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Names you are bored of hearing...

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Iamstrugglingtopick · 03/05/2021 09:39

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KateF · 08/05/2021 13:14

We had an Isla whose mum obv iously anticipated there being several as her backpack is personalised as Isla W. She's our only Isla in the entire nursery!

LTsMum1 · 08/05/2021 13:11

Alfie Olivia Isla

tinaturnover · 08/05/2021 13:10

Cutesy boy names ending in -ie or -o for boys:
Freddie, Eddie, Teddie, Arlo, Alfie, Archie, Theo, Leo, Milo etc. Add Luca to this list too even though it ends in a.

Cutesy girls names:
Millie, Lilly, Isla, Daisy, Darcie, Lola, Ella, Tilly, Elsie, Evie, Bella.

El names and L names for girls:
Ella, Elsie, Lottie, Lola, Lucy, Luna, Ellie, Lara, Eliza.

OAP/peaky blinders names, girls names with belle or bel or bella, celebrity names.

Horehound · 08/05/2021 13:07

What a horrible thread

KateF · 08/05/2021 13:05

I work in a baby room. We're seeing a lot of Alfie, Archie, Ivy and Poppy in our new starters (so born over the last year). These have replaced the wave of Arlo, Ollie, Olivia and Isabel who are now toddlers.

KineticSand · 08/05/2021 12:37

Arthur Arlo Alfie Archie

Evie/ Evelyn variants

RuthW · 08/05/2021 12:36

@AliceMcK

Anything on the top 20 list over the last 10 years. I’m not a fan of fashionable names. I think when naming children the name should have meaning rather than taken from a fashion list,
Exactly. That's why I chose one not in the top 100. 24 years later it's about number 12!
RuthW · 08/05/2021 12:28

Oh, and Isla and Charlie

RuthW · 08/05/2021 12:27

Ava, Eva, Evie, Ellie

Annabelle, Annabella, Arabella, Isobel, Isabelle, Isabella

Alfie, Archie, Arthur, Freddie

northernlights0 · 08/05/2021 12:25

Really just the names I hear a lot at playgroup and nursery so

Amelia, Olivia, Isabelle, Isabella, Sofia, Isla, Evie, Archie, Ella, Harry, Alfie, Chloe, Charlie etc. Mostly 2 syllables and many ending in Eeeeee or aaaaa

PatrickBatemann · 08/05/2021 12:14

All the E's: Evelyn, Ella, Elle. So boring.

Alfie, Archie.

Ted/Teddy.

clpsmum · 08/05/2021 12:13

Alfie
Archie
Freddy
Bobby
Esme
Charlie

Gif I could go on forever. Don't mean I dislike them jist there seems to be so many of them!

clpsmum · 08/05/2021 12:12

Ollie
Eve/Evie/Eva/Ava
Jack
Aaron
Emma
Isla
Iona
Freya
Erin
Lewis

coffeefi · 08/05/2021 12:10

Hector Grin

coffeefi · 08/05/2021 12:10

Hectare

Bloody loads where I live Confused

Violetlavenders · 08/05/2021 11:35

I guess the reason they are so popular is because they are nice names.

Unfortunately if many parents choose the same few 'nice' names they become overused and dull.

Heatingsystemwoes · 08/05/2021 10:31

IggyAce
Ah! I know a young Alan! I think it’s a great name!

IggyAce · 08/05/2021 09:34

I work in a school (ks2) I have multiples in my bubble of:
Jake
Charlie
Oliver
Logan
Then the similar ending girls names which get tiresome: Olivia, Amelia, Mia, Eva, Ava, Millie, Maisie, Evie.
Hearing names like David, Alan, Rose and Lucy is a breath of fresh air, I do admit to doing a double take when I heard Alan.

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MarkUp · 08/05/2021 09:15

I guess the reason they are so popular is because they are nice names.

It must be where you are from though because some of the ones mentioned surprised me as I don't know any or many at all with those names, Finley for example, I think I know one. And that's a friend of a friends child, certainly doesn't seem over used round here. Ottilie? Never heard it.

Chunkymenrock · 08/05/2021 07:55

Charlotte, Emily, Lily

BatleyTownswomensGuild · 08/05/2021 07:53

Oliver
Olivia
Charlotte
Emily
Harry/Harrison
Jessica
Megan
Sophia

MsTSwift · 08/05/2021 07:45

Off top of head names that are normal but underused

Miranda
Zoe
Jessica
Mary
Susannah

MsTSwift · 08/05/2021 07:36

Eve variant names
Olivia
Amelia
Grace
Isabel.variant names
Lily
Sophie

Mine early teen and so many of their friends have these names. Funny people pick the same few names there are so many names ordinary not wacky.

Also thinking about it so many families I know seem to have a boy called Ben

Heatingsystemwoes · 08/05/2021 07:33

Arlo definitely! It’s the new ‘Tyler’.
Absolutely everywhere.