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Does anyone else have a name that, when given, was way ahead of its time?

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RolyPolyBatFacedGirl · 28/12/2023 20:06

I'm in my early 50s and my parents called me Lily Grace Surname

Now I know there's loads of Lily's and Graces's going way back when , but people are genuinely surprised when I meet up with them for meetings in person after emails (work related of course!) and I'm not 19!

I was an absolute anomaly in the 70s with all my friends who were Sarah, Louise , Claire and Julie

Anyone else?

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Dmsandfloatydress · 28/12/2023 20:48

I had an uncle called Stacey born in 1960 when the girls were called Tracey. Not great

Wanttosleepproperlyplease · 28/12/2023 20:44

DH is an Oscar in his 30s.

Thousands of them in primary schools up and down the country now but quite “out there” in the 80s and 90s.

Username123343 · 28/12/2023 20:43

My name is bloody stupid in any era

anybloodyname · 28/12/2023 20:39

I work with a 37 year old Teddy ! He's the only one I know who's not in nappies , do love the name but now know of at least 4 from last few years

Riverlee · 28/12/2023 20:31

It’s funny you mention Lily and Grace. A friend name her two children this in mid -late nineties. They were considered really old and unusual names then. Ten years plus years later, ‘Granny chic’ name trend had hit.

minipie · 28/12/2023 20:29

I was born in 1980

My name became very popular in the early 1990s

Sadly, this does not cause me to be mistaken for 10 years younger 🤔

Echobelly · 28/12/2023 20:29

My mum says that when she named my brother Alexander in the early 1970s it wasn't very common, but got much more so afterwards.

Mywhoopdeedoo · 28/12/2023 20:27

I know a Mia in her late 40’s

DisplayPurposesOnly · 28/12/2023 20:24

A few years ago I met a Barbara who was in her 20s. I definitely expected someone older 😆 There was a lovely story to why her parents named her that.

samestyle · 28/12/2023 20:22

You are very lucky, I'm envious as I'm stuck in the 80s with mine 😂

whirlyhead · 28/12/2023 20:20

I was born in the 60s and my parents gave me a very english and I think old fashioned name that I have encountered in books (and films), but I have never met anyone in real life with the same first name.

i really dislike the bloody name too.

EmilyRose1970s · 28/12/2023 20:16

Name changed for this thread as no way do I want anyone figuring me out from previous posts. But I was born in the ,1970s and my name is Emily Rose Surname. Extremely common in recent years but caused a lot of teasing when people found out my middle name at primary school. I was the only Emily in my year at High school of around 300. There were multiple Claires, Louises, Emma's etc

Nanalisa60 · 28/12/2023 20:15

Lisa was very unusual in 1960 , common as muck by the 1970,s , apparently a dying name now. I have never meet a Lisa older then me.