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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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HailtotheBop · 04/10/2025 09:22

1970s and 80s, comprehensive school in northern England.

Girls : Emma, Julie, Rachel, Tracey, Kelly, Sally, Marie, Maxine, Carla, Alison, Suzanne, Andrea, Karen, Melissa. Asian girls names were Abida, Farah, Naheed, Fatima, Madiha.

Boys : Richard, Daniel, Stephen, Nicholas, James, Andrew, Phillip, Alex, Mark, Lee, Christopher. Asian boys names were Mohammed, Shahan, Farrukh, Rashid, Hasan, Sohail.

Rubyupbeat · 04/10/2025 09:15

I'm 61 names were
Gary, Andrew, Liam, Tony, Jason, Selwyn, Wesley, Martin, Graham, David,

Mary, Tracy, Sharon, Maria, Margaret, Joan, Elaine, Angela, Samantha, Helen, Paula, Ingrid, Susan

Obviously loads more, but my memory isn't that great.

Rocknrollstar · 04/10/2025 09:03

Linda, Janet, Christine (at least three of each in one class)
Sandra
Angela
Brenda (2)
Annette
Andrea
Rosalind
Gillian
Janice
Valerie

MannequinsArePeopleToo · 04/10/2025 08:33

Girls: Susan, Wendy, Nicola, Jane, Tina, Karen, Dawn, Maureen, Judith, Gillian.

Boys: John, Nicholas, Raymond, Peter, Christopher, Edward, Stephen, Graham.

KelsCommemorativeSausage · 04/10/2025 08:30

Emma
Claire
Katie
Rachel
Kelly
Sarah
Lauren

Mark
Stephen
Daniel
Andrew
Gareth
Matthew
Ryan

My name is very unusual and I got mocked for it (by teachers and pupils!)

YelloDaisy · 04/10/2025 08:25

Glenda,Linda,Sheila, Dorothy, Helen, Rita, Gina
Ian, John,John,Brian, Jim, Gordon

Primary 50/60s

PurpleFlower1983 · 04/10/2025 08:15

Lisa, Sarah, Michelle, Laura, Rebecca, Stacey, Gemma, Charlotte, Donna, Matthew, Christopher, Russell, Simon, Daniel

child of the 80s 🤣

GreenMarigold · 04/10/2025 08:13

Catherine, Caroline, Charlotte, Crystal, Sarah, Diana, Davina, Debbie, Lauren, Alexandra, Briony, Gemma, Nicola, Chloe, Emily, Eleanor, Josephine, Martha, Rachael, Isobel, Imogen

TescoFiasco · 04/10/2025 08:12

I remember in the 80s/90s, loads of girls at school were called Hayley, Leanne and Gemma. For some reason I very rarely come across grown-up women with these names now! Where are they all?

NerrSnerr · 04/10/2025 08:11

Claire, Rachel, Rebecca, Jennifer, Sarah, Sara, Kate, Katherine, Catherine, Jessica, Natalie, Elizabeth.

Jamie, James, Mark, Matthew, John, Stuart, Chris, Simon

westcott · 04/10/2025 08:09

Boys: Gregory, Justin, Jamie, Mark, Zachary, Jason

Girls: Caroline, Sarah, Kelly, Nikki, Kirsty, Hayley,

Redhairandhottubs · 04/10/2025 08:08

Loads of Sarah’s and Claire’s, Joanna, Nicola, Victoria, Rachel, Karen, Alison, Emma, Hannah, Hayley, Cheryl, Michelle, Charlotte

David, Alex, Mathew, Jonathan, Ben, Simon, Alex, Paul, Mark, Mathew, James, Jamie, Phillip

HoobleDooble · 04/10/2025 08:05

Mark, Duncan, Michael, Richard, Adam, James, Justin, Adrian , David, Paul & Stuart.

Theresa, Deborah, Rachael, Heather, Melanie, Lesley, Kirsty, Sally, Sarah, Stella, Hazel, Sharon & Phillipa.

Born in 1972/73

Worldisavampire · 04/10/2025 08:00

Sarah, Katie and all the Catherine variations, Rachel, Hannah, Laura, Rebecca, Emily, Emma, Jennifer, Lyndsey, Gemma/Jemma

Jonathan, Adam, Matthew, Stuart, David, Nick, James/Jamie, Ben, Andrew, Tom, Sam, Joe

DinoLil · 04/10/2025 07:52

Keith, Jason, Karen, Michelle, Jean, Fleur, Roger, Claire, Joanne, Rachael, Christopher, Simon

themoderncooks · 04/10/2025 07:45

Julie, Wendy, Cheryl, Vanessa, Sarah (loads of them), Helen (ditto), Anne, Samantha, Pippa and Isobel (the 2 posh girls ;)
John, Tim, Roderick, Guy, Colin, David, Gary, Kevin.

I am quite old.

RedRec · 04/10/2025 07:43

Can't remember them all but included:

Sally, Mandy, Lynda, Paula, Karen, Jackie, Frances, Jean.

Richard x2, Michael, Dale, Trevor, Robert, Mark, Paul.

Bananafofana · 04/10/2025 07:37

Everyone was called Sarah or Kate, middle name Louise.

Moreteaandchocolate · 04/10/2025 07:35

Emma, Helen, Claire, Sarah, Karen, Louise, Amanda, Philippa, Jane, Katie, Joanna, Becky, Rachel, Susie, Kerry, Lucy

Mark, Nick, Andrew, Richard, Steven, Christopher, James, Jonathan, Matt, Timothy, Ben, Tom, Nick, Adam, Craig,

BarbaraVineFan · 04/10/2025 07:31

Laura, Kirsty, Sally, Catherine, Kathryn, Rebecca, Joanne

Edward, Jack, Thomas, Benjamin, Timothy, Oliver, Paul

WinterNightStars · 04/10/2025 05:37

Girls: Karen, Sharon, Tracy, Rachael, Lisa, Alison, Deborah, Nicola, Louise, Natalie
Boys: James, Christian, Nicholas, Daryl, Andrew, Ian, Paul, Matthew, Craig, Mark

Latenightreader · 04/10/2025 05:24

Multiples of Helen, Emma, Gemma, Sarah, Victoria, Hayley, Rebecca, plus Erica, Donna, Debbie, Ruth

Multiples of Simon, Paul, John, Ian, Graham, Chris, plus Mark, Marcus, Dave

Girls all seemed to have either Jane or Louise as a middle name!

JadeSeahorse · 04/10/2025 05:15

All girls, private Catholic - I was a scholarship kid.😁

Pamela, Patricia, Susan, Pauline/Paula, Denise, Ann/Annette and the odd really unusual one like Fionnula, Regina etc.

Late 60's as you can tell.🤣

Sevenh · 04/10/2025 05:15

Lyn, Anne, Gillian x 2, Christine, Paula, Elizabeth, Lizzie, Sandra, Judith, Annette, Linda, Betty, Jeanette, Margaret, Mary, Anita, Helen, Ruth, Janet. Elaine, Kathleen, Carol, Gina. Jane, Pauline, Lorraine, Susan.

BoleynMemories13 · 04/10/2025 05:06

ArtesianWater · 04/10/2025 02:52

And yes, why was everyone's middle name Louise??

The same reason as why they're all Rose, May or Grace now. Trends.