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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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FraggleHair · 02/07/2015 17:13

Oh yes, Whither is gorgeous. An underused classic.

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OnIlkelyMoorBahtat · 02/07/2015 17:11

Gary, Barry, Brian, Derek, Nigel, Graham, Duncan, Bruce. Whither???

Zakken · 02/07/2015 16:57

I've been saying for a while that Marjorie should be coming back soon, it's a pretty name and many of its contemporaries are in fashion. The objection seems to be "margarine" but really, who calls it that nowadays? It's all "spread" or brand names like, er, Flora.

There's a version (Margaery) in Game Of Thrones of course. Don't know if that would give it a boost or hold it back.

FraggleHair · 02/07/2015 16:48

I never think of the book when I hear the name. I suppose it's because it's such a common name among certain age groups and I associate it with so many people before I'd ever get to that pop culture reference.

Maybe if the book was called We Need To Talk About Horatio

PelvicFloorClenchReminder · 02/07/2015 16:44

I love Marjorie!

Marjorie is simply smashing.

butterfly133 · 02/07/2015 16:43

OP, I'm guessing the problem here is the book? Or am I way off the mark?

I don't think the name will separate from the book for decades, but if that's not what you are worried about, then it's irrelevant anyway.

PelvicFloorClenchReminder · 02/07/2015 16:43

I can't hear it without wanting to scream it like the mother from Home Alone, when she realises she made it half way through a transatlantic flight before remembering that he was still in the upstairs room she sent him to for something that wasn't even really his fault in the first place Hmm

Either that or the minion. Better that than Gavin though.

Finola1step · 02/07/2015 16:39

You don't hear many baby boys called Colin these days, maybe that will eventually make a come back.

Thelma, Gary, Barry, Tracey, Sheila, Marjorie. Anyone?

ephemeralfairy · 02/07/2015 16:32

Ha ha DP is called Gavin. He is an Essex boy and love playing up to the strereotype

Badgerwife · 02/07/2015 16:11

god I hope not. I blame the Minions

SlightlyJaded · 02/07/2015 15:59

I reckon we're going to see a rise in the Helen, Claire, Sarah, Emma, Rebecca types once all the Maud's, Violets and Vita's have stopped.

I'm not sure what the boy equivalents are to these - it's not quite the Kevin/Wayne/Dean brigade (although it is 70's 80's naming) I suppose it would be David, Mark, Stephen, John and Richard.

Good solid names that are so honest and straight that they almost stop being dull and start sounding new.

jamaisdeux · 02/07/2015 15:59

We need to talk about...

No, I couldn't use it having read that book.

Zakken · 02/07/2015 13:35

Again those names (Carol, Brian) considerably predate the 1970s as far as popularity goes.

GatoradeMeBitch · 02/07/2015 12:56

I'm pleased we're starting to see the end of the Cath Kidston cutesy twee names! No offense to anyone, the names are very pretty, but it would be nice to see more variety.

It's good to see the less cutesy retro names coming along now, like Maud, Mildred, Vera.

Once they've been exhausted I'm hoping the 70s names will be back. I'm looking forward to baby Carols and Brians!

VT82 · 02/07/2015 12:42

Not going to properly come back for a good while. I would only expect people to use if it they have a strong desire to name a boy after a family member for now.

Zakken · 02/07/2015 12:34

It was quite popular in France more recently, or at least I had that impression.

reuset · 02/07/2015 12:18

Yep that would be right. Kevin entered the top 100 in the 1940s. It peaked in the 1960s actually, and 1950s, and then started to decline in the 70s and 80s. So it's more accurately a 50s/60s name in stats terms.

It's been in the top 200 consistently since then, as I mentioned already.

Zakken · 02/07/2015 11:53

Kevin's been around a lot longer than the 70s and 80s. I know English Kevins who were born in the 50s and 60s.

FraggleHair · 02/07/2015 11:20

It's a top 100 name in Ireland, has been for yonks I'd imagine.

RedToothBrush · 02/07/2015 09:23

Not for another 20 years.

juneau · 02/07/2015 09:05

I know a three guys called Kevin and they're all really nice! However, the name, for me, has rather chavvy 1980s overtones. So for me that would be a no. Ditto a lot of the other popular 70s/80s names. Its just too soon to see them all coming around again.

reuset · 02/07/2015 08:54

Already made a 'comeback', if you can call it that, considering it has been in the top 200 for a couple of decades at least.

Currently ranks at 177 and on the rise. Not my personal cup of tea, but nothing wrong with the name as far as anglicized names go.

FishCanFly · 02/07/2015 08:47

Good name. Nearly had DS1 named Kevin

SavoyCabbage · 02/07/2015 00:57

There are two Kevins in our primary school. No Gavins though.

FastWindow · 02/07/2015 00:52

Then you won't be in the top 1000 with Kevan if autocorrect doesn't recognise it :)

Or Keven. Both nice.

I nearly called my dd Jane. So underrated these days.