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When you were at school...

143 replies

2girls4lou · 08/03/2014 12:01

What name's were there always more than one of in your year? I was one of 4 Louise's! Also 3 Georgia's, 3 Lucy's, 2 Emma's, 2 Jessica's, 2 Elizabeth's (and that was at a small all girls school with just 50 girls in the year). I decided at a young age my children would have slightly more unique names as I got fed up of being "Louise M" rather than just "Louise!

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sleepdodger · 11/03/2014 23:46

What is the equivalent of this now??
Ds isn't at school yet but at a guess there will be lots of the following??
Isobel/Isabelle/Isabella
Evie
Ava/Eva

Harry
Oliver
George (royal impact?)

sleepdodger · 11/03/2014 23:41

Just found old school photo!! Shock
To add to earlier list...
Rhys
Stephen/Steven
Russell
Rhiannon/rhian
Gareth
Claire/Clare
(Can you tell I was by Wales...!)

AngelsWithSilverWings · 11/03/2014 23:19

Ooh forgot the boys

David ( almost every boy was a David!)
Gary
Lee
Simon
Stephen
Kevin
Jamie
Darren ( again loads of those)
Dean
Christopher ( another really common one)
Andrew
Sean/Shaun
Paul

Can you tell I grew up in Essex?

AngelsWithSilverWings · 11/03/2014 23:14

I'm 44

Names there were always at least two of

Tracey
Debra/Deborah
Samantha
Nicola/Nichola ( about 5 per class!)
Joanne
Sally/ Sally-Anne
Anita
Annette
Sarah
Lisa
Natalie

chattychattyboomba · 11/03/2014 23:02

Sarah, Rachel, Emily, Jessica, Rebecca, Amy, Renee, Jodie
James, Joel, Ben, William, Sean

Mintymoomoo · 11/03/2014 22:58

Don't know exactly how many of each but the following were def popular when I was at school (34 now)

Nicola (Nicky)
Kelly
Louise
Sarah
Claire
Rachel
Katie
Joanne (Jo)
Laura

Unusual ones which only had 1 of in whole school (large school 900+ where:

Simone
Fiona
Eve
Denika

skybluepinkwithpolkadots · 09/03/2014 22:12

High school 1997-2002
Lots of...

Elizabeth
Jennifer
Leanne
Danielle
Michelle
Nicola
Lisa
And about 8000 sarahs!!!

Boys - james / chris / darren / will / tom / oliver

Benchmark · 09/03/2014 20:46

I was mid 80's.
I had two Katie's and one Kate in my friendship group.
Lots of Sarah, Vicky, Joanna, Lisa, Samantha and for boys - Craig, Matthew, Mark, Christopher.

MrsBungle · 09/03/2014 18:24

I was born in 1978; the v popular names at my school were:

Alison
Laura
Lauren
Kerry
Nicola
Isla
Lynsey

David
Steven
Paul
Cameron
Tom
Kenneth
Kevin
Ewan

KenDoddsDadsDog · 09/03/2014 18:18

Sarah
Claire
Joanne
Lisa
Louise
Catherine
Gillian
Nicola
Victoria
Karen
Helen

Guess the decades Grin

ToffeeJungle · 09/03/2014 18:16

Mark, Andrew, Michael, John

Lisa, Emma, Nicola, Lindsey

Stateofgrace · 09/03/2014 15:06

In my secondary school (1993 onwards) class we had:

2 Kirstys
2 Kellys
1 Kristina
1 Hannah
1 Joy (who was anything but to be around)
1 Emma
1 Shilpa
1 Roisin

3 Bens (out of four 'year groups' we had 13 Bens, which meant one class had four! However three were known as Benjamin and one was known as BJ Confused )
2 Jamies
1 Martyn
2 James
1 Bobby (christened as such)
1 Luke
1 Christopher (nn Kit and the coolest guy in the year)
1 Oscar (nn Ozzie)
and in year 10 we had an Irish Patrick who joined and who was just about all the girls immediate crush :)

Alisvolatpropiis · 09/03/2014 10:35

Rachel
Charlotte
Alice
Katie/Kate
Hannah
Sophie
David
Matthew
Mark
Daniel

PrincessOfChina · 09/03/2014 09:28

Laura (I think there were at least 7 in our school year of 250)
Catherine and variants
Vicky
Emma
Sarah

Richard (Probably 10/250)
Ben
Lee
Robert
David
Philip

Wishfulmakeupping · 09/03/2014 09:07

Gemma, Emma, Emily, Sarah and lots of Michael's
In my nieces year there are ridiculously lots of Isabelle/Bella

RoadToTuapeka · 09/03/2014 09:04

I was born in the early 70s...at it's worst the repeat names appeared when I was 11 and in a class of about 30, we had:
Two Becky
Three Nicky
Three Craig
Three Mark

There were inexplicably huge numbers of Nickys throughout the rest of the school too.

CheerfulYank · 09/03/2014 06:13

I was one of three Megans. There were two Nicoles (one exclusively called Nikki) and a Christina and a Krystyna. Two Katherines, one a Kathy and one a Kate. A Janna and a Jan. Two Jennys, one who insisted everyone call her Zoey for a year. :o

For boys there were two Johns ad two Scotts.

I was born in 1982 and am American.

commsgirl · 09/03/2014 05:54

Sarah, Lauren, Rachael, Jessica

Tom, Mark, Richard

Kveta · 09/03/2014 05:50

Kirsten, Jennifer, Fiona

Graham/Graeme, Stuart, Iain, Gary.

I have an unusual name, as does dh, and our surname is unique in the UK, so we named our DC very popular names. I always wished I was one of several with the same name, and also wished I could find stuff with my name on in shops!! I think everyone wants what they can't have :o

sleepingbeautiful · 09/03/2014 05:34

Girls
Rebecca (6 in one class!), Helen, Emily, Joanne, Claire, Sarah, Laura, Catherine/Katherine/Kathryn

Boys
Mark, Matthew, James, Andrew, Steven/Stephen, Daniel, David

CremeEggThief · 08/03/2014 23:45

Lisa and Michelle were the most popular in my first year of secondary school (1990-91 in Ireland).

mathanxiety · 08/03/2014 23:42

Born mid 60s in Dublin --

Niamh
Orla
Fiona
Geraldine
Christine
Sharon
Linda
Deirdre
Laura
Helena
Denise
Anne Marie
Mary
Margaret
Suzanne
Nicola
Karen
Brenda

David was the predominant boys' name.
Other boy names were Thomas, Stephen, Paul, Peter, Michael.

KLou1105 · 08/03/2014 23:28

Charlotte's
Emma's
Katie's
Sarah's
Gemma's
Katherine's
Laura's
Hannah's

Harry's
Christopher's
Jamie's
Daniels
Matthews
Lewis
James'

alita7 · 08/03/2014 22:31

I was one of many Alexs but the only girl.

There were several Hannahs , Jessicas , Beths, Katies and Sophies. And for boys there were Nick's, Joes, Jacks and Sams .

sleepdodger · 08/03/2014 22:01

Claire
Gemma
Joanne/a
Hayley
Sarah

Gareth
David
Matthew

I have a nice different not weird name and wanted same for ds. I don't know how but he ended up with something bloody regal there will be a million at school Hmm but it does suit him and his middle name is fabulous should he want to swap at any point!!

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