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Names in your class when you were at school

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lebopbop · 03/10/2025 23:54

Inspired by the ‘names in your kids class thread’ what were the names (or some of the names) in YOUR class as a child? Feel free to add the decade or let people guess :)

Mine:
Girls- Katie, Zoe, Holly, Natalie, Danielle, Lauren, Rebecca x2, Eleanor, Laura, Chloe, Bethany, Lydia, Kayleigh

Boys- Joshua x2, Samuel, Ryan, Daniel, David, Christopher x2, Luke, Reece, Liam, Andrew, Adam

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Blingismything · 03/03/2026 20:24

Tina, Lisa, Nina, Elizabeth, Nicola, Erika, Sally, Clare, Anya, Beverley, Hilary, Rebecca, Amanda, Helen.

Simon, Stewart, Andrew, Matthew, Gavin, Benedict, Robert, Giles, Paul, Sebastian, James, Aaron.

Disturbia81 · 03/03/2026 13:47

Girls: Sarah, Laura, Gemma, Charlotte, Lucy, Emma, Fay, Michelle, Claire, Rebecca, Emily, Louise

Boys: Sam, Matthew, Craig, Daniel, Richard, Paul, Ben, Ryan, David, Luke

90s!

AllTheChaos · 03/03/2026 13:30

1980s: Catherine, Lowenna, Sarah, Zara, Victoria, Rebecca, Jessica, Bridget, Rachel, Seren, Eluned.

JohnTheRevelator · 03/03/2026 02:32

Girls:- Sarah, Nicola, Claire, Helen, Linda,Jane, Annette, Elizabeth, Frances, Alison.
Boys:- Gary, Mark, David, Roger, Anthony,Ian, Steven, Paul, Michael, Jeremy.

This was early 1970s.

thatAgneswhocallsherselfPerditax · 02/03/2026 21:18

Many Sarahs and Claires; Helen, Emma and Rachel were also popular. At one school my class also had two Sallys and two Charlottes.

Middle names were almost invariably Jane, Louise or Marie.

CoffeeAndCakeBringMeJoy · 02/03/2026 20:57

Girls: Heather (x2), Lucy, Rebecca (Becky), Amy, Stephanie, Joanne (x2), Amanda, Alison, Rachel, Victoria (Vicky), Elizabeth (Liz), Lisa, Michelle, Keeley, Kelly, Lauren.

Boys: Daniel (x3), Gareth, James, Michael, Stephen, Jamie, Christopher, Nigel, Lee, Christian, Philip, John.

This was at primary school in the 80s; secondary school added Jennifer (Jenny), Hayley, Hilary, Kate, Claire, Samantha, Christina, Catherine, Holly, Kathryn and Melissa amongst the girls, and Matthew, Robert, Simon, Ben, Tom, Ross, Adam and Sam amongst the boys.

curlypi · 02/03/2026 20:47

Catherine, Samantha, Aimee, Lisa, Ruth, Jenny, Louise, Nancy.

orangetriangle · 02/03/2026 20:42

Claire Lisa Paula Alison Sharon Julie Louise Karen Michelle Tracey Joanne
Gary Gavin Paul Malcolm Neil Jason John Steven
1960s to 1980s

winewine · 02/03/2026 20:31

All girls school.
Karen
Sharon
Lisa
Tracy

Elisirdamour · 02/03/2026 20:27

Victoria x 4!!
Emma
Rachel
Clare
Lucy
Louisa
Louise
Juliet
Ruth
Laura
Gaye
Jessamy
Tamsin
Anne
Caroline x 2
Karen
Amanda
Sarah x 2
Julie
Francesca
Stephanie
Cathy
Lizzie

Blarn · 02/03/2026 20:11

There were a lot of girls named Nicola, Sarah, Kelly, Kerry, Stephanie, Louise.
Boys mostly Stephen, Matthew, Michael, David, Adam, Mark.

And yes, any girl who didn't have the irat name Louise had it as a middle name!

exhaustedmum24 · 02/03/2026 20:04

Girl: Amber, Sarah, Jade, Charlotte, Bianca, Faye, Micki, cherelle, Lauren, Emma, Rachel, Joan, Gemma, Stacey, Kayleigh, Danielle, Kerry, Louise, Jessica, Charley, Sophie, Toni

Boy: Jacob, Ben, Adam, Christopher, stevie, Ethan, Daniel, Lewis, Matthew, Michael, Jamie, Terrence, Tommy, Shane, Aaron, glen.

andanotherproblem · 02/03/2026 19:26

Girls: Leah, Demi, Isabella, Layla, Amber, Caitlin, Cara, Rebecca, Aoife

Boys: Alex, Aidan, Robert, Kyle, Darragh, Carlton

Jack80 · 02/03/2026 19:21

Sarah, Louise, Lisa, Michelle, Stacey, Katie, Dominique, Gerrard, David, Chris, Carl, Antonio

peaceinourtime · 22/10/2025 08:48

1990s Sarah and Elise were multiple

89redballoons · 21/10/2025 16:12

Small girls' school in the 90s:

Jenny, Ellie, Gemma, Helen x2, Amy, Michelle, Lucinda, Holly, Angela, Pippa, Livvy (Olivia), Louise, Francesca, Alice, Katie x2

Jamclag · 20/10/2025 00:09

Sarah, Claire, Amanda, Rachel, Angela, Katy, Elizabeth, Catherine, Nicola, Rebecca, Emma, Louise, Caroline, Samantha, Vicky, Tara, Theresa

Matthew, Jonathan, Nicholas, Simon, Paul, Mark, Stuart, James, Richard, Stephen, Russell, Martin, David, Philip, Lee, Christopher, Robert, John

1970s/80s - WC, Northern UK childhood.

Worldisavampire · 19/10/2025 19:57

stample · 19/10/2025 19:30

most of the girls were Louise, Emily, Emma, Hayley and Hannah. The boys were pretty much all James, jack, John, Jason

Born in the mid 80s?

stample · 19/10/2025 19:30

most of the girls were Louise, Emily, Emma, Hayley and Hannah. The boys were pretty much all James, jack, John, Jason

828Pax · 19/10/2025 18:37

Marie, Stacey, Laura, Katie, Sarah, Rebecca, Victoria, Karen, Catherine

Matthew, Kyle, Aaron, Benjamin, Bobby, Stephen, Neil, Terry, Luke

AutumnOcean · 19/10/2025 14:38

Girls: Sarah, Jennifer, Katrina, Esther, Tara, Stephanie, Rebecca, Kristen
Boys: Joshua, Mark, Steven, James, Brett, Ricky
Late 90s/early 00s

autienotnaughty · 19/10/2025 14:14

Claire, Kelly, Rachel Laura, chrissy, Michelle , joanna
steven, Paul, Andrew, Wayne, Luke, Ian, David

Firebird83 · 19/10/2025 14:10

My brother a few years younger seemed to have lots of Laurens, Megans, Jacks and Callums in his year.

Firebird83 · 19/10/2025 14:07

Idontknowhatnametochoose · 15/10/2025 09:09

90s? Sounds similar to my year group!

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Yep! And so many girls had the middle name Louise in the 90s

JohnTheRevelator · 15/10/2025 16:14

Girls - Caroline,Nicola,Christine,Sarah,Jane,Annette, Helen,Karen.

Boys - Kevin,Gary,David,Anthony,Christopher, Peter,Paul, Jeremy.

This was 1968 - 1975.