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Can I have your best 80's baby girl names - eg. Fiona, Amanda, Caroline types

58 replies

SecretTryer · 08/12/2016 11:40

Not pregnant but I'd like to be ready as my pregnancy brain chooses very differently!

Honestly, I don't like a lot of the current baby girl names. Nothing wrong with them but I'm hearing so much repetition and the same names repeated a lot in recent baby announcements, I'd like to widen the net from which to pick if I have a little girl. I'd also like your opinions on a few and any more you can think of.

Amanda - I do like this and the way it sounds
Fiona - not crazy
Caroline - don't like at all
Lucy - like, but seems to already have a slight resurgence
Jessica - no
Vanessa - I like this too
Jenny - no
Sandra
Lisa
Janice

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funkygiraffe1980 · 10/12/2016 12:34

I was an 80s child so here's some of the girls I went school with.

Alison
Sarah
Leanne
Nicola
Catherine
Jodie
Joanne
Kirsty
Caroline
Zoe
Kathy
Karen
Emma
Annette
Christina
Tracey
Debbie
Gaynor
Maria
Amy

CancellyMcChequeface · 09/12/2016 16:06

80s-born classmates

Emma
Lisa
Sarah
Catherine
Laura
Kelly
Stephanie
Adele
Nicola
Sandra
Kirsty
Courtney
Jenna
Samantha
Cheryl
Claire
Lucy
Aisling
Kathleen
Daniella
Flora
Annabel
Jessica
Joanna
Natalie
Denise
Maria
Tania
Helen
Natasha
Karen
Tiffany
Dominique
Kerry-Ann

Joinourclub · 09/12/2016 16:01

I'm a 1980 baby. Most popular names from my year group at school:

Sarah / Sara - hugely popular
Vicky/ vicki
Elizabeth / Liz / Lizzie
Anna
Katie
Laura
Emma
Rebecca / Becky
Hannah
Naomi
Zoe
Melanie
Michelle

Horseshoe1 · 09/12/2016 15:41

80s friends

Emma
Katie
Laura
Rachel
Rebecca
Miranda
Camilla
Victoria
Melissa
Louise
Alison

Shesinfashion · 09/12/2016 15:04

Andrea
Claire
Lisa
Michelle
Dawn
Angela
Carol
Samantha
Julie

NerrSnerr · 09/12/2016 10:06

Claire
Rachel
Nicola
Sarah
Emma

I was born in 1982 and there were loads of these names in my year.

SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 09/12/2016 09:38

I used to wish I was called Sarah Jane

I used to wish I was called Chloe Gabriella Faye Grin. Ahead of my time obviously!

Idodo · 09/12/2016 06:51

In the words of beautiful south:

Jennifer. Alison, Philippa, Sue, Deborah, Annabel too ...
Oh Shirley, oh Deborah, oh Julie, oh Jane ...

Buntysoven · 09/12/2016 00:55

My mum is Amanda and she was born 1959. Foreward thinking grandma?!

Randomnames · 08/12/2016 21:27

80's secondary school
Julie, Sarah, Amanda, Nicola, Claire, Susan, Lisa, Joanne, Sharon, Deborah,

Inolongercare · 08/12/2016 21:18

With of course the inevitable Louise as a second name

Inolongercare · 08/12/2016 21:17

My DD is a 1981 born Nicola.
Her peers were Claire, Victoria, Hayley, Rachel, Laura (and Lauren) and oh so many Sarahs

buttercup54321 · 08/12/2016 20:55

Claire. Rachael. Gemma. Helen. Sarah. Michelle, Kimberley. Natasha. Deborah, Theresa, Elspeth. Angela, Lois, Louise, Kelly. Kirsty. Laura. Verity. Victoria, Catherine, Karen, Melanie, Tamsin. Penelope. Nicola, Shauna, Lisa. Wendy, Jane. Susan, Elizabeth, Hannah, Alison .Amber. Jacqueline, Anna.

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 08/12/2016 20:42

Girls in my peer group at school in the 80s:
Caroline
Louisa
Jane
Jennifer
Katie
Sarah
Sally
Victoria
Gemma
Carly
Rebecca
Alison
Laura
Emma
Naomi
Hayley
Julie/Julia
Natalie
Claire
Samantha
Deborah
Leanne
Lisa
Joanne
Lydia
Kelly
Kerry
Tracey
Sharon
Francesca
Beth
Charlotte
Danielle

JunoMilo · 08/12/2016 20:35

Jana
Nina
Sarah
Julia
Alana
Caroline
Elisa
Anne
Andrea
Katja
Anna
Sandra
Laura
Eva

ABCFamily · 08/12/2016 18:31

I was born in the mid-eighties, and it seemed like all the girls in my year were called either Sarah, Katie, Claire, Laura, or Lauren. There were also loads of Maria's, although that may have been due to the location (sizable Greek community) more than the era.

Gemma, Hayley, Stephanie, Jennifer, Danielle, and Natalie also stick out as eighties names for me.

I remember Elizabeth and Anne were really popular as middle names.

MrsMoggy · 08/12/2016 17:35

Samantha
Kayleigh
Melissa
Louise
Keeley
Hayley
Katie
Jade
Gemma
Laura
Faye
Claire
Emily
Natalie
Victoria
Lucy
Leanne

AuntMatilda · 08/12/2016 16:49

Zoe
Francine
Danielle
Natalie
Jennifer
Gemma
Stephanie
Bethany
Hannah
Kirsty
Naomi
Joanne
Helen
Claire
Andrea
Sally
(80s kids I've known) :)

Spottyladybird · 08/12/2016 16:43

A random selection of my 80s born friends:
Sarah
Rebecca
Alison
Susan
Suzanne
Jennifer
Rachel
Katherine
Kirsty
Emma
Nicola
Hannah

PuppyMonkey · 08/12/2016 16:36

My circle in the late 70s and 80s was:

Helen
Paula
Debbie
Audrey
Bernadette
Susan
Yvonne
Rebecca
Maria
Karen
Ann
Katherine
Theresa
Geraldine
Philomena
Jane
Joanne

twinjocks · 08/12/2016 16:30

I was in secondary school in the 80s - names I can remember in my year:

Heather x 2
Amanda x 2
Helen x 2
Julie x 2
Jennifer x 2
Elaine x 2
Alaine
Judith
Lorraine
Sandra
Olwen
Karen

Doubleaxel · 08/12/2016 16:05

Fiona is lovely
Nicola
Tracy
Diane
Susan
Linda
Julie
Betty

MissMarplesHat · 08/12/2016 16:05

I used to wish I was called Sarah Jane Santa'sXmas Grin

GruochMacAlpin · 08/12/2016 16:05

Half my class (quite literally) were called either Susan, Jennifer or Debbie.

I was very pleased to have an unusual name!

MissMarplesHat · 08/12/2016 16:01

Julie
Julia
Christina
Jane
Lisa
Hannah
Tracey
Nicola
Amanda
Susan
E!izabeth
Sarah
Sandra
Pamela
Jennifer
Sharon
Natalie
Melanie
Pippa
Class mates in 1985 Xmas Grin

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