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How will this name date?

131 replies

newcastlecoal · 05/05/2012 22:36

Hi, I've read a few times that some people think Lily is faddy and will date quickly. Do you think this is true considering that it's been around for years in a way that other names that pinpoint the owner to a specific decade, for example Tracy or Sharon, have not?

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nizlopi · 05/05/2012 22:45

Is Sarah dated? I think its really pretty.

Tracey isn't.

hugebluebump · 05/05/2012 22:44

Lily will be to our children what Sarah or Tracey is to us. Very popular names get associated with the era they were very popular.

RillaBlythe · 05/05/2012 22:40

Altho I agree it's not faddy in the same way Eg Jayden is.

RillaBlythe · 05/05/2012 22:39

Any name that has been used more at one particular time than another will date. Eg Lily - not many around from the 80s, lots around from the OOs.

pinkpyjamas · 05/05/2012 22:39

Lily is not faddy / specific to a certain decade.
My great aunt Lily died three years ago, aged 101!

I think it's a lovely name, and very traditional.
It won't date.

nizlopi · 05/05/2012 22:38

I think that in 70-80 years time there will be old peoples homes filled with Lily's, Evie's and Molly's, just as there are now.