Could you ever name your child after your mother? Pamela, Teresa, Denise, Brenda, Carol, Barbara, Sandra etc?

I have also felt too young for my name. I'm hardly young now but the name was very popular (number one) in the USA in the 50s and I think most Susans this side of the Atlantic were born in the late 50s and 60s.
So over the years I've introduced myself and two minutes later been referred to as Suzanne. Not terrible but I think people look at my age and see a 'Suzanne' not a Susan. Doesn't matter a lot. People who know you know.

I don't think it will matter for our own daughters as in the 70s only a small percentage of people chose an unusual name. Now everybody is trying to do that. So in decades to come I don't think people will say you're a Hilda, you are therefore 87. You are Hazel, you are 4.

DS1 and DD have all family names, DS2 has family names as his middle names. All quite unusual but not “out there”

I like Barbara, Susan, Violet, Phyllis, Veronica and Pamela! Ace names.

I think I like them because they aren't that 'ee' ending: Vicky, Becky, Jenny, Julie, Nicky, Lottie, etc reigned supreme in my generation.

Clearly if those names came back they would just end up as Pammy, Susie, etc anyway though heh.

My mum's name is Alison, which I actually think is very pretty. I can see it coming back into fashion as it’s got quite a current sound (similar to current popular names like Ellie, Alice, Madison etc).

Our daughter has all family names. Her first name is after my Great Grandmother, I heard her name for the first time when I was 10 and thought it was the most beautiful name ever, it felt kinda cool to repeat the name 101 years later, luckily DH was on board when I was still set on it years down the line. Her middle names are after my Mother and Mother in law, wouldn't have used them as first names.

Our son also has all family names. 3 weeks before he was born still no name, I partially over heard a conversation at Christmas and heard this name, and immediately knew that was it. I told my DH, he then filled me in on the rest of the conversation I had missed and it is my Father in Laws middle name, he agreed to the name on the proviso that our son's middle name was after my Father.

My mother was Penelope, lovely name but unfortunately not a lovely person so it wouldn't be used by me.

If I have a DD I want her middle name to be my late Grandmother's name as she was very important to me and DM would also be very touched. It's one of the ones in the thread title, and it goes really well with my surname.

My family appears stuck in the 40s!

DM, me and DD all have first and middle names from the first 150 of the 40s list. (DD and DM share part of a name a bit like Susan and Susannah as mentioned above but their separate names are in the list.)

I love Hazel, Lillian, Evelyn and Rosa.

DGM was stuck with Gertrude which is one of those names I don't see making a come back.

Yes, it's fascinating isn't it! I'm also of that generation calamityjam, and in my school it was all Nicola, Samantha, Louise, Rachel, Rebecca, Michelle, Danielle, Chantelle, Natalie, Joanna, Kerry, Sarah, Jennifer etc ... don't think any of those are in top 100 now, but were SO popular then. I did meet an eight year old Nicola the other day though, and it was really lovely on her, sort of refreshing and 'real' sounding when we have all these 'cutesy' names dominating these days.

My grandma is called Margaret and her sisters were Elizabeth, Dorothy and Brenda. All 1920s/30s born. I personally wouldn't use any of them. My nanna was Phyllis and her sister Joan. I couldn't use either of those. I love how names come around in circles. When I started primary school the girls were all Rachel, Rebecca, Ruth, Sarah, Louise, Caroline, Catherine, Janine, Jennifer, Julie, Joanne, Amanda, Charlotte, Natalie, Nicola.

Ethel and Beryl! I'd have put money on those names never being revived. Well, well. Any baby Hildas or Mildreds about?

My mother was a generation earlier than these names and her name is very popular now. My MiL is Lesley which is not a name I think I'd wish on a child of today given its potential school nicknames!

I named one child after a grandparent and it's one of the old-fashioned names that as a child I didn't like much. One of my children has a 50s name as a middle name that I would probably have used as a first name with a shortening for daily use.

I know a small Ethel, more than one Phyllis and a Beryl. I wouldn't count any name out for revival really. We all have different tastes.

There are names on the 40's and 50's lists that I would use, but I would never use my mum's name. She doesn't like it and I don't like it. She doesn't have a middle name either so if I had to commemorate her with a name for my future child we'd be screwed.

I do really like names like Norma, Betty and Irene. I really like Martha. Husband would be having none of it though.

My mum is Jacqueline... not awful but very dated but I can't imagine a baby one! We're expecting a boy though, so Jack is a definite middle name contender.
My dad is Kevin and I definitely can't imagine that coming back anytime soon!

My mum is called Phyllis I don't think that will ever be popular again. My mums sister was called Elsie and that seems to be in vogue.

I like Marjorie too Prodigal.
I don't put Teresa in the same bracket at the others in the thread title. I think of it as a classic catholic name rather than specific to my parents' era

I love something like Teresa or Carol. Names like Gretchen/Brenda won't work for me though.

Dd’s middle name is Denise. I love it. I also love Marjorie.

Definitely. (My mum is Brenda) but too late for me. Hoping any grandchildren have these sort of names.

I chose an old fashioned name for my dd 20 years ago which was rare, but unfortunately its now now in the top 20. It wasn’t in the top 100 when I chose it

That's nice to know Mrs !

@throughthickandthin01 I know a couple of little Peggy's!
I think James Nesbitt has a daughter called Peggy too.

My mum is Margaret, mainly called Peggy. I really like Peggy, I hope it makes a comeback.

Had we had a dd instead of dses we would have used Victoria as a middle name; my grandmother was Victoria and mil had Victoria as her middle name so it covered both sides of the family.

My mum is Margaret Elsie. I'm sure Elsie was for a relative. It's funny that Elsie is fashionable now as my mum hates it.
I would possible use Margaret as a mn.
I'd also use my dad's name Paul as a middle name

My mums name is Ruby so it's really popular now anyway....

My gran is Florence, which is gorgeous and trendy now.

My mum's is way too 60s for me to use.