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Names in your kids class

68 replies

EnterNowhere · 20/09/2025 11:39

Obviously not anything too outing, but thought it would be interesting to see names in kids classes/teams..

I will post mine

Year 1

Archie, Arlo, Arthur, Cai, Carter, Dylan, Ethan, Frankie, George, Ieuan, Isaac, Jake, Max, Nico, Parker, Reuben, Rory, Teddy, Tomos, William

Alys, Ayla, Beatrice, Charlotte, Darcie, Eden, Emily, Evelyn, Ffion, Francesca, Hallie, Isabelle, Isla, Jessica, Lily, Maisie, Olivia, Penelope, Phoebe, Poppy, Rose, Seren, Sophia, Willow

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ButterPiesAreGreat · 20/09/2025 15:07

DD is at uni now but in her first couple of years at primary, there was a girl called Bootsie.

Emanwenym · 20/09/2025 15:06

These are all trendy, common names now @JasmineTea11 .
One of those names was registered 13 times in 2023. The same number of times as Gerald but not as many as Trevor.

@NuffSaidSam , There are enough underused names to probably narrow it down to a school.

NuffSaidSam · 20/09/2025 15:04

Emanwenym · 20/09/2025 14:56

@NuffSaidSam , it's a name popular in certain areas only. I know or have known of 4 in my entire life and one was a sportsman (1980s and 90s), one an MP (late 80s- early 00s), one the father of someone I was at school with, and the other the much older brother of an acquaintance.

Thousands of people will have heard of the sportsman and MP, but again, it will be region-specific.

Is that a problem though? Even if all of the thousands and thousands of people live in one place? It's not giving away any private or identifying information to say 'I know a kid called X'.

Emanwenym · 20/09/2025 14:56

@NuffSaidSam , it's a name popular in certain areas only. I know or have known of 4 in my entire life and one was a sportsman (1980s and 90s), one an MP (late 80s- early 00s), one the father of someone I was at school with, and the other the much older brother of an acquaintance.

Thousands of people will have heard of the sportsman and MP, but again, it will be region-specific.

Emanwenym · 20/09/2025 14:37

Because it is Shakespearean.

Whateverwillwedonow · 20/09/2025 14:32

billandtedsexcellentadventure · 20/09/2025 14:27

Got a Bianca in my daughter’s class! Thought that was an interesting choice!

Genuine question (not being a twat),Why is Bianca an interesting choice?

billandtedsexcellentadventure · 20/09/2025 14:27

Got a Bianca in my daughter’s class! Thought that was an interesting choice!

NuffSaidSam · 20/09/2025 14:26

Emanwenym · 20/09/2025 13:43

@EnterNowhere , you've got a name on there that is given to fewer than 20 babies a year.

And? Why does that matter? She's not given any identifying information beyond 'I know a kid called X'.

Even if there are only twenty X's per year there will still be thousands upon thousands of people who know/have met an X.

user892734543544 · 20/09/2025 14:13

Welsh names are beautiful. Some of my family have names in this list.

I'll just say that I did a baby group last week and a baby was named Disney.

JasmineTea11 · 20/09/2025 14:01

Sam390 · 20/09/2025 12:27

A lovely bunch of names there OP! But naming everyone in the class is pretty outing!

Huge overreaction! These are all trendy, common names now, this could be a list of many primary school class names.
I'm actually gutted to see my own DS's name has made an appearance but at least he's an adult now!

Emanwenym · 20/09/2025 13:43

@EnterNowhere , you've got a name on there that is given to fewer than 20 babies a year.

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EnterNowhere · 20/09/2025 13:33

This isn’t a whole class list.. I wouldn’t post that. It’s a mix of a few different classes, as well as groups we do and omitted names also. We have a large school with several classes of each year group. I’d be surprised if anyone from any of the classes can recognise it. I’ve seen similar threads before.

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PurBal · 20/09/2025 12:37

Of your list we have Arthur, George, Teddy, Isabelle and Poppy.

LimeBasilandManderin · 20/09/2025 12:30

Reported

NuffSaidSam · 20/09/2025 12:27

I'm not going to post a full class list, but names on your list that we also have (across both DC classes):

Archie
Kai
Ethan x 2
Max
Rory

Charlotte
Eden (although ours is a boy)
Emily
Isla x 2
Poppy
Sophia

A few other names we have that you don't:

Rocco x 2
Albert/Bertie x 2
Alfred x 2
Jack x 3
Henry x 2
Theo x 3
Milo x 2
Beau

Thea x 2
Izzy x 2
Ava x 3
Matilda x 2
Athena
Jemima

Sam390 · 20/09/2025 12:27

A lovely bunch of names there OP! But naming everyone in the class is pretty outing!

Emanwenym · 20/09/2025 12:12

@EnterNowhere , you are in Wales, probably an area where it's not predominantly Welsh-speaking, probably the South.
I'd ask to have the thread deleted as that list could be recognised.

OldBeyondMyYears · 20/09/2025 11:41

This is a very specific list of an entire Year 1 class OP! Not cool!

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