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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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GinIsIn · 11/04/2018 19:30

Girls’ boarding school. Victoria, Katherine, Rebecca, Claire, Philippa. And everyone had a boyfriend called Tom or Will!

EmmaGrundyForPM · 11/04/2018 19:29

I went to an all -girls private school with 2 forms per year. Multiple names in my year were

Alison (3 in my class, 5 in the year)
Catherine ( 3 in my class, 5 in the year)
Helen (2 in my class, 4 in the year)
Emma (2 in my class, not sure how many altogether)
Mary (2 in my class, 3 in total)
Jane (can't remember how many but quite a few)
Isobel (2 in the other class)

There was one girl in the year called Sophie and we all thought that was an incredibly posh name. Grin

notacooldad · 11/04/2018 19:29

Carl
Paul
David
Christopher
A couple of Peter's
Martin
Ian
Michael
Debbie
Linda
Collette
Maighread pretty sure I've spelt that wrong!
Julie
Liz
Angela
Deidre
Maria
Donna
Cindy
Gaynor
Amanda

Laska5772 · 11/04/2018 19:29

also in my class, Maureen , Lyndsey & Melissa. Carol ,Ann, Jane and Jean ..

DullAndOld · 11/04/2018 19:27

ye i recognise a lot of those names, Laska...(53) - a lot of Jennys and NIckys

Laska5772 · 11/04/2018 19:26

Im older than you lot it seems.(60)
Caroline, Gillian, Susan, Christine Judith Julie(a) ,Maria, Janet, Eileen, Erica, Melanie, Jacqueline, (5 of those in our class one time .. I may have been one of them ) . Linda. Melinda ,Belinda, Stephanie, Beverley. Sharon. Rosemary, Ruth, Ellen, Helen, Pamela, Pauline. Sally, Jennifer

Alan, Adrian,Andrew , David, Christopher, Michael, Mark, Martin, Stephen, Stewart, Philip, Colin, Derek, Robert, Paul ,

DontDrinkDontSmoke · 11/04/2018 19:25

I was going to post but will run away from this apostrophe hell instead!

banjaxedeejit · 11/04/2018 19:21

Early 40's, Ireland

Mary (lots of them)
Olivia
Deirdre
Caroline

Michael
Patrick
John
Jason

Raahh · 11/04/2018 19:21

Girls- Joanne, Claire, Rachel, Jane, Lisa, Sarah , Nicola
(Middles names were all Louise, Elizabeth or Jane)

Boys- Matthew, (biggest name by far amongst the boys) Stephen, Andrew, Mark, Simon

Born in '71.

IggyAce · 11/04/2018 19:20

Quite a lot of Victoria's and Lindsey/Lyndsey's in my year. The majority of us had Jane, Ann or Louise as a middle name.

Trialsmum · 11/04/2018 19:19

Early 30s: Sarah, Laura, Catherine, Claire, Thomas/ Tom, Christopher/ Chris, Paul, Anthony

Sunbeam18 · 11/04/2018 19:16

There were some very old fashioned names in my class (born early 70s). We had two Connies, a Joan, a Betty, a Doreen!

userabcname · 11/04/2018 19:16

Gemma, Rebecca, Hannah, Katie / Kate, Laura, Kerry / Kerrie.

Tom, Daniel, Christopher, James / Jamie, Stephen / Steven.

redfairy · 11/04/2018 19:11

Karen, Sharon, Tracey, Julie, Mark, Steven, Paul, Chris. I'm 50.

mamaduckbone · 11/04/2018 19:10

Steve, Mark, Richard, Jonathan

Claire, Beverly, Becky, Vicky, Sharon

SarahSiddons · 11/04/2018 19:09

Danielle and Daniel. There were 3 of each in my year of 100 pupils.

TroysMammy · 11/04/2018 19:07

Susan
Nicola
Helen
Andrea
Andrew
Richard
Micheal
Ian

DullAndOld · 11/04/2018 19:04

mmm let me see...
Kate, Sarah, Clare, Eleanor, Alice, Rosemary, Elizabeth, Judith , Debbie, Melanie, Jillian, Victoria, Helen, Alison, Gaynor...

Boys were Simon, Paul, Richard, Darren, Andrew...cant think of any more

Eolian · 11/04/2018 19:04

Sarah, Claire, Louise, Mark, Robert, David (80s)

KnightsOfCydonia · 11/04/2018 19:02

I'm early thirties and went to catholic school most popular names were
Claire, Marie/Mary & Catherine/Kathleen for girls.

Paul, Mark, David, Daniel and Ryan for boys.

Didntcomeheretofuckspiders · 11/04/2018 18:58

And Matthew!! We must have had at least 5 or 6 of them too!

Didntcomeheretofuckspiders · 11/04/2018 18:58

Rachel, Rebecca, Annie, Sophie, Sarah, Jessica, Georgina, Rosie, Katherine, Chloe, Amy, Victoria, Natalie, Abigail, Charlotte

Lee, Ryan, Thomas, Christopher (honestly there were about 7 Chrises in my year at school alone!!), Benjamin, George, Connor, Samuel, Adam, Edward, Jack, Daniel, Oliver, Reece, James, Dominic

Early 90s baby names were really uninspiring!

Glumglowworm · 10/04/2018 19:19

Girls were Sarah, Louise, Victoria (various spellings of Vicky), Rebecca (Becky/becca), Hayley, Hannah, Stephanie, Sophie, Katie, knew a couple of Charlene’s

Boys were Ben, Matt, David, Daniel, John/Jonathon, Chris, James

BrownTurkey · 10/04/2018 19:14

Magda
Catherine
Diana
Lucy
Petrina
Claire
Imogen
Emma
Emily

Queenofthedrivensnow · 10/04/2018 19:11

Tamara, Tammy, Jessica, Charlotte, Kevin, ruan, Luke, ondine, Samatha, Lucy,