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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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w8ma8pate · 04/10/2025 00:44

So many Emma’s, Emily’s and Hannah’s and lots of names like Becky, Laura, Sarah, Sophie
Lots of Bens and Toms and so many boys called James. James really was ridiculously popular
Can you guess the era?

TragicMuse · 04/10/2025 00:38

Joanne, Fiona, Lorraine, Katherine, Ruth, Alexa, Belinda, 3 Lauras, Charlotte, Emma, Louisa, Caroline…can’t remember the rest.

No boys. It was all girls.

Wadadli · 04/10/2025 00:33

Karen x2, Julie x2, Debra x2, Tracey x2, Patricia x2, Talat, Lesley, Baljinder, Janice, June, Susan, Suzanne

Les, Lee, Andrew, Bruce, Ian, Ashid, David, John, Michael, Mark, Kevin, Satwinder, Matthew

Gowlett · 04/10/2025 00:32

Laura, Ciara, Niamh, Emma, Sarah, Aisling, Orla.
Ciaran, Kevin, Paul, David, Sean, Jason, Stephen.

MaloryJones · 04/10/2025 00:29

Susan
Helen
Anita
Martha
Julie
Maria
Kathleen

Joseph
Seamus
Clifford
John (x2)
David
Charles
Paul (x2)

Beachhutgirl · 04/10/2025 00:26

Several Lynn/Linda, Rachel, Veronica, Fiona x2, Jane, Pamela, Diane, Bernadette, Kay, Anne, Janice, Jeanette, Lindsay, Jocelyn, Elaine, caroline

All girls school

zen1 · 04/10/2025 00:23

Girls: Julie, Samantha, Jacqueline, Sarah, Helen, Trina, Emma, Charlotte, Lisa, Kerry, Victoria, Harriet, Philippa, Katherine, Sally-Anne, Lindsay

Boys: Dominic, Stephen, Ian, David, Richard, William, Nicholas, Michael, James, Philip, Jodi, Timothy

CrispsPlease · 04/10/2025 00:22

Kayleigh
Leanne
Laura
Rebecca
Claire
Samantha

Tom
Ben
Ian
Chris
Daniel
Liam
Shane
Andrew
Lee

ButterPiesAreGreat · 04/10/2025 00:22

We had 7 Catherine’s/Katherines in our year alone!

girls - Shelley, Caroline, Kim, Elizabeth, Lindsay, Amanda, Sally, Rachel, Helen, Linda, Janet, Claire, Alison
boys - Steven, Mark, Jonathan, Paul, Andrew, Edward, Karl, Ian, Keith, Gareth, Christopher, Julian

TheMadGardener · 04/10/2025 00:20

1980s

Girls - Heather, Claire, Anne-Marie, Janette, Kate, Tamsin, Thelma, Heidi, Lisa, Siobhan, Sharon, Nicky, Mandy, Rebecca, Emma, Katrina, etc

Boys - Andrew, Clive, Matthew, Justin, Jonathan, Nicholas, Stephen, Steven, Kevin, Richard, Barry, Gary, Andy, etc.

Also (because we were in Cornwall) a few regional outliers like Kerenza/Carenza, Jago, Kevern, Morwenna and Denzel.

SpottyAardvark · 04/10/2025 00:18

In my school year there were around 70 girls. Five of them were called Sharon, and three were called Joanne. Among the lads there were about four Kevins. You won’t be surprised to learn that this was the 1980s,

DelphiniumBlue · 04/10/2025 00:12

Susan, Sarah, Debbie, Nicky, Donna, Jo, Lynne/Lin/Lyn , Karen, Cathy/Kat, Jackie, Mandy.
The boys were Mick,Mike,Mark/Marcus, Paul Andy Chris, Dave,Steve : I knew multiples of those. Also Winston,Raj, Valentino, Antonio, Livingstone, Jonathon, Gary, Terry, Tony.

Cinaferna · 04/10/2025 00:10

Girls: Sarah (lots of Sarah Louises) Cathy, Deborah, Wendy, Susan, Denise

Boys: Stephen, Mark, Christopher, David

VoltaireMittyDream · 04/10/2025 00:08

Gemma, Emily, Sophie, Clare, Claire, Kath, Vicky, Amy, Becky, Roz, Louisa, Sarah

Oliver, Hugh, Adrian, Alan, Nick, Tom, Dave, Mike, Martin, Simon, Kevin, Stuart

Rachie1973 · 04/10/2025 00:08

Across my little primary school we had a lot of typical 70s names.

Rachel, Rachael, Susan, Susie, Sarah, Sarah, Michelle, Denise, Teresa, Emma, Emma, Joanne, Joanna, Lisa Lisa Lisa, Sharon, Melanie, Melleny, Michaela, Claire,Claire, Julia, and a random Dimity lol. I think we all had the middle names Marie or Louise lol

harlequinmango · 04/10/2025 00:07

Girls - Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel x4, Hannah, Ashley x3, Katie, Jennifer, Nicole/nicola, Lisa, Gemma, Kerry, Lauren, Stephanie

boys - Scott (sooo many), Sean, Liam, Connor, Daniel, Darren, Adam, Matt, Luke, Ben, Ryan

ninjahamster · 04/10/2025 00:07

All girls school:

Jemima
Sarah
Iraina
Anita
Tatiana
Georgina
Alison
Louise
Julia
Isabel
Abigail
Kate
Hannah
Jennifer
Kirstein

The boys school we hung out with:

Mark
Edward
Toby
Christian
Matthew
Dominic
Henry
Joseph
Jake
Thomas

Thats all I can think of!

Bsmirched · 04/10/2025 00:05

Oh and when I went to train as a teacher, over 10% of my year group were called Sarah!

Eggybreadwithnuts · 04/10/2025 00:04

Lots of Sally's and, Susan's
and Samantha Louise Joanne Ann Melissa

Bsmirched · 04/10/2025 00:03

Sarah, Jane, Vicky, Kirsty, Sandra, Natalie, Karen, Paul, Peter, Colin, Mark. Nicholas, Stephen

SixSeven · 04/10/2025 00:03

Claire, Joanne, Emma, Sarah, Becky, Debbie, Amanda, Stephanie, Helen, Nicola.

And pretty much everyone had the middle name Jane or Louise.

Rainbowcat77 · 04/10/2025 00:03

Secondary school: Amanda, Gwen, Sarah x3, Laurie, Diane, Kay, Catherine x2, Lucy, Janine, Melanie, Lisa, Jenny x2, Vicky, Claire x2.

OMGitsnotgood · 04/10/2025 00:02

Girls: lots Karen, Susan, Margaret, Carol, Elizabeth, Wendy, Lesley, Jane, Catherine, Pauline, Deborah, Melanie
boys: Paul, David, Andrew, Michael, Roger, Gary, Mark, Michael, Kevin, Steven

Robertplantgoddess · 04/10/2025 00:01

Richard john chris steve penny karen Elizabeth alison Matthew Charlotte mina(?)
God its worrying how many ive forgotten

Tofu35 · 04/10/2025 00:01

Joannes, Stephanies, Debra, Nicola, Pamela

Stevens, Andrews, Brians, Michael, Gary