Pre school names

@khaa2091 Completely off topic but out of interest - how do you react if you think the name that parents have picked is awful? 😅

I just remember a midwife (not the one I had been looked after by) coming in not long after I’d delivered my DS and asking if we had named him yet. When I told her the name she responded with “Oh, that’s a lovely strong ‘proper’ boys name. I’ve delivered 2 poor kids called Fox this week and had to remind myself that I’m a midwife and not a vet!” 🫠
I couldn’t help but feel sorry for the poor parents of the kids and wondered how she’d reacted when they told her!

No duplicates amongst the girls but lots of nature names - Ivy, Rose, Rowan (m and f), Lily, Winter, Hazel, etc.

All the boys are called William.

DD is 3.

Around here, you are tripping over Judes and Teds.

Hazel, Maya and Margot are popular for girls. And Matilda.

Despite it being the top girls name for years, I’ve never come across an Olivia in the wild, and I’ve been to so many baby and toddler classes, it’s strange.

There are no duplicates in DS’s nursery class but the names I’m hearing a lot when you take everything into account- the reception class, swimming lessons, rugby tots, siblings, being yelled at the playground etc. etc. are Ottilie, Skye and Matilda for girls and Hugo, Louis and Freddie for boys.

It’s really sad how John has reduced so much in the under 30’s - so not surprising you haven’t delivered one. Short, simple, classic and so many interesting historical namesakes, it would have been my top choice for a boy if there wasnt one already in the family.

If you are looking for something unique….I have delivered > 1 000 babies and never a John!

We’ve experienced very few duplicates in DS’s nursery years (he’s nearly 4) but across all baby classes, nursery and generally heard in the playground, the most common repeated names were Ada and Isla for girls and ‘o’ endings for boys (Theo, Leo etc. ) My son is a Finn, and we often hear children a few years older being called Finley, but haven’t met another Finn or Finley at his age.

Now with a new baby, I’m experiencing lots more Noahs at baby classes, plus Luca, and yet more Islas

Oliver, Zac/Zach and Finley seem to be popular.
Teddy is really popular.

Alfie, Theo, Hugo

Bella. I can’t think of any more girls’ names

Seen an increase in Alba and Penelope recently, plus hundreds of Teddies (babies and dogs!).

Reception - Only duplicates are Lily and Max.

We do know quite a few Oliver/Ollie, Theo, Charlie, Arthur and for girls Rosie, Grace/Gracie, Bonnie, Isla

Dd is 4. The most common names we've encountered are Arthur, Freddie, Alfie and Arlo for boys and Elsie and Sophia for girls (girls names seem to have more variety for some reason). Other names at nursery are
David
Brody
Nathan
Charlie
Finlay

Valentina
Charlotte
Nia
Matilda
Erin
Bethany

We have duplicates of Olivia.

We also know duplicates of Leo, Effie, Evie, Edward, Ada, William, Jude and Isobel.

Multiples .. Oliver, Harriet, Freddy, Charlotte, Evie

My friend’s grandchild,Lillian,Rafferty, Olive,Reuben,Laurence ,Otillie ,Archie ,Josh oh and Forest

A thousand Finley / Finlay s.

Boys: Rowan, Lucas, Finley, Oscar, Elias and Joshi (short for Joshua)

Girls: Ella, Matilda, Noa, Isabelle / Isabella, Isla

In my DS nursery room there hasn’t been a single duplicate name since he started there 3 years ago which I find quite surprising especially as nearly all are “normal” names.

In his wider circle of friends outside of nursery there are duplicates of Leo, Charlie, Emilia and Ottilie.

Only duplicates here are Isabel and Oscar.

When my 17 year old was little there were a lot of boys called Lewis and Leo and when my 19 year old was little a lot of names from Harry Potter were popular.

We have in my setting 6 ivy's and 4 of them are ivy-rose! Also 4 Theo's!
We also have duplicates of Leo, teddy/teddie, albie/Alby, poppy and Freddy/Freddie these names have all been very popular for a few years, but ivy-rose has got to be the current most common double barreled name by a mile!

No doubles currently but a lot of O ending names (seems very trendy at the moment) - there’s an Arlo, Theo, Leo and Milo. Also there’s an Albie, Archie and an Alfie (as well as a lot of other “ie” ending boys names that don’t start with A). And short E heavy names are popular for girls - there’s an Elsie, Esme, Ella and Eva.

But there is actually only one of the Eva/Evie/Ivy/Ava type names, so maybe that V trend is fading, and no Sophie/Sofia/Sophia or Isabelle/Isobel/Isabella or an Oliver or Olivia as you might expect based on national stats (there is a Noah and Amelia though).

Basically if you avoid an O or ie ending name for boys or a short 2 syllable, vowel heavy name for girls then it stands out more here, whatever the popularity overall.

Avery x 4

3 Raffys last year
3 Rivers this year

Evie x 2 last year
James x 2 last year
Mia x 2 this year

Lots of ava/isla/eva/ada

Arlo
Milo
Clementine

DS is 2 and the only repeated name in his nursery toddlers room is Noah.