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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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EarlofShrewsbury · 21/11/2022 17:10

Paul
Steve
Chris
Andy
Ian
Dave
Stu
Jamie

SundayAtDevilDirt · 21/11/2022 17:06

I'm early 40s. I know absolutely tons of Pauls and Daves

Off the top of my head, other men my age-ish I know more than 1 of are:

John
Simon
Mark
Darren
Dean
Matthew/Matt
Daniel/Danny/Dan
James/Jim/Jimmy
Robert/Rob
Samuel/Sam
Stephen/Steven/Steve

KirstenBlest · 21/11/2022 16:53

Christopher
David
Daniel
Ben
Lee
Steven/Stephen
Andrew
Alex

KeeefBurtain · 21/11/2022 16:23

Mark
Billy
Gavin
Darren
Terry
Neil
Wayne
David
Stewart
Lee
Ryan

Numbat2022 · 21/11/2022 15:05

Chris
Dave
Matt
Steve
John/Jonathon
Nick
Mike
Tom
Andy
Rob
Dan

I'm early 40s, those are the names of the vast majority of my male friends 😂

greaterscott · 21/11/2022 14:59

Matt
Ben
Jamie
Kieran
Paul
Simon
Gavin
Will

LadyDanburysHat · 21/11/2022 14:57

People I went to school with

Graeme
David
Michael
Paul
Richard
Kevin
Ben
Alan
Steven

MsPinkMarshmallow · 21/11/2022 14:55

From my circle:

Dave
Jon
Charles
Leo
Theo
Hugo
Stephen
Rob
James
Christopher or Kit

stllnotgettinganystillhorny · 21/11/2022 14:52

Mathew, David, Jon, Anthony, Jack

ladycarlotta · 21/11/2022 14:32

Depends on the exact point in their 40s - the older end are sometimes called Ian, Phil, Paul, Stuart, Dave, Chris, Jason etc.
Closer to my age (mid 30s) I'd expect more like Ben, Tom, James, Steven, Jonathan, Dan/iel, Ed, Matthew.
Scattering of Lees, Dales and Deans in among them. Maybe a Jordan or two.

LubaLuca · 21/11/2022 14:24

I can't see it on anytime else's list, but Gareth is a very common name for men of that age.

MissHavishamsMouldyOldCake · 21/11/2022 14:21

They're either called James or Paul.

antipodeancanary · 21/11/2022 14:20

These are the ones I know, Stuart, mark, Chris, Tim, Glenn, Daryl, Richard

Twizbe · 21/11/2022 14:10

Richard. Very popular is the early 80s

4yearsandwaiting · 21/11/2022 14:10

Matthew, Christopher, Andrew, Richard, Luke, Ben, Johnathan, David and Nicholas were very common names in my year group (I'm early 40s).

PAFMO · 21/11/2022 14:05

Ben, Dan, Scott, Alex.

Most of the others mentioned already were in my class at school and uni. I'm 57.

CraigDavid · 21/11/2022 14:04

Loads of Tom, Ben and Dan!

Espritdescalier · 21/11/2022 14:01

Ed is definitely missing from the lists so far too. Loads of Eds in their 40s.

SallyWD · 21/11/2022 14:00

That's around my age. There were a lot of boys at school called:
Mark
Matthew
Chris
David
Oliver
Simon
Ben
Dominic
Stephen
Stuart
Daniel
Jonathan
Gregory
James
Paul
Scott
Sean
Andrew
Gary

Fluffluff · 21/11/2022 13:58

Ross
Robert
Derek
Craig
Jamie
David
Ewan
Gordon
James
Blair
John
Stephen

CassandraBarrett · 21/11/2022 13:58

Has nobody said Kevin?
Also Gary. Mark, John, Paul, Stephen, Barry,

AntlerRose · 21/11/2022 13:55

David, Chris, Andrew, Nick, Richard, Lee, Mark

Rayna37 · 21/11/2022 13:54

Craig and Richard definitely missing off the mostly excellent lists so far.

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Randombabynamequestion · 21/11/2022 13:52

Thanks all. It's helpful.

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ImHavingAnOldFriendForDinner · 21/11/2022 13:52

Simon, Dave/David, John, Nick, Stuart/Stu, Lee, Mark, Chris.