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Names you think will not come back into 'fashion'.

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BloodiedGhouloshes · 28/10/2013 13:59

I am fascinated by the older style names that have recently come back into fashion.... Alfie, Stanley, Maisy etc. All gorgeous names. Not to mention George (almost the name of DC2).

We are thinking (just a little bit) about ttc again and I am day dreaming about names.

A DCousin recently named her little boy Phillip John on the idea that 'he will be the only one in his class'.

What nice names do you know that are unlikely to be around again any time soon?

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CheerfulYank · 29/10/2013 01:05

Jad I know two Allisons in their 20's. :)

CheerfulYank · 29/10/2013 01:04

I have a Margaret- she was 5 months old yesterday. :o I often call her Maggie or Maggie Rose, and thought everyone would, but to my surprise most people seem to prefer Margaret.

Colin is actually fairly common for little boys in the States, also Cullen. But Colin wasn't popular here years ago, when it was there.

reelingintheyears · 29/10/2013 00:47

Doris is hideous.

The female equivalent of Wally.

Nowt wrong with Alison but MAUD and MABEL Jeez.?

Terrible.

JadziaBats · 29/10/2013 00:31

Cupcakeicing, I was expecting someone else to say Alison. I'm the youngest Alison that I know and I'm 40. Perhaps in another 40 years but I doubt it.

Alexandrite · 29/10/2013 00:10

I like Betty and Joan. June reminds me of the Matt Bianco song "Dancing in the Street" which I like.

BabyMakesFour · 28/10/2013 23:25

Alpaca, I know of a Betty, a Maggie, a Dorothy and a Doris! All under 3.

BabyMakesFour · 28/10/2013 23:24

Ooh, I like Gregory. There was a Pope Gregory wasn't there? Seriously considered it for DS but not keen on inevitable Greg nn.

cupcakeicing · 28/10/2013 23:20

Are there any under 25 Alison's. Its heyday seems to have been 60s and 70s.

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BloodiedGhouloshes · 28/10/2013 23:14

No, that's okay Alpaca I think the whole thread moved that way too!

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Alpacaslippers · 28/10/2013 23:12

Whoops. I misread this. I'm on names that will come back!!

Alpacaslippers · 28/10/2013 23:09

I think the next trend will be names that were popular in the WW2 era:

Betty, Peggy, Maggie, Marilyn, Pamela, Barbara, Marjorie, Sheila, June. Joan, Dorothy, Doris, Gloria etc

And for boys, Raymond, Gregory, Jeffrey, Bernard, Norman, Don, Bob, Bill, Arnie etc

Devora · 28/10/2013 23:04

Pincus, Hedwig, Walter, Candida, Bruno, all family names of mine Grin

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BloodiedGhouloshes · 28/10/2013 23:00

I do like John a lot as a name. You hardly ever hear it, as you say.

In my youngest DS's pre-school there is a Michael- and that is the first Michael I have heard of too, for ages. Also just a lovely classic name.

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kikid · 28/10/2013 22:58

depends where you live, I know a malcom, rita, elsie, john, peggy,bruce, edna all nursery age.

bouncingbelle · 28/10/2013 22:58

Percy
Cyril
Cecil

Fanny
Deirdre
Jackie
Sandra
Leanne

EldritchCleavage · 28/10/2013 22:55

I know 2 Dinahs, one young, and a teenage Josephine. They've never gone away, just never been really widely used. In my opinion they're classics. Like John-it is no longer ubiquitous, but there will always be Johns. Like Caroline-there used to be masses of those.

BreconBeBuggered · 28/10/2013 22:46

Sheila
Dinah
Basil
Terence
Olive

Alexandrite · 28/10/2013 22:39

Joyce

Cremolafoam · 28/10/2013 22:34

Mavis
Emerald
Pearl
Ina
Eda
Mabel
Millicent
Herbert
Norbert
Trevor
Tilda
Edwin
Campbell
Lovejoy
Ralph

alemci · 28/10/2013 22:33

Geoffrey
Raymond
Bruce
Harvey

SatinSandals · 28/10/2013 22:24

Since all the dreadful early 20th century names like Elsie and Ivy are back I think it is only a matter of time before the 1940s names are back. Probably in another 10/20 years we will be back to Janet, Nigel, Colin, Linda etc.

PipkinsPal · 28/10/2013 22:12

Roger, Ada, Malcolm, Adrian, Nigel, Sharon, Marilyn. Love Maud though

curlyclaz13 · 28/10/2013 22:10

Norbert.

Sparklysilversequins · 28/10/2013 22:06

Beryl
Ermintrude.
Rita.
Sharon.
Susan.

Algernon.
Douglas.
Wayne
Dwayne
Shane