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Chunkymenrock · 03/05/2021 21:50

Bloody awful Margot, Luna, Emma, Amelia and Emilia, Charlotte, Alice, Jack, Alfie, Jackson....yawn...

kellykapowskiismyidol · 03/05/2021 21:49

I chose a name that's consistently on the top 10 list. I chose it because I love it. I don't take into account other people's choices when I make mine. I wouldn't be put off by a popular name and I wouldn't go out of my way to dream up an unusual name just to be different.

Just go with what you like

ShoppingPrecinctPrincess · 03/05/2021 21:48

@Happynewtier

Isla... There's 4 in DD's year 1 class alone. And I personally know of another handful of babies born in the last 2 years with the name. It's like it became super popular 8 years ago, and it seems to still be heavily overused each year.

I think I said this in a post the other day but I think Isla will be this generation's Sandra. Rose from relative obscurity to suddenly being everywhere.

ShoppingPrecinctPrincess · 03/05/2021 21:47

Harry
Isabelle (and all the variants)

And as a genre I'm tired of all the Victorian names likes Florence/Wilfred as well as the Edwardian servant names like Elsie/Archie.

AliceMcK · 03/05/2021 21:43

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,

fruitbrewhaha · 03/05/2021 21:38

Well it's not easy is it? Call your kid Ratchet and everyone's call him Theo and everyone's that's a yawn

theory101 · 03/05/2021 21:30

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Edenember · 03/05/2021 21:19

@Littlefluffyclouds13 there’s nothing smug about it. We all have names we find dull and boring, whether we like it or think it’s kind to admit it or not. Op is asking people directly, names people are bored of hearing. If the question bores you that much why are you here?

Echobelly · 03/05/2021 20:01

Olivia
Isabelle
Ruby
Jaden
Mason

Violetlavenders · 03/05/2021 19:59

Evie and Harry - we know at least 10...!

Happynewtier · 03/05/2021 19:11

Isla... There's 4 in DD's year 1 class alone. And I personally know of another handful of babies born in the last 2 years with the name. It's like it became super popular 8 years ago, and it seems to still be heavily overused each year.

2tired2bewitty · 03/05/2021 18:58

I have an Evelyn/Evie who is in year 6. Despite attending four different primary schools in different parts of the country she has always been the only one in her year group, but I swear every younger child I heard called by their parents at pick up on Friday was called Evie, so it’s quite a specific demographic.

Keepnamechangin · 03/05/2021 18:34

My friend named her child Ferdinanda. I love the name. Very different and cool.

ouchyouchyow · 03/05/2021 18:25

I hate the trend for surnames: Hunter, Parker, Taylor; mason. So tacky. Won't age well

Eviethyme · 03/05/2021 18:00

Shouldn't have clicked in this thread haha I have an Arthur and a Evelyn.. Woops

PattyPan · 03/05/2021 18:00

Arthur
Finley
Henry
James
Teddy
Arlo

Olivia
Evie
Freya
Chloe
Mia
Elsie
Poppy

TheRealMrsMorningstar · 03/05/2021 17:35

I am so surprised to see two of my children's names on here! My eldest child you couldn't buy any of those novelty name things with their name when they were born (admittedly nearly two decades ago!). And you still can't get my youngest child's name on any of those things now!

AJB3001 · 03/05/2021 17:33

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 🙄🙄🙄

MissyB1 · 03/05/2021 17:26

I work in a nursery.

Albie
Bertie
Archie
Harry
Jack
Monty

Evie
Lily
Olivia
Florence
Beatrice

SmiledWithTheRisingSun · 03/05/2021 17:21

Willow is terrible.

Mammyofasuperbaby · 03/05/2021 17:19

All of the above
This year I've added willow to the list. I've know 5 babies born in 2020, 2 are boys but 2 of the girls are called willow.
I think willow is the new Olivia

MadisonAvenue · 03/05/2021 17:13

Arthur
Harry
Oliver
Archie
Freya
Ella
Olivia

Sawyersfishbiscuits · 03/05/2021 17:09

Ava
Mia
Ella
Isla
Lila

Kaiden
Jayden
Max

Not sick of but hear alllll the time:

Teddy/Ted/Theo
Amelia/Amelie/Emily
Jack
Oliver/Ollie

Violetlavenders · 03/05/2021 17:07

There are at least as many 'mean' posts about unusual names!

Littlefluffyclouds13 · 03/05/2021 17:00

@Edenember

Oh wow. It’s possible to not want your child to be Amelia something as one of several in their class, but also to not want to call your child Moon Unit. I don’t think OP has asked a patronising question at all, the fact that they’re asking this probably means they defs don’t want something completely off the wall and to outdo people for wackiness, they just want to avoid complete ubiquity.

Of course it is

But it's also possible to create a post that doesn't use the words boring, common etc about names that may hold real significance to someone for many reasons.

It comes across as mean & smug.