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A True classic

36 replies

greencat23 · 08/03/2012 20:05

Have been thinking about classic names those that stand the test of time and never date a person . I think they are few my list as follows anyone think off any more.
Catherine
Elizabeth
Charlotte
Anne/Anna

William
James
Thomas

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FilterCoffee · 08/03/2012 21:58

baby-names.familyeducation.com/nametracker

PiedWagtail · 08/03/2012 21:56

Alexander and Nicholas - I have a 4yo Nicholas :) and we considered Alexander. Our choice for a girl was Rebecca - guess we like classical names :)

SkiBumMum · 08/03/2012 21:50

Jessica is thought to have been invented by Shakespeare as a name for Shylock's daughter. It's been around a while.

Puremince · 08/03/2012 21:47

Alexander is timeless; we know Alexanders of all ages. Not only is it not tied to one age group, it's not tied to one country either.

wearymum200 · 08/03/2012 21:29

Agree with slinking. There aren't many names which aren't mostly associated with a particular age group. Every other girl in my year at school was called Sarah but there are very few little Sarahs around now. Jessica is going through an extended "popular" phase, but there are almost no Jessicas older than me.

I think for girls, Elizabeth and Hannah
For boys, Peter and Michael

SlinkingOutsideInFrocks · 08/03/2012 21:25

I disagree with quite a few of these. Some of them are very old names, yes, but they're quite cyclical and therefore go in and out of fashion.

How many people, for example, do you know called Ann/Anne? Mostly women our Mums' age? It's a little bit old-fashioned. Anna is more current right now.

Likewise, Mary (DD's middle name, for the record) is only just coming out of middle-aged connotations.

Lots of people called Caroline, Stephen/Steven, David, Victoria, Andrew, Christopher, Nicholas, etc from my generation, but not very popular right now. Very few baby Johns around.

Amelia?! Hmm, I don't think so. Very 'now'.

My own name is Isobel and it's fashionable right now, but was desperately old-lady (and not in a good way) when I was given it in the 70s - named after my grandmother reflecting its popular back in the early 1900s when she had it. As I say, cyclical - going in and out of fashion, as opposed to being completely timeless.

I think there's only a very small handful of names which are truly timeless, BUT, having said that, I do think that there are loads and loads of names which won't date per se, if you simply choose names which aren't overly popular and therefore too associated with a certain era.

raspberryshake · 08/03/2012 20:30

William for a boy. Love it! I have a William. He is cute, serious, naughty, mischeivious, loving, etc depending on how you say it! My 4 year old DD calls him Wee-yum. So cute.

BillyBollyBandy · 08/03/2012 20:30

Alice
Claudia
Isobel
Grace
Emily
Amelia
Elizabeth

John
Mark
Matthew
Benjimin
David
Andrew
Christopher
Paul

FilterCoffee · 08/03/2012 20:23

Josephine
Amelia
Lucy
Victoria
Hannah
Georgina

Samuel
David
John
George
Peter
Luke

Marne · 08/03/2012 20:18

Emma
Sophie
Anne
Rose
Mary
Jessica

Mathew
James
Luke
Steven
Andrew

SarahJessicaFarter · 08/03/2012 20:15

Emma
Emily
Sarah
Rebecca
Caroline
Jane

Nicholas
Alexander
James
William

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