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In an age of Isabellas and Lilys etc. what names are girls never ever called anymore?

115 replies

hectorthestandbyhawk · 15/07/2012 20:33

I think there are probably no baby girls called:
Andrea
Lisa
Joanne
Thelma
Michelle
Kelly
Amanda
Tracy
Karen
Tina
Wendy

If we want to be post modern we should start a revolition no names ending in 'ia' or double barrelled with Mae on the end.

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TeaandHobnobs · 15/07/2012 22:35

Vera, Irene and Hazel (my grandma and her sisters!)

exoticfruits · 15/07/2012 22:31

Martha is another popular one in our area.

Selky · 15/07/2012 22:31

Lorraine
Denise
Beverley
Frances
Elsie

OhTheConfusion · 15/07/2012 22:30

Chubfuddler, Iwent to school with a Sally too but I am now 30 (ish) :(

WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 15/07/2012 22:30

I know two young Marthas.

exoticfruits · 15/07/2012 22:27

I know several baby Josephines

Chubfuddler · 15/07/2012 22:09

I went to school with a Sally. And a Martha.

speckledpig · 15/07/2012 22:08

Sandra
Julie
Sheila
Janet
Marion
Josephine

exoticfruits · 15/07/2012 22:06

I know quite a few mentioned, and would choose some of them myself e.g Mary has now made a comeback.
I would say
Maureen
Doreen
Linda
Brenda
Barbara
Lesley
Irene
Angela
Mavis
Ethel
Mildred
Muriel
Sheila
Beryl
Patricia
Pamela

speckledpig · 15/07/2012 22:05

I was born in 1980 and my name is Martha. There wre very few of us about then. I think it is a little more popular now thoug.

OhTheConfusion · 15/07/2012 22:01

It has been quite some time since I came accross a Sally.

RuthlessBaggage · 15/07/2012 22:00

I know a baby Eric. I reported this to my name-obsessed friends with the comment "I hope it is a family name."

Also a Carol (actually Carol-Ann, 18mo), ditto.

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SurprisinglyCurvaceousPirate · 15/07/2012 21:55

My cousin's 4 yr old is called Helen and I recently met a 3 yr old Claire/Clare so I think these names are both being used, albeit not as much as they used to be.

I really don't like a lot of the very girlie names that are around now so I hope some of the more classic ones do come back.

Annunziata · 15/07/2012 21:52

Mary. I'm hoping Downton Abbey changes things, it's such a beautiful name. Also Maria and Marie, but I don't like Marie as much.

I think male names are less faddy.

ginhag · 15/07/2012 21:52

Bernard Grin

Well, it's nursey's real name...so kinda historic/classic

Ample · 15/07/2012 21:51

Glen
Jeffery
Derek

LeB0F · 15/07/2012 21:50

There are quite a few Mabels, Mauds and Ivys, I think, judging from the boards here. Old lady chic and all that.

twonker · 15/07/2012 21:49

Geraldine and Cynthia have very low take up these days.

Ample · 15/07/2012 21:49

Male equivalents?

Alan
Barry
Leslie
Graham
Trevor
Malcolm
Clifford/Cliff
Boyce
Douglas
Duane/Dwayne
Colin
Dennis
Stewart (I know 4yo Stuart)
Dean
Daryl
Kelvin
Kenny/Kenneth
Eric
Shane
Rodney
Wayne
Robin
Tony
Brian
Lance
Alec
Shane

I would add Timothy, Warren, Jason and Justin but I know of little boys named, all

WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 15/07/2012 21:47

Both my DCs have been listed on this thread (age 6 and 8)

I also know one of each of the following in the same general age group

Robert
David
Ross
Craig
Julia
Helen
Leonard

MigratingCoconuts · 15/07/2012 21:45

my dd is sarah, named for her Great granny.

I worried that i might be giving her a dull common name but she is the only one in the school unlike all those isabellas

MaeMobley · 15/07/2012 21:45

Freda, Phyllis

amck5700 · 15/07/2012 21:41

i know a baby Sue!! - Not Susan, just Sue.

BikeRunSki · 15/07/2012 21:38

I know a 3yo Sarah and a 3 yo Stephen. The hospital told Stephen's parents that they could not remember the last time they'd had a Stephen.

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