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

208 replies

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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greenhill · 28/10/2013 14:43

Eva, Maud and John are popular here.

Clargo55 · 28/10/2013 14:39

TheNuns I know four little Ethel's under 3years old.

tootssweet · 28/10/2013 14:39

Keith
Brian
Trevor

Deirdre
Joan

Peetle · 28/10/2013 14:39

Queenie - I had two great aunt Queenies, so it's a name only suitable for elderly women in my understanding.

TheNunsOfGavarone · 28/10/2013 14:36

Mavis

TheNunsOfGavarone · 28/10/2013 14:36

Gertrude
Mildred
Winifred
Ethel - please tell me Ethel isn't back!

Cuthbert
Ronald - I hope not!
Herbert

VerySmallSqueak · 28/10/2013 14:35

Fiona
Andrew

VerySmallSqueak · 28/10/2013 14:33

Carol
Margaret
Gary
Janet

AnnaConda · 28/10/2013 14:32

I quite like Beryl and Stella.

Can't see a revival for Mildred.

bootsycollins · 28/10/2013 14:32

Ian
Keith
Wayne
Doris
Gertrude
Tracey
Sharon
Peggy
Eileen
Yvonne
Brian
Geoff
Jeffrey

NotAnotherPackedLunch · 28/10/2013 14:29

Maureen
Doreen
Arlene
Aileen

Brian

ExitPursuedByABogieMan · 28/10/2013 14:27

Derek

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headoverheels · 28/10/2013 14:20

I was going to say Doreen too!

Or Norma / Norman.

DevilsRoulette · 28/10/2013 14:18

I don't want to list current popular ones that I think will go out of fashion and never come back in again in case any mner has called their child that and will get hurt.

But there are quite a few that I think will be the sharon of the future. That's the nature of names. You get your classics, your ones that date you and the wacky ones. Grin

FlabbyAdams · 28/10/2013 14:18

Myra
Doris
Mildred
Gurtrude
Agapanthus

Clifford
Gordon
Pereguine
Torquil
Tarquin

DevilsRoulette · 28/10/2013 14:16

sharon
kenneth
dennis
doreen

or maybe they aren't old enough yet. I wonder how long a name has to be out of fashion before it comes round again.

Like clothes. Something has to go through a number of stages before it gets back round to beautiful.

EldritchCleavage · 28/10/2013 14:14

Sheila is unlikely to be revived for a good long while, I'd have thought.

TootFuckingToot · 28/10/2013 14:14

Helmuth Grin

lottieandmia · 28/10/2013 14:14

Eva

notanyanymore · 28/10/2013 14:14

i never would have guessed at stella becoming popular again

DearDinah · 28/10/2013 14:14

Roy - my darling grandads name

Clargo55 · 28/10/2013 14:13

I work in a small company around 40 of us. 8 are called Patricia it gets bloody confusing. They are all 50+

DevilsRoulette · 28/10/2013 14:13

beryl.

Clargo55 · 28/10/2013 14:12

Paula
Patricia