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ImpressionOf · 23/04/2026 08:25

Uppitymuppity · 22/04/2026 23:43

Angela
Maud
Freda
Nora

Nora is really popular.

As I said earlier in the thread - Freda is making a return with a Scandi vibe - Frida.

NormasArse · 23/04/2026 08:21

Linda, Christine, Sharon, Tracy, Denise, Susan.

Maybe they’re another generation away. I never thought I’d see baby Ivy, Agnes, Alma and Maud, but they’re all here!

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 23/04/2026 08:15

LittleRobins · 23/04/2026 06:35

I love the name Margaret and considered it for my DD. I met a baby Dorothy recently too which I thought was gorgeous. But then I love classic names rather than the new ‘modern’ ones

Ditto. I think Margaret will become less unpopular, if not very popular. Mrs Thatcher dealt it a death blow but those of us who lived through her years as PM are getting old now. Like Myra, it's never dropped out of favour as much on the other side of the Atlantic because they don't have the same associations with it.

Interesting that various names derived from Margaret are all doing well - Daisy, Peggy, Margo, Margot, Maggie. Even Marjorie has been mentioned approvingly on this thread. Meg is nice. Maybe there's hope yet for Margarita, Marguerite, Rita and Greta. Possibly not Margie, which was what my Grandma's sisters called her, or Marge, which for me evokes margarine and The Simpsons.

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Rincoe · 23/04/2026 08:12

mathanxiety · 23/04/2026 04:38

Denise, Christine, Suzanne, Geraldine, Gerarda, Majella, Brenda, Patricia, Valerie, Trudy, Elaine, Lorraine. Linda, Janette, Janice, Mona, Hillary, Eunice, Sandra, Yvette, Yvonne, Gillian. Alison, Amanda...

Sounds like a reception class in 1968 - add in Tonia, Sonya, AnneMarie, Anette, Angela and Michelle.

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Applecup · 23/04/2026 08:12

Jill, Sandra, Carol, Susan, Linda, Jackie, Joanne were all the names I was at school
with. Hard to imagine them becoming popular again.

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Rincoe · 23/04/2026 08:06

Elanol · 23/04/2026 06:07

Fanny

This was always a nickname for Frances and Francesca.

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Rincoe · 23/04/2026 08:05

AInightingale · 23/04/2026 00:32

Fidelma, Concepta and Incarnita were all names I knew from growing up in Belfast in the 70s. And Markievicz I heard too. Jesus, you would get so tired of spelling that out multiple times in a lifetime.

I raise you Immaculata, Attracta, Perpetua.

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Duckies · 23/04/2026 07:52

PetsPalace · 23/04/2026 01:32

Mildred, Maud & Enid have all been mentioned, they make me think of The Worst Witch and are pretty cool. My cheeky, smart & stubborn dog has one of those names and she's adorable 😂

For children reading the books now it wouldn't even be understood that these were chosen as odd, old-fashioned and even 'witchy' names - as they are probably more current sounding that the popular girls names of the 70s (when the books were written)

LittleRobins · 23/04/2026 06:35

I love the name Margaret and considered it for my DD. I met a baby Dorothy recently too which I thought was gorgeous. But then I love classic names rather than the new ‘modern’ ones

CottonCandyLand · 23/04/2026 06:26

Sharon
Tracy

Elanol · 23/04/2026 06:07

Fanny

101Alsatians · 23/04/2026 05:39

Doreen
Agatha
Lettice

Empis · 23/04/2026 05:03

SerendipityCat · 22/04/2026 20:48

Gertrude
Marjorie
Mildred
Doreen
Althea
Tanya

Althea is lovely and very much in line with what people like these days.

I don't think Winifred ever completely went away.

I think the names of my generation like Laura, Gemma, are close to being the Sharon and Tracy of our time and might take a while to come back. I'm a Laura and I hate it.

Rosetime · 23/04/2026 05:02

Rincoe · 22/04/2026 20:06

Barbara
Gertrude
Muriel
Mildred
Majorie
Eileen
Geraldine

We have quite a few little Marjories over here.

givemesteel · 23/04/2026 04:57

MycactusandI · 22/04/2026 20:42

Joanne
Lesley
Yvonne

I think makes like this rather than the ones up thread will take a while to come back.

Add Gemma, Stacey, Tracey, Sharon, Colette, Bernardette (any other names ending in 'ette'), Coleen, Charmaine. But they might eventually.

I don't think Fanny will ever shake the slang reference though.

thinkofsomethingdifferent · 23/04/2026 04:42

@Fgfgfgmy daughters friend (14) is called Tryphena.

What about Joyce? My Nans name and I don’t hear of it much.

Thecomedyclub · 23/04/2026 04:42

Candida
charmian

mathanxiety · 23/04/2026 04:38

Denise, Christine, Suzanne, Geraldine, Gerarda, Majella, Brenda, Patricia, Valerie, Trudy, Elaine, Lorraine. Linda, Janette, Janice, Mona, Hillary, Eunice, Sandra, Yvette, Yvonne, Gillian. Alison, Amanda...

mathanxiety · 23/04/2026 04:27

I know babies named Joan, Barbara, and Dawn.

I'd say Noreen, Doreen, Aideen, Maureen, Sheila, Deirdre have very little chance of returning.

Kevinbaconsrealwife · 23/04/2026 04:16

Susan and Leslie

BeanQuisine · 23/04/2026 04:14

Eileen will be back, it's a pleasant name.

Onthemaintrunkline · 23/04/2026 04:03

Maureen
Rhonda
Sharon
Tracie (& all it’s different spellings)
Denise
Rayleen
Beverley
Gay & Gaylene

Thatladdo · 23/04/2026 03:47

I guess Fanny would be facing an uphill battle 😂

HoppingPavlova · 23/04/2026 03:09

2021x · 23/04/2026 01:27

Diedre... surely Corrie has put the nail in the coffin... and Mavis

Seems Mavis is having a resurgence though. Some of my friends and acquaintances are having grandkids and I know 2 recent Mavis’s and one of those is not the only one in her class on starting school. There are also quite a few Mabel’s.

I also know a few Agnes’s being born/young kids, a Victoria recently, 2 Flora’s, a Vera and a Velmay just off the top of my head on names I have clocked as a resurgence from my grandmothers generation (she was born 1901).

Francestein · 23/04/2026 03:04

Agnes & Cheryl