Names you are bored of hearing...

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

So many....Arlo, Teddy, Theodore, Leo.
Ophelia, Elsie, Lilly.

My son was one of 4 in his Reception class. It never bothered me one iota. I love the name and love the sound of it, so all good to me. I thought, rather than it being common, that the other parents had great taste.

I remember going to his school one day to take him out of class for his injection and strangely all 4 mothers turned up at the same time. The Reception teacher shouted, Dominic A, Dominic G, Dominic L and Dominic N. I remember we all laughed. I didn't find it annoying at all.

The first Arlo I came across was Arlo Guthrie (singer).

Never another until the current fashion for the name.

Sometimes it is refreshing to not hear so many children with the same names, but not so good when they are names that are cobbled together to make something 'unusual' that will give the child a hard time.

Obviously I have son, not a sin!

I have a sin with a name featured here. Didn’t realise how popular it was when we chose it, but ultimately he is named after a family member - the most kind and brave man. So we couldn’t care less if there are hundreds of namesakes running around because our son’s name means so much to us.

And these also tend to be the parents that would roll their eyes at common but lovely names like Emma or Henry.

Stopping - for me it’s not that names are unoriginal - it’s that the parents think they are being Uber original, but only following inadvertently the latest fad instead.

What lovely names no wonder they are popular, some of these I have never even heard Arlo for example. I agree with those who said no name is boring or bland or horrible and it's a bit mean and silly to say you are sick of hearing it people choose names for many reasons some of them quite personal and if you have nothing better to do than judge criticise and bitch because you know 6 jacks and it's so unoriginal and they should have thought of something far better well then I think you need to get out more

Alfie
Reggie
Jayden
Jaxon, or correctly spelled, Jackson
Sarah
Most of the others already mentioned.

Arlo
Matilda
Jenson
Emmeline
Evangaline

I think I live in a pocket of Henrys! I know 100s. I’m not tired of hearing it tho - it’s a lovely name.

I genuinely have never been "bored" of a name - I've worked with young people for almost 20 years and honestly don't understand the stress parents have about names! I form opinions based on the child rather than their name, personality is unique regardless of a name!

My DS' name had a sudden wave the year he was born so he was one of 4 in his class which he thought was cool, now he's a teen and they're more spread out they barely cross paths and the popularity has died down but it's still used.

My Dd's name is less used but not unknown - we didn't choose either for any reason other than we loved them at the time. Never occurred to me to see what other people were doing 🤷‍♀️

Jasmine
Emily
Anything-Mae
Lilly-anything
Old man/woman names like Frank or Ethel.

All names. That's what trying to choose a baby name did to me. I can't remember the last time I came across a name I thought was interesting. They all turned bland to me lol

We have a Henry but haven’t met another at his school , there must be pockets of them somewhere though going by this thread

It wasn’t even in top 10 a few years back

Every time I see a thread for girl name suggestions bloody Ottilee is always on there so many times.

Evie
Evelyn
Ava
Ellie
Harper
Arlo
Teddy
Freya

I live in London and have never met an Arlo either

* Nope. Only feel sorry for kids given whacky or alternative names who will be teased throughout their school life.*

^I agree.

Eva/Evie/Ava
Amelia
Sophia
Grace/Gracie

Never met an Arlo. Where do they all live? London?

I wouldn’t say I’m bored of them, but the names I most often hear are Sophia/Sophie, Evie/Eva, Henry and William.

Our large primary school only has 1 Florence and not a single Isla or Amelia, despite these names being popular in the UK for a while now. Names seem to have pockets of popularity.

I got a little tired of all girls namies ending in a ie/y sound. So individually they were nice but hearing, evie, millie, molly, poppy, lily, tilly, holly made them merge a bit but i think its flipped away from that and is back to ending with an a sound as the trend. When i was young it was all ending in a - sarah, gemma, julia, emma, tina, lisa, nicola.
So i suppose for a girl its any nsme that doesnt end with ie/y or a. Like Joan

Sophia
George
Jack
Alex
Alfie
Buddy
Amelia

So, so, so many Willow’s in our baby classes at the moment. Two Arlo’s in our baby swimming class and more at other baby groups. Quite a few Isabella and Noah’s too

Oliver / Ollie
Archie
Freddy
Toby
Jack

Seriously so many of those I can't stand them any more

Harper