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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

Odd question I know but this stems from a discussion/debate I'm having with a friend.

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dwevil · 21/11/2022 19:30

Gary
Simon
Steve/Steven/Stephen
Andrew
Daryl
Marshall
Chris
William
Neil/Neal
Mark
John
Ian
Darren
Adrian
Justin
Geoffrey
Paul
Kevin
Michael
Phillip
Timothy
Keith
Dean
Luke
Charles
Terry
Peter
Gavin
Adam
Alexander
Shaun/Sean
Derrick
Damien
Carl/Karl
Leighton
James/Jamie
Zachary
Jason
David
Stuart/Stewart
Nicolas
Wayne
Alan

From my now mid 40 year at school

tillytoodles1 · 21/11/2022 19:22

David is my favourite boys name. It suits a baby, a teenager and a man.

Slimjimtobe · 21/11/2022 19:17

Neil
John
Wesley
Andrew
James

MerryMarigold · 21/11/2022 19:17

Dan
Robert/ Rob
Alex
Matt

catfunk · 21/11/2022 19:16

Daniel, Stephen, Ian, Owen, Michael. Gavin, adrian, all pretty standard ones and nothing outlandish compared to young kids these days.

WeAreTheHeroes · 21/11/2022 19:16

Ollie is a bit younger I'd say. Have we had Dan and Henry? The public schoolboys at uni were called Henry or Tom.

Vallmo47 · 21/11/2022 19:16

Based on people in my age group we know … John, Mark, Ben, Darryn, James, Jim, Dave, Matt, Nick.
In Scandinavia there were loads of Mattias & Magnus.

dementedma · 21/11/2022 19:15

Mine would be
David
Stephen
Andrew
Neil
Douglas
Simon
Craig

WeAreTheHeroes · 21/11/2022 19:14

Add Grant, Scott, Russell and Chris to the list if I've missed them being posted so far. This thread is basically listing every male I went to school, college and uni with.

User0610134057 · 21/11/2022 19:14

Ben, Tom, Matt, Steve, Jonny, Ollie,

LT2 · 21/11/2022 19:12

Andrew
Anthony
Steven/Stephen

StillWeRise · 21/11/2022 19:12

what was the debate OP?

catbirddogchild · 21/11/2022 19:08

James. Andrew, Christopher. Nicholas, Robert, Mark, Simon, Richard, Tom, Matthew, David, Neil.
seemed the most common throughout school, uni etc I'm 40 so the right age

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 21/11/2022 17:38

Lee.
Craig
Steven.
Andrew
Paul
David
Chris
Darren

Whataretheodds · 21/11/2022 17:26

I'm 41.

Ben, Sam, Dan, James, Tom, Matt, Steve, Richard, James, Will, Mike, Simon, Mark, Ian,

anastasiakrupnik · 21/11/2022 17:20

At school and uni (I'm 41) they were all called Chris. Since then I've not met a single one. I wonder wht happened to the Chrisss. Have they a lower life expectancy, do you think?

Meanwhile, Steve, David, Ben, Tom, Marc are in abundance.

Blahburst · 21/11/2022 17:19

Paul
Stephen
Colin
Mike
Andrew
Alisdair
Ryan
Ben
Scott
Dan
Nick
Mark
Barry
Tim
Graham
Johnny

Ormally · 21/11/2022 17:18

(UK frame of reference)
Ian
Many many Daves
Simon
Nick
Robert

Runover · 21/11/2022 17:16

Will
Michael
Scott
Sean
Justin
Daniel
Matt
Luke

waterlego · 21/11/2022 17:14

Oh gosh yes, Paul, Chris and Matt too.

DeeCeeCherry · 21/11/2022 17:14

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

waterlego · 21/11/2022 17:13

Simon, Mark, Phil, Kevin, Nick, John, Ben, Rob and loads of Daves and Steves.

BedTaker · 21/11/2022 17:13

Oh yes, definitely Matt to, millions of them!

BedTaker · 21/11/2022 17:12

Dave, Andy, Paul, Richard, James, Mark, Simon, Rob.

Theorema · 21/11/2022 17:11

Justin
Darren
Ryan