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What names would you expect a man in his early to mid 40s to have?

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Randombabynamequestion · 21/11/2022 13:41

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swimmingincustard · 21/11/2022 22:41

Alan, Richard, Adam, Jonathan, James, Matthew, Greg, Mark or Craig.

RedToothBrush · 21/11/2022 22:39

Everyone at school was Dave, James or Chris. Except Mark and Andrew.

I knew a house of 5 Andrews at uni. There were 7 in the house.

I know so many Daves.

The days of very traditional rather dull male names. Zzz zzz.

Energeticenoch · 21/11/2022 22:35

I’m sure they’re all called Nick Mark Daniel Simon Jonathan Adam Ben and David.

ShakeYourFeathers · 21/11/2022 22:24

Many Robs too

SquigglePigs · 21/11/2022 22:23

Well that's about my age group so...

Jonathan/Jon/John, Lee, Dan, David/Dave, Mark, Gareth, Luke, Josh, Nick, Liam, Robert/Rob, William/Will, Phillip/Phil, Matthew/Matt, Christopher/Chris, Thomas/Tom, Carl, Andrew/Andy, Jason, James/Jamie/Jim, Alex, Ben, Oliver, Joe

ShakeYourFeathers · 21/11/2022 22:23

Oh yeah a lot of Tom & Wills too

ShakeYourFeathers · 21/11/2022 22:22

Based on men at work and family
Chris, Jonathan/ John, Matt, James, Craig, Stuart, Pete, Dave, Patrick, Mark, Lee, Mike, Kevin, Gareth, Neil, Dominic, Jay

user3199 · 21/11/2022 22:21

My age... common names of boys in my year at school -
Steven
Alastair (various spellings)
Matthew
John
Jamie
Martin
Ross
Jonathan
Paul
Mark
Colin
David
Kevin
Richard
Andrew

Pearfacebanana · 21/11/2022 22:20

I know 500 Matts, all aged 43.

Also 300 Paul's.

Jamepume · 21/11/2022 22:19

Paul
Russell
Johnathan
richard
Andy
Craig
Dan
Steve
Matt
Liam

woodhill · 21/11/2022 22:17

Luke as well

Djorkaeff · 21/11/2022 22:16

Oh and lots of Barrys!

Djorkaeff · 21/11/2022 22:16

I'm 40. In my year group at school most boys were:

Chris
Scott
Steven
David
Ryan
Robert
Paul
Craig
Gary

Mumofgirls2017 · 21/11/2022 22:10

Stephen
jason
craig
david
sean
patrick
anthony
christopher
mark
michael
jonathan
kevin
justin
nicholas
robert

AliceMcK · 21/11/2022 21:03

Johns and Steven/Stephens were the most popular in my schools. Others were

Simon
Anthoney/Antony
Andrew
Mark
Philip
Richard
Mathew
David/Dave

Id also probably associate Ian and Shane with that age group.

ODFOx · 21/11/2022 20:54

Andy
Dan
Steve

We've been having work done this year and have had multiples of each of these on the crew at any time.

Hoolihan · 21/11/2022 20:51

Dan, Matt, Tom, Jamie, Andy, Steve, Mike, Nick.

dontcallmethatyoucunt · 21/11/2022 20:49

DeeCeeCherry · 21/11/2022 17:14

David. You're never more than 10 feet away from a Dave.

Brilliant and true

WordtoYoMumma · 21/11/2022 20:47

Most of my male friends in their 40s are called Chris 😂

Others include
Mark, Dave, Alex, John, Andrew, Simon, Ben, Phil, Tom

LightUpTheWoods · 21/11/2022 20:46

Going round my office

Richard, Robert, Mark, Matthew, Andrew, James, Chris, Adam, Tim

ilovepixie · 21/11/2022 20:44

Paul
James
Richard
Alan
Allister
Steven
William
Lee
Andy

mamaduckbone · 21/11/2022 20:43

Mark, Matt, Steve, Dave

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 21/11/2022 20:40

Mark
Simon
David
Richard

greatpotential · 21/11/2022 20:38

Mark
Martin
James
Stephen
Nick
Jon
Stuart
Chris
Richard
Robert

PritiPatelsMaker · 21/11/2022 20:29

David
Jonathan
Chris
Ben
Edward
Mathew
David