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Most underused names?

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mondayyyy · 19/03/2021 16:40

Can you please share with me some absolutely regular and normal names that are absolutely underused?

My picks are Miranda, Helen, Clive and Mitchell. What are yours?

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BatleyTownswomensGuild · 22/03/2021 19:35

I think Baby Boomer names are fairly unusual these days:

Angela, Pamela, Valerie, Margaret, Deborah,

Keith, Ian, Simon, Peter, Malcolm, Robert, Kevin,

Borntohula · 22/03/2021 08:57

Joel and Jasmine.

lottiegarbanzo · 21/03/2021 19:54

OP's buggered off though. I was interested to know why they were asking, what they wanted to do with the answers and what their thoughts were.

lottiegarbanzo · 21/03/2021 19:52

Sandra
Cheryl
Melissa

(whereas Miranda is quite current)

groovergirl · 21/03/2021 19:25

@Astraturf

I know a toddler Stephen. He's not called that though, his hair stood on end as a baby and he got called Spark and it stuck
Grin Grin Grin Love this. I'm also proud to see my name on a few PPs' lists. I still have some smidgeon of cool, then!

Pamela, Valerie, Melissa, Kimberley, Jessamine, Shaunagh, Virginia

Mark (mostly in their 50s now, I think. Still a good name), Ian, Stuart, Cameron, Harold.

35andThriving · 21/03/2021 17:24

Gregory

LifesNotEnidBlyton · 20/03/2021 23:27

Richard.
Mark.

lottiegarbanzo · 20/03/2021 23:25

Melanie

custardcream1000 · 20/03/2021 23:19

Sarah
Lauren
Laura
Abigail
Scott
Kelly
Carley
Amy/Aimee
Samantha

Rockmehardplace · 20/03/2021 23:14

I know a 5 year old gary & eveey baby girl seems to be Jessica just now. Names i think are underused are

Caroline
Louise
Colette
Martin
David
William

Neonlightning · 20/03/2021 23:03

Lemon and Gwenevere

lottiegarbanzo · 20/03/2021 22:00

Sheelagh and Judith are two that seemed normal among adults in the 80s but I never hear now.

35andThriving · 20/03/2021 21:51

Eugene
Jerome
Jeremy
Ross
Barnabus
Saul

Tamsin
Patsy
Colette
Carolyn
Shirley
Angela

Astraturf · 20/03/2021 07:46

I know a toddler Stephen. He's not called that though, his hair stood on end as a baby and he got called Spark and it stuck

Stokey · 20/03/2021 07:35

@FluWorldOrder

Aren't these mostly just names that were en vogue during a certain period which you'd be mad to use now/are dated e.g. Gary, no offence to any Gary's (my DH Grin) but it's just an incredibly ugly name.
They are, but isn't that how names work? By the time our children are having children, an the Granny names that are in fashion now will have moved on and they'll be considering their own grandparents names.

So today's baby boomers like Gary, Geoff, Clive, Pam, Sue and Jackie may be our grandchildren.

I find it quite interesting the trends in the more biblical names, more for boys than girls I guess as girls have a wider variety. Why are James & Daniel still popular but Matt & Simon out?

EchidnaKidney · 20/03/2021 07:30

If you like Clive and Cliff, how about Clint? Too nuts?

gollymissdolly · 20/03/2021 04:32

Alison,Fiona,Susan,Gillian,Pamela,Linda,Lorraine,Valerie,Caroline,Gail

David,Alan,Michael,Gordon,Scott,Colin,Paul,Raymond,Keith,Neil

Squeakerfoot · 20/03/2021 00:09

Jerry
Paul
Peter
Simon

Natalie
Laura
Beth
Alexis

lottiegarbanzo · 19/03/2021 23:49

Mary, Ann, Jane, Jill

Andrea, Patricia, Jennifer, Rosemary, Victoria

lottiegarbanzo · 19/03/2021 23:38

Some are merely briefly fashionable names, others are classics that had a peak and are in a dip.

FluWorldOrder · 19/03/2021 23:34

Aren't these mostly just names that were en vogue during a certain period which you'd be mad to use now/are dated e.g. Gary, no offence to any Gary's (my DH Grin) but it's just an incredibly ugly name.

Zoomzoomelephantboom · 19/03/2021 23:16

Gillian. There were no babies named Gillian last year. It is so disliked no-one on MN even thinks of it.

BramStoker · 19/03/2021 23:10

Bridget
Vanessa
Natasha
Belinda
Rosalind

Lawrence
Adam
Ross
Cliff

LemonadeFromLemons · 19/03/2021 23:10

Girls: Catherine, Geraldine, Samantha, Susan

lottiegarbanzo · 19/03/2021 23:09

Fiona

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