Active discussions

Help protect children from gaming harms.

Take our survey

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

Original poster

Names you are bored of hearing...

169 replies

Iamstrugglingtopick · 03/05/2021 09:39

Please help me....

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Set a reminder
Heatingsystemwoes · 08/05/2021 07:30

@WowIlikereallyhateyou

Jude, every boy seems to be called it atm, and i hate it. Very unfortunate name.
I like the name Jude but all I can think of is Jude the Obscure. One of the most tragic novels ever written.
WowIlikereallyhateyou · 07/05/2021 19:53

Jude, every boy seems to be called it atm, and i hate it. Very unfortunate name.

Violetlavenders · 06/05/2021 22:18

Harry Jack Theo Oliver Ellie Evie Izzy Sophie

MumofPsuedoAdult · 06/05/2021 20:43

I. Am. AMAZED!! I got all the way to page 6 and not one person said 'Joshua'. Maybe it's just me who's sick to the back teeth of it (because I feel like I shout it all day) Blush

MadeOfStarStuff · 06/05/2021 20:37

I don’t think I’ve ever had a group of brownies without at least one Isabelle/Isabella, usually two or three, but it’s a really lovely name so I’m not bored of it

Saltandshake82 · 06/05/2021 14:55

Isla, Ava, Alfie, Teddy, Sophia, Evie, Jack, Mia

KindnessCrusader · 06/05/2021 09:36

@AliceMcK I absolutely agree!

KindnessCrusader · 06/05/2021 09:19

Not bored but I think unimaginative:

Emily
Isabel
Lily

I remember a mother calling 'Lily' at a toddler group and the room falling largely quiet and 6 little heads whipping up. We live in a tiny village so it was so noticeable. It's so bizarre that people couldn't think of another name!

Pyewackect · 06/05/2021 09:15

Harry

Cressie2 · 06/05/2021 09:13

I meant Arlo!

Cressie2 · 06/05/2021 09:12

Argo, Sophia, Wilf, Isla, Lily, Thea, Noah, Kit and Archie

EekThreek · 05/05/2021 23:00

blueberry I can sympathise! One of my oldest friends was an Amelia growing up in the 80s, she was only one I knew until I met a baby one when I had DD1 - now it's #2 in the chart and I know of half a dozen others.

By contrast I'm an 80s Katy - named after my grandmother, but Katie was a top 20 name and I've rarely been the only one in a group of friends. Weirdly though, in my (large) company there are two Katie's, and about 8 Katy's, it's refreshing to be the default spelling for once Grin (still get called Kathy though...)

30 years ago, my name would have been mentioned in every other post on this thread Grin

Violetlavenders · 05/05/2021 11:54

This thread is making me smile- I used to get teased about my name being ‘weird’ when I was young (1980’s) and now it’s so common that it’s listed as a boring name! So you really can’t win

The problem is that all parents suddenly choose the same names, hence perfectly nice or even unusual names become overused and dull.

Jupiterstar · 05/05/2021 09:53

Names I heard a lot of seem to be Alfie, Arlo, Finley, Oliver, Jack, Harry, Theo, Evie, Isla, Ava, Amelia, Mia, Olivia

They’re all nice names though!

Blueberry40 · 04/05/2021 23:22

This thread is making me smile- I used to get teased about my name being ‘weird’ when I was young (1980’s) and now it’s so common that it’s listed as a boring name! So you really can’t win Grin

imgoinginsaneinthemembrane · 04/05/2021 23:19

@TheSongOfTheSea

Jasmine Emily Anything-Mae Lilly-anything Old man/woman names like Frank or Ethel.
Don't choose something popular or old fashioned either 😂

I loved Sophia & Isla when pregnant with my DS, but I didn't realise it was so popular. By the time I had my second and she was a DD I'd been to baby classes I realised and choose a Granny name.

My DS has an unusual name.

Lollypop4 · 04/05/2021 23:02

Alfie, Jax/Jaxon, Ryan, oscar,Dylan, Arlo, Theo,
Ava, Amelia,sophie, sofia, Ella, olivia, Isobel,
lilly, Daisy, chloe

Fixitup2 · 04/05/2021 22:53

@AJB3001

Definitely Harry...that's my sons name...I didn't like it whilst pregnant and truthfully if I could I would change it now. I told my husband he could name him whilst I was under the influence of diamorphine and just being grateful I wasn't dead 🤣 ...he was born the day before Harry and meghans wedding as well 🙄🙄🙄
I have a Harry too and whilst I can’t and couldn’t think of another name for him, I do wish I could change it sometimes although he hasn’t actually come across another Harry at any groups or in his class. There’s one a few years below at his school though. My other child’s name hasn’t appeared on anyone’s list here.
cheeseychovolate · 04/05/2021 22:50

Charlie

Violetlavenders · 04/05/2021 22:46

I do feel that Jack and Harry will start to sound a little dated as they've been SO popular recently. Like Steve and Mike in the 70s!

Even classic names follow fashion cycles.

Checkingout811 · 04/05/2021 22:43

Lily
Oliver
Alfie
Arthur
Noah

kellykapowskiismyidol · 04/05/2021 22:39

Some names never fall out of fashion.

William, Jack, Harry, James etc.

Could work for an old man or a new baby.

I would much rather opt for a timeless name that I liked then make one up just to be different.

Violetlavenders · 04/05/2021 08:41

The names on these lists are lovely, probably why they are so popular!

Until they become super fashionable and everyone uses them...... they then unfortunately fall out of fashion, start to sound dated and become boring through overuse.

Divebar2021 · 04/05/2021 07:51

I live in the South East and my DD is year 4 and i know many children with these name but I don’t know many multiples. I know two Olivia’s for example. Two Freya’s ( different ages) but not hundreds. Unless you teach who even knows hundreds of kids? ( the child catcher??)

Clevererthanyou · 04/05/2021 01:40

I think picking a name for a child can be a minefield ... which is why I passed that job to my parents Grin “Ma, Da, I’m in the family way, be a sport and pick the name eh?” Blush

Swipe left for the next trending thread