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Popular names you think will end up being faddy / genrational / "two thousand and teensie" names"

184 replies

Totality22 · 02/04/2015 13:02

Have heard the name Isla described as all 3 on another thread (sorry this isn't actually a TAAT)

It got me to thinking what other names could end up being faddy.

I think Freya fits the bill also. I am sure there are loads more

[incidentally I love both Isla and Freya as names!!!]

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Marcipex · 09/04/2015 23:35

Evie and Alfie, also to a lesser extent, Isla and Lyra.

MoominKoalaAndMiniMoom · 09/04/2015 22:06

Oh god is Seren going to be one? I thought Welsh names (with the exception of Dylan) were by and large escaping being faddy. It's the top of the list for eventual DC2 if we have a girl :(

Melons80 · 09/04/2015 20:38

Eve, the 'first woman' according to three major world religions? I wouldn't say it is a faddy or trendy name but fairly consistent like Adam....

Not a name I would choose but certainly don't think it is going to date!

Alisvolatpropiis · 09/04/2015 20:09

Same squoosh re George. Edward too, until recently I'd only ever met English ones but now there's a few little Welsh ones.

marshmallowpies · 09/04/2015 19:41

I know an adult Freya, and knew a Freya when I was at school (though it seemed very outlandish back then, I thought she was terribly glamorous!). I also know an adult Sophie (but then Sophie always seems to have been around, I think, ditto Charlotte?).

Someone I knew growing up called their first baby Eve back in the 90s and that seemed very unusual then. Also the first person I knew who called their baby Isabella was late 90s.

I also know several adult Erins, and that seems a really popular name now as well, but I'd never heard of it growing up (though had heard of other irish names - Niamh, Sinead, etc).

'Today's' big names that I suspect will date are Ava, Lily, Ruby, Noah, Jonah. (In the 90s Joshua seemed to be more popular, where are the Joshuas now? I would secretly have quite liked Joshua for a boys name but I would worry it seemed very 90s & dated now)

mynameisnotmichaelcaine · 09/04/2015 19:05

Emma was definitely popular in the 80s and 90s too!

MamaLazarou · 09/04/2015 18:39

People don't really call their children Wren, do they? I have only ever seen it on Mumsnet.

Mrsjayy · 09/04/2015 17:33

Oh do you well thats my theroy blownGrin

HeadDoctor · 09/04/2015 17:27

Seren and Wren.

dementedma · 09/04/2015 17:03

Know a few Georges here in Scotland too.

HahaHarrie · 09/04/2015 16:58

Although fairly classic names, the following I hear a lot of...

Amelie, Grace, Isabelle/Isabella/Issy, Emma

Harry, Sam, George, Alfie

Having said that in my DD class two of the most unusal names in the class have both been doubled up. Which is a bit of a coincidence and a surprise to even the parents of the children as they thought they would never meet another.

Mrsjayy · 09/04/2015 16:27

George is traditionally an English name i only know 1 and he is 80 odd there was a boy in my year at school for a while but he was English i think popularity can depend on where you live.

NadiaWadia · 09/04/2015 16:16

I think George has been popular again for longer than 10 years. DD had a couple at her playgroup, and she is early twenties now. There were none at school with me though (in the 70s) and back then we would have thought it an old man's name.

Maybe the person to get it popular again was George Michael in the 80s! (Although he's really a Georgios or something, isn't he, being from a Greek family?)

squoosh · 09/04/2015 15:46

Really not making a point, just musing. Have never met a non English George. Nothing too alarming in that statement I hope.

reuset · 09/04/2015 15:43

George was similarly popular in the US. Other countries have their own versions of George, again not unpopular...

I'm not sure what point you're making, and nobody disputed James' timelessness.

squoosh · 09/04/2015 15:35

George may be popular in England but I've never met one from another country. James' are to be found in all English speaking countries so it sounds more timeless to me.

GatoradeMeBitch · 09/04/2015 15:31

DS's best friends are both called George - one is 18, one is 20!

reuset · 09/04/2015 15:31

*over

reuset · 09/04/2015 15:30

Interesting theory though, the 10 and under and 60 and under Wink

squoosh · 09/04/2015 15:27

okay then.

reuset · 09/04/2015 15:25

In fact George is definitely timeless as it features in the top 100 names for the whole of the 1900s. No 'wilderness' whatsoever. Unless you count the lowest chart position of number 83 in the 1970s.

reuset · 09/04/2015 15:06

Disagree. George was still high in top 100 even over 10 years ago. There were always boys named George when I was growing up, though private schooling and lots of traditional names.

William timeless too.

mynameisnotmichaelcaine · 09/04/2015 12:17

William is timeless too, I think.

Jackieharris · 09/04/2015 09:17

Yes there were no George's when I was growing up- it was very much an old mans name.

Maya is definitely a trendy name now.

I think the only timeless boys name is James.

squoosh · 07/04/2015 21:14

Disagree with PPS who have said Benjamin, George, Edward. These names will never date.

Maybe not Benjamin and Edward but George was in the naming wilderness until about ten years ago. Georges are usually 10 and under or 60 and over.

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