suits his name! (pics on profile)

My mum's name was Jean, I always liked it.