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Names you went to school with

154 replies

pullonyourjudgypants · 10/04/2018 11:40

Quite a few Neil’s & Duncan’s when I was at school

Plus Angela’s & Debbie’s, I don’t meet any babies called that now at toddler group !!

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YerAuntFanny · 15/04/2018 00:33

Nicola and Andrew were probably the most common amongst my year.

SleightOfMind · 15/04/2018 00:25

Nicola, Phillipa, Julia, Samantha, Tamara, Jennifer, Sophie.
Peter, James, Christopher, Alex, Alastair, Michael

All sound so boring now!

chickywoo · 15/04/2018 00:14

Most popular girls names ie more than 2 in a class were : Gemma, Rebecca, Sarah
And Christopher, Robert, Micheal
Agree with Louise being everyone’s middle name!

Winchester13 · 15/04/2018 00:08

Loads of Beths and Laurens
Jessica
Emma
Hannah
Sophie
Nicola

Tom
Michael
Chris
Daniel/ Dan
Adam

Joeybee · 15/04/2018 00:05

Names that cropped up a lot in classmates:

Girls:
Jessica
Alice
Rachel
Sarah
Heather
Rosie
Nicole
Nicola
Danielle
Melissa
Chloe
Sophie
Hannah

Boys:
Andrew
Richard
Daniel
Matthew
Ben
Thomas

Mamabear1475 · 14/04/2018 19:29

Declan. I haven't met a single Declan since

TatianaLarina · 14/04/2018 19:28

Emma/Emily, Sophie, Joanna, Rebecca, Alexandra, Kate, Sarah

Hugh, Rupert, Guy, Tom, Johnny, Matt, Will, Robert, Sebastian

TidyDancer · 14/04/2018 17:09

Claire (several of them), Frances, Lauren, Leanne, Alexandra, Emma, Megan, Rachel, Nicola, Carly, Sophie.

Andrew, Gary, Mark, Robert, James, Neil, Anthony.

Went to secondary school from 1995 onwards.

Justgivemesomepeace · 12/04/2018 15:06

Helen, Louise, Joanne, Sharon, Amanda, Samantha, Paula, Karen, Rachel, Hayley,

Robert, Craig, Steven, Stuart, Andrew, Michael, Richard, Carl, Sean, Russell, Paul,

Born early 70's

JumpingFrogs · 12/04/2018 15:00

A friend of mine who taught in a Sheffield primary school in the 1990s once had a Keeley, a Kayleigh, a Kylie, a Karley and Kelly in his class. He really struggled year to get their names right

AstrantiaMajor · 12/04/2018 10:43

Phylis, Maureen, Sheila, Susan, Marylin , Trevor, Kenneth, John, Kelvin, Peter. I can still remember most of my primary school class, even though it was 60 years ago. Can’t remember whT I had for breakfast though.

HermioneGrace · 12/04/2018 08:38

Here are some names of people I went to school with-
Girls:
Jaquey
Jacinta
Marnie
Judith
Hattie
Harriet
Linder
Naomi
Beth

Boy:
Elliot
Jacques
Ben
Angus
Nolan
Rey
Jet

ReinettePompadour · 11/04/2018 22:35

Angela, Linda, Joy, Deborah, Jacqueline, Elaine, Maureen, Sarah, Claire.

Nigel, Derek, Alan, Clive, Robert, Richard, David, Duncan, Peter.

Proper mid 20th century type names.

ABitOTT · 11/04/2018 22:30

Julie, Amanda, Rachel, Joanne, Katherine, Alison, Hayley, Emma, Melanie, Karen, Sharon, Michelle, Sarah, Nicola, Rebecca, Angela.

Steven/Stephen, John, Lee, Mark, Carl, Daniel, David, Matthew, Christopher, Richard, James.

Started primary school in the mid seventies. Obviously parents were less imaginative then when it came to their children's names back then.

Whisky2014 · 11/04/2018 22:07

Stephanie, samantha, Shirley, Amy

Mark, David, stewart, allan

pilates · 11/04/2018 22:05

David, Paul, Michael, Steven & Andrew
Karen, Nicola, Tracey, Deborah, Alison

chezmk1988 · 11/04/2018 22:05

Claire, Danielle, Laura, Amanda, Natalie, Emma, Sarah, Hayley, Kelly, Samantha, lisa, Kayleigh, Joanne, Alison.

Dancingmonkey87 · 11/04/2018 21:49

Daniel

Dancingmonkey87 · 11/04/2018 21:48

Katherine, Catherine, Kathry, Katie, Samantha, Sarah, Rachel

Matthew,Chris,Sean/Shaun,Lee,Kieran Rebecca

Ninabellina · 11/04/2018 21:46

Joanna, Jane, Victoria, Donna, Eleanor, Sarah, Karen, Ruth, Rachel, Michelle

Matthew, Daniel, David, Edward, Ben, Tom, Jonathan, Richard, Phil, Kevin

DanceDisaster · 11/04/2018 21:42

Loads of Lauras, Rachels and Claires. I went to an all girls school.

The boys school had an awful lot of Pauls and Christophers if memory serves.

LynetteScavo · 11/04/2018 21:34

Sarah and Steven/Stephen, all other names were a one off.

DS1 had 3 Bens and 3 Lucy's in his class at infant school.

All three DC have had more than 1 Emily in their year.

BunnyEars1 · 11/04/2018 21:08

Clair/Clare/Claire's

Tracey's (no Sharon's Wink)

Robert's

Daniel's

Born end of the 70s

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 11/04/2018 21:01

Vicky. Carmel. Dawn. Leah. Toni.

ephemeralfairy · 11/04/2018 20:54

Rachel, Sophie, Rebecca, Emily, Emma, Katie, Charlotte, Joanne/Joanna, Debbie, Sarah, Lisa, Kelly, Jenna, Jenny, Beth, Jane, Lizzie, Tina, Tracey, Marie, Maria, Annie, Holly, Melanie, Louise, Lucy, Jessica, Victoria, Nicola, Donna, Anna, Brooke, Chloe, Eve, Amy, Laura, Claire, Abigail, Catherine, Zoe

Aaron, Sean, Nick, Chris, Alex, Matt, Gavin, Paul, Tom, Anthony, Sam, Martin, Peter, Ashley, Richard, Andrew, Freddie, Robert, Robin, William, Scott, David, John, James, Harry, Elliott, Ralph, Kevin, Stuart, Tim, Mark, Justin, Ben, Ross, Brian, George, Max, Jason