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

Nope! My mum is a Pamela.

I’d middle name it yes but never a first name.

I used to like my DM's name for a daughter but it's become incredibly popular in the last 10 years and it's really put me off.
We had a DS anyway so pretty irrelevant in the end.

My mum is Marisa, I would definitely use it - but my dad wanted to name me after her and she wasn't happy at all, so I'm not sure how she would feel about having a grandchild with her name, I think I'd have to ask first.

DD's middle name is (very high!) on those lists, after DH's late mother. I would've been happy to use it as a first name but I think it was up to DH to suggest it (and he didn't).

When I was having DD, the lady in the bed opposite mine wanted to name her DD after her mother. The name was a bit old-fashioned (I'm not going to quote it here, so I'll go with "Vanessa"). The problem was that she had no idea how to spell Vanessa. I heard her talking to the midwife, "I want to call her after my mum. V-E-R-N...er, no, V-E-A-R..."

I've heard of children with my late Mum's name. It raises a smile, particularly if they're a little precocious, as I believe she was.

My mother was a Hilda (1930s) my husband's mother a Winifred (1920s). We did briefly consider naming DD Winifred Hilda just to see how people would react . But no, it's not something we could have brought ourselves to actually do.

My mum's name is Diane, she hates it, it's not one of my favourites either. I like DH's mum's name but he doesn't have a relationship with her so would never have wanted to use it! We had always planned to use DH's grandmother's name (Klara) if we had a girl, either as a first or middle name.

My mum is a Jennifer, which is an alright name and was not too common in the 40s but my generation had Jennifers coming out the wazoo. If I had a DD she wouldn't be a Jennifer. But my grandmother was known as Joan and I think it's beautiful. One of my cousins just had a girl and named her after my DGM's SIL (her DGM) who was Lillian. I love both names. DH vetoed Joan so it's a goid thing our DD is only ever going to be hypothetical or he'd have a fight on his hands.

Im in my 20s and my name is Theresa, love my name now as.an adult.

I love the names Joan, Wendy, Sarah, Caroline, Jilly and Rita.

My mum was born in the 1920s and was called Josie. We actually considered it for DD2 but went for something else in the end. I still love it.

My 1940s born Mum is called Nancy. It's only recently when I've heard little girls being called it that I've thought how lovely it is. Quite sad I didn't use it.

Maybe her middle name, but not her first! Not to my taste.

My 1950-born mother (a Susan) can’t bear all the Ruby / Edith / Violet / Ivy type names. She says they’re names for maiden great-aunts! She really struggled with Ruby when my niece was named it in 1998 (and it sounded incredibly old fashioned to my ears too then).

I wouldn't use my mother's name although I increasingly like it as I get older, not because it is dated (although it is) but because there are two ways of spelling it as a boys or a girls name and they seem to be getting muddled up now especially in America and it's all just too confusing! Also I don't like the shortening of it.

From your list though I do like Beverley and Shirley, and Joan isn't bad, just a bit dull.

I know a 7yo Shirley. I think Rita is very pretty. I quite like Susan and Linda too.

Margot is lovely and so, I've always thought, is Beverley, but only for a girl.

My name's on the 1940s list. I wasn't born in the 40s, so it was already deeply unfashionable by the time I came along.

My mum is called Jessie, which is fine, but many of her friends have names I wouldn't use.

Jean
Joan
Pam
Tina
Susan
Christine
Jacqueline

A few I would:

Elizabeth
Jennifer

The Johns in our family were always known as Jack.

.... and yet John, far and away the most popular boys name for centuries, has all but vanished.

Agree with the above. I think names skip 3 generations. I.e. people don’t tend to call their babies names from their own, their parents’ or their grandparents’ generation, but great grandparents are fine.

E.g. I was born 1969 and my generation was called Joanne, Sharon, Debbie, Karen etc. My mum’s generation were Carol, Christine, Barbara, Janet etc. My grandma’s were Elsie, Norah, Edith, Mabel etc. I wouldn’t use any of these names but would use great grandparents’ generation (Rose, Alice, Louisa - these are all names of my great grandmas).

The generation below me are now naming their children Elsie, Mabel, Norah and Edith so I guess the next generation of baby girls will be Carol, Pamela etc.

That’s my theory anyway.

The first 1940s list linked to is pretty extensive, and lots of those names are used now . My DM was born in 1940 and her name was Jasmine , very unusual for the time , I won't disclose her middle name but that's really out there !