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Popular baby names you're bored off...

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flowerygirl · 28/09/2014 14:44

I swear every child under 5 I've met in the past year have been called Jack or Isla. Failing that, Josh or Isabelle.

Lovely names but so bored of them. Anyone else bored of any other names?

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blueshoes · 05/10/2014 11:14

Zach

satintaupe · 05/10/2014 11:13

I'd pick a name based on if I like it the most, and not popularity. My name was very popular; when I was at school, there were five of us in my year, however I haven't met one since leaving school many years ago.

moxon · 05/10/2014 10:46

I know I am desperately late to the party, but if I don't say it, even though it has been said before, I will forever regret it:

Balonz. Obviously.

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flowerygirl · 05/10/2014 09:58

I have to admit, despite my annoyance with very common names, my DD's middle name is Rose. I swear every baby girl I know has that middle name. But they're not known by their middle name and it flows so well with most names :)

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CaulkheadUpNorth · 03/10/2014 19:50

Evie. Olivia. Alfie.

pommedeterre · 03/10/2014 19:42

Amelia, Ava, Henry, Isabelle

qumquat · 03/10/2014 19:40

I live in London and know baby Millies, Evies and Archies, I obviously live in the uncool part of town! I'm a secondary teacher and teach more Ellies than any other name

NanaNina · 03/10/2014 18:25

I haven't read all the posts but someone said that names come and go through the years, and I agree, but so many of the old names are coming back and I can't say I like them. We have 3 Arthurs in our road (all under 3) and I've heard of girls called Maud, Edith, Hilda and Mabel. I suppose it depends what age you are - I'm 70 so those old names are the names of my old aunties. When I was at school the girls had names like Janet, Maureen, Eileen, Jennifer, Cynthia, Margaret, Susan, Annette, etc (boring really) and the boys were Peter, Roger, David, Ian, Michael, Kenneth etc.

I have a cousin born in 1960 called Laura and we all thought it was awful - but fast forward 20 years and Laura's were ten a penny, also Hannah, William, Jack and Joshua. When I called my first son Daniel in the mid 60's it was very unusual, now quite common. He was meant to be Anna Louise(!) and 2nd son called Toby was meant to be Fiona Catherine......wouldn't have suited him!

My eldest grand-daughter is Hazel, (born in 1996) next one Joanna (born 1998) next one Anya (born 2000) then Finlay born in 2005 and dare I say the youngest is Isla (born in 2009) I like all the names though not keen on Hazel. Reminds me of a girl at school I didn't like.

HoltBegins · 03/10/2014 17:55

I don't know why some posters think if it's not top 10/20 then it has to be something uneeque or bizarre.

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Nancy66 · 03/10/2014 16:05

Mae/May
Rose
Grace

as middle names. it's like they're the only 3 middle names in the world for a girl.

cheesecakemom · 03/10/2014 13:59

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poppydaisy · 03/10/2014 13:13

And kids are far more open minded about different names than some of you imply.

KERALA1 · 03/10/2014 12:38

The names I love are decent genuine names that aren't in trend. Mary, peter, Zoe and Natasha instead of jack, Harry, eve and Olivia. Just because you don't choose top 10 doesn't mean you opt for moonunit or fifi Trixibelle.

BingBong36 · 03/10/2014 10:30

Its all very well giving your child a unique name, but you have to be very careful that they do not get the p*ss ripped out of them for it.

I liked some unique names for my children that I thought were cool but went for a more safe but nice traditional name– he/she has to live with it for the rest of his life and children at school can be very cruel!

Maki79 · 03/10/2014 09:40

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flowerygirl · 03/10/2014 09:10

Haha you mentioned you both mine and my sister's names SinisterBuggyMonth. To be fair I've only known a few with my name. ALL my friends born in the 80s are called Sarah or Helen, it's annoying.

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AtiaoftheJulii · 02/10/2014 23:21

Santa My dd who shares your dd's name is in y13 and has been the only one of that name for most of her time at secondary school. Not surprising that the teachers are bored of it Wink

SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 02/10/2014 23:18

Sorry, on my silly phone! That emoticon should have been a Grin.

SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 02/10/2014 23:17

All 3 of my DCs names were mentioned back on page 1 Smile.

Not one of their middle names though!

FWIW, my 17 year old Jack was the only one in his year group for the whole 12 years of school.

My DD is also the only Poppy at pre-school. There are multiple Jessica's, Olivia's and even Sidney's! But only one Poppy.

So nah-nah-nah ??.

CristaBell · 02/10/2014 23:08

Well my daughters name is on some of these lists but do I care........NO. We knew her name was popular when we choose it, but we choose it because we like the name and not bothered about how popular it is! Some people worry to much about the name of their baby being different from everyone else. As long as you are happy with your child's name and you know they will like it when they grow up what's the fuss about, all nice name become poplar in the end....

My daughter may have a popular name but her personality is unique... Just like everyone else, we might share the same name with someone but we are all unique in are own way :)

Stop worrying....

AtiaoftheJulii · 02/10/2014 23:04

"Wouldn't then you have to be really good at predicting future popular names in order to avoid the overused name scenario in the future? Choose something then which has never been popular, or likely to be?"

No, just avoid names that are already in the top 10 or top 20.

Doesn't work, because names go up and down. E.g. my eldest's name was #92 the year she was born, and it's been listed frequently on this thread. I'd wanted to use it for about ten years, perhaps I should have been tracking ONS all that time to attempt to predict the future!

I like to think of myself as a trendsetter Grin - all my kids' names have got more popular since they were born.

SanityClause · 02/10/2014 22:50

Balonz.

Every other child seems to be called that, these days.

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