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Kevin

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WhyCantIuseTheNameIWant · 02/07/2015 00:03

Due a come-back, or not?

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darksideofthemooncup · 03/07/2015 23:04

For girls I think Sarah is a beautiful name that deserves a comeback, and Lisa. Not Jacqueline/Jackie though

darksideofthemooncup · 03/07/2015 23:01

Kevin is very popular on the continent apparently, my German cousin named his son Kevin. I have a soft spot for 70's boy's names that can be shortened or have a z added on. Ie: David/Dave, Kevin/Kev, Jason/Jase, Darren/Daz, Jeremy/Jez.

marshmallowpies · 03/07/2015 23:00

Devora I'd definitely have considered Rachel if we didn't have one in the family already. Rachel is timeless as far as I'm concerned.

FraggleHair · 03/07/2015 21:54

John is another name that is still very popular in Ireland. Baby Johns all over the place.

Devora · 03/07/2015 21:52

I reckon Kay, Tracey, Julie, Louise, Julian are all due a comeback.

But the one I most want to see return to favour is Rachel. Beautiful name, shockingly underused.

BlueBlueSea · 03/07/2015 20:15

John is a lovely name, in the 1940's 20% of boys were named John, so they overdid it a bit. Time for a come back. Also David is a lovely strong name.

Now we have been calling our children after our grandparents, for my age group it is the late Victorian names. For our kids they will be choosing the names of their grandparents, so for my kids it will be Paul and Barbara.

spiderlight · 03/07/2015 19:27

I encountered a lovely little pair of toddler twins in the park recently who were called Dave and Mike. Perfectly good names but very incongruous on two-year-olds!

CatOfTheGreenGlades · 03/07/2015 18:20

Gavin yes (and Gavin Esler!) Kevin nooooooo, surely the book is enough to put anyone off permanently. Or if not that, Kevin the teenager!

Spog · 03/07/2015 18:14

Kevin? hell no.
one of my friends called her son kevin. He's about 3 now. could not believe she called him that. sorry, but there are far nicer names out here,. but that of course, is a matter of opinion.

TSSDNCOP · 03/07/2015 17:52

Rule of thumb: if it would suit a Minion avoid it.

Minion Kev?

Avoid.

cruikshank · 03/07/2015 13:18

I know a few baby Kevins - all of them born to parents who hail from outside the UK but, settled here now, wanted their children to have traditional English names. You also see this kind of thing a lot in countries that have ties to the UK - colonial, historical, etc. - for eg, beautiful, exotic wild women called things like Doris, or young bucks about town called Winston. Every culture interprets names differently.

bettysviolin · 03/07/2015 11:18

Kevin is a horrible name. Not helped by DSis's abusive ex of the same name. Gavin is a name for a lowly car-room salesman who fancies himself as a big shot. although the only Gavin I know was very gentle and bookish and not like that at all.

hollyisalovelyname · 03/07/2015 09:22

I like Kevin.
In Ireland it's not a chavvy name.
I really dislike :
Wayne
Derek
Gary
Jason
Barry
Dave ( David is nice)

Hikarumba · 03/07/2015 08:07

I know a baby called Mitchel. That was a name around in the seventies. Has it had a resurgence?

KoalaDownUnder · 03/07/2015 06:33

Yuck.

Yes, Kevin is a contemporary of Wayne, Jason, Darren, Troy. Hate all of them, they are the snotty boys I went to school with in the 1980s!

passthewineplz · 03/07/2015 00:35

Just thought of a couple more, Alex, Andrew, Dean, Martin, Phil, Darren and Michael.

passthewineplz · 03/07/2015 00:25

Here's some popular boys names I remember from being at school, which are the boy equivalents of Helen, Louise, Sarah, Rachel, Katie, Ruth, Lisa ect.

Jonathan
Timothy
Mark
Charlie
Paul
Robert
James
Gordon
Ian
Patrick
Graham
Benjamin/Ben
Sean
Jason
Scott
Craig
Carl
Nicholas/Nick
Aaron
Richard
Stuart/Stu
Thomas/Tom
John/Jon
Adam
Christopher/Chris
Stephen/Steve
Edward
Samuel/Sam
Jamie
Giles
David/Dave
Kevin/Kev
Gavin/Gav
Simon
Gareth/Gaz
Nigel

And from the list I prefer Samuel and Thomas, but they're still fairly common names

marshmallowpies · 03/07/2015 00:08

I worked with a Kevin (Irish background though born in UK) and he was a good bloke. So I'm definitely not anti-Kevin.

I was trying to list all the boys from my class at school in the 90s the other day, and went 'Scott, Keith, Danny, Darryl, Barry, Jason, Kevin...' and DH stopped me and said 'You can REALLY tell you went to school in Essex from that list of names alone'....Confused

I won't have a word against Alan, that was my lovely grandad's name. And Alan Turing.

And I'll sing the praises of Jane till the cows come home. Jane is a great name, also like Janet and Jenny too.

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WhyCantIuseTheNameIWant · 03/07/2015 00:04

Forgot to mention we knew a Malcolm. He would be about 9 now?
Disobedient little s4!/:4...
Never did a single thing his mum or teacher asked.

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Prettyinblue · 02/07/2015 22:56

I've always disliked Mark since a boy in my class when we were talking abouth the meaning of our names, at his turn said ' you know mark, like a bit if dirt'. How shit.

Mushypeasandchipstogo · 02/07/2015 22:47

Went to a very large comp a long long time ago and about 75% of boys were Kevin, Dave or Gary. Girls were mostly Janet, Carol , Jacqueline or Elaine. How about a return of these classic girls' names instead of all the hyphenated chav type names met today?

teddygirlonce · 02/07/2015 22:44

Best one night stand of my life (and possibly f**k ever) was called Kevin (Irish). Go for it!

Hepzibar · 02/07/2015 22:23

Mark?

Flingmoo · 02/07/2015 22:17

Stuart, Geoff, Mark, Phil.. All due a comeback :D

Finola1step · 02/07/2015 21:29

Or Graham.