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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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Chubfuddler · 15/07/2012 21:37

Male equivalents:

Peter
Ian
Stephen
John
Craig
Christopher
Dean
Duncan
Lee
Ross
Matthew
Mark
James

Ample · 15/07/2012 21:35

Angela
Alison
Caroline
Carol
Debbie/Deborah
Diane
Paula/Pauline
Leanne
Sandy
Tracy
Mindy
Denise
Belinda
Brenda
Gillian/Jillian
Lisa
Cindy
Christine
Judy
Jacqueline
Kelly
Kerry
Cheryl
Michelle
Nicola
Gail
Trudy
Tiffany
Amanda
Leslie/Lesley
Sharon
Karen
Pamela
Teresa
Sonia
Sandra
Kimberly
Claire

or, if one was to go back further..

Audry
Barbara
Deirdre
Hazel
Eileen
Mildred
Vesta
Maureen
Margery/Madge
Marie
Marigold
Maria
Marion
Gwen
Valerie
Patsy
Bridgit
Blanche
Renata
Beverley
Gloria (fwiw Maggie Gyllenhaal picked this for her new dd)
Janice
Linda
Fanny
Fiona
Gladys
Glenda
Thelma
Susan
Sheila
Shirley
Bertha
Priscilla
Eunice

JimbosJetSet · 15/07/2012 21:31

I know a baby Linda!

I like a lot of these names but am expecting a DS - what are the male equivalents?

NoComet · 15/07/2012 21:25

Oh and a Joanna of about 7 who is very sweet.

NoComet · 15/07/2012 21:24

Sorry I know two Jenny's (teens) and a Barbara (ok she's big sis and at uni, so not a child.
Also a Helen, who's 8 and one who's 14

Viviennemary · 15/07/2012 21:14

Tanya
Susan
Phylis
Dilys
Laura
Joan
Margery
Diane
Barbara
Valerie

emsyj · 15/07/2012 21:13

I know a baby Rachel too!

Sarcalogos · 15/07/2012 21:11

What's wrong with Joanne/a?

Chubfuddler · 15/07/2012 21:08

Most of these names are the names of girls I went to school with, including my own. I'm 33.

All good solid conventional names, but they weren't in the 1970s when some of them first became popular. they were quite exotic.

And I love the name Linda. I think it's lovely.

Bathsheba · 15/07/2012 21:06

Okay, not babies but I know - all under 8 a

Dorothy
Amanda
Nicola
Samantha
Sandra
Alistair
David
Lillian

mindosa · 15/07/2012 21:06

Tina
Sheila
Suzanne
Marjory
Karen

girliefriend · 15/07/2012 21:06

I know a 7yo Amanda a 6yo Julia and Hayley and a 3yo Samantha!!!

Raahh · 15/07/2012 21:06

OP, There's a good reason why no-one use Joanne anymore - it's 'orrible.
(it's my name, I'm 40, and I've NEVER LIKED IT).

God forbid i have grandchildren named after me!

Meglet · 15/07/2012 21:05

I know a baby Mabel, I thought it was getting cool again.

Astr0naut · 15/07/2012 21:05

Margaret
Rita
Joan
Jennifer
Karen
Barbara
Doria
Gladys
Yvonne

I think it tends to go in 60 year cycles, doesn't it? So you don't call your kid nams of teh girls you went to school with, or your mum/aunties. Your grandparents' names start to seem unusual.

darthsillius · 15/07/2012 21:03

I also know a 3 year old Laura

darthsillius · 15/07/2012 21:02

I know a 4 year old Sarah

ThePigOnTheWall · 15/07/2012 20:59

My cousin had a baby girl last week that she's called Andrea. Hmm So you can cross that off the list

LynetteScavo · 15/07/2012 20:57

Janice
Caroline
Yvonne
Deborah
Amanda
Claire
Karen
Rachel
Beverly

lambbone · 15/07/2012 20:55

Emphatic and Workshy have just listed most of my year at secondary school.

I anticipate that my grandchildren will be called names off these lists.

IwishIwasmoreorganised · 15/07/2012 20:52

Samantha.

BigBirdsFriend · 15/07/2012 20:50

Sarah
Eileen
Jane

Minimammoth · 15/07/2012 20:50

Ethel
Edna
Mildred
Sylvia
Marjory
Joyce
Barbara
Brenda

Emphaticmaybe · 15/07/2012 20:49

My DDs are teenagers and pre-teen now and we named them on the first crest of the wave of the current popular names. All three girl's names were only just in the top 80 when they were born - now 15 years later 2 are in the top five.

I think I should have gone for Carol, Julie and Linda.

FamiliesShareGerms · 15/07/2012 20:45

Janet
Dorothy
Ermintrude
Gertrude
Helen
Susan
Pamela

Ie good, solid English names!

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