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Rincoe · 2026-04-22T19:06:46+00:00

Barbara Gertrude Muriel Mildred Majorie Eileen Geraldine

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Warchfulwaiting · 12/05/2026 13:43

CeciliaMars · 22/04/2026 20:18

Doreen

Doreen was my grandma's name. I can't imagine anyone thinking it was pretty.....though I suppose it's no worse than Maureen which I also can't see coming back.

Peggy is cute and didn't David Mitchell and Victoria Coren-Mitchell call their baby Barbara?

Eunice is another one I can't see coming back but you never know. At uni my friend liked the name Lily and everyone thought it was an awful old lady name. 30 years later it's so common aming little girls as to be boring.

Pieceofpurplesky · 12/05/2026 13:42

I know a baby Polly.

A name I would have added to the list would be Renee - but seems someone loves it!

AInightingale · 12/05/2026 13:37

A girl's name I have never heard much is 'Polly'. It seemed oddly absent from the glut of 19th century names which were so popular in the 90s/00s, what some people snootily call 'parlourmaid names'. I quite like it, though I think for people of my generation (GenX) it was associated with Fawlty Towers and parrots.

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Rincoe · 12/05/2026 12:35

Mona
Rhona
Morag

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astrozenica · 12/05/2026 11:44

I think most names will come back if you give them enough time. Barbara for example has already made a comeback in some countries like Poland and Irene is a contemporary name in Italy etc.

The main exception would be names that have become attached with certain associations e.g. Fanny, Gay.

Thistimearound · 12/05/2026 11:28

Thistimearound · 12/05/2026 11:26

Diane I wonder about. It’s obviously from Diana, of Greek mythology, so Diana won’t disappear because biblical / royal / mythology names don’t tend to.

There are so many Diane/ Dianes in my parents’ generation (mainly women in their 60s - early 70s) - I think I know about 7 of them - that it clearly had a HUGE moment in the late 50s and 60s. Was Diane just the alternative for Diana? In which case, I can see it not coming back (and Diana will) - it’s like Jayne instead of Jane, Jaxon instead of Jackson etc.

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Roman mythology rather!

Thistimearound · 12/05/2026 11:26

somburd · 12/05/2026 03:28

Maureen
Diane
Doreen
Sandra

Diane I wonder about. It’s obviously from Diana, of Greek mythology, so Diana won’t disappear because biblical / royal / mythology names don’t tend to.

There are so many Diane/ Dianes in my parents’ generation (mainly women in their 60s - early 70s) - I think I know about 7 of them - that it clearly had a HUGE moment in the late 50s and 60s. Was Diane just the alternative for Diana? In which case, I can see it not coming back (and Diana will) - it’s like Jayne instead of Jane, Jaxon instead of Jackson etc.

deepseaargyllfish · 12/05/2026 10:19

Michelle
Tanya
Alison

deepseaargyllfish · 12/05/2026 07:43

Danielle
jacqueline
leeanne

LittleRobins · 12/05/2026 06:37

Abso · 04/05/2026 17:03

I know a 38yo Susan. It was old fashioned to my ears when I met her.

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Ms Rachel named her baby daughter Susannah and I think it’s lovely. I’d consider it if I had another girl, although we’d probably go with Susie for short rather than Susan.

deepseaargyllfish · 12/05/2026 05:46

Melanie

deepseaargyllfish · 12/05/2026 05:40

Vanessa
Melissa
Tiffany
Cheryl
Debbie
Wendy
Lorraine
Julie

There are many that were popular in the late 1960s that aren’t used now.

LBFseBrom · 12/05/2026 05:07

somburd · 12/05/2026 03:28

Maureen
Diane
Doreen
Sandra

I would add 'Eileen' to that list, don't like any of them.

somburd · 12/05/2026 03:28

Maureen
Diane
Doreen
Sandra

AInightingale · 10/05/2026 15:32

Rita I could definitely see making a comeback.

deeahgwitch · 10/05/2026 15:06

Rita ?

janj52301 · 10/05/2026 13:57

Janet

Bigearringsbigsmile · 07/05/2026 23:07

I know two 7 year old Adas

YourMagentaCat · 07/05/2026 22:48

Lalgarh · 07/05/2026 21:46

Ada! I guess after Ada Lovelace rather than Ada the granny from the Young Doctors which I always associate it with

My friend has a little girl called Ada. She's 4 and a half and named after her great grandma's middle name.

Lalgarh · 07/05/2026 21:46

Ada! I guess after Ada Lovelace rather than Ada the granny from the Young Doctors which I always associate it with

Seashor · 07/05/2026 20:14

I have taught an ADA, Dorothy, Gertrude and Agnes. They are ALL on their way back!

YourMagentaCat · 06/05/2026 04:10

LBFseBrom · 05/05/2026 22:55

Yes, I am 76 and there were several Susans at my school. It was my favourite name and I wished my parents had called me that.

I like the name very much and think it is due a come back, also Barbara which has just been mentioned.

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I was out on bank holiday Monday with a Barbara who was born in 1991.

timoteigirl · 06/05/2026 00:08

Bertha.................................

LBFseBrom · 05/05/2026 22:55

Abso · 04/05/2026 17:03

I know a 38yo Susan. It was old fashioned to my ears when I met her.

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Yes, I am 76 and there were several Susans at my school. It was my favourite name and I wished my parents had called me that.

I like the name very much and think it is due a come back, also Barbara which has just been mentioned.

PumpkinsAndCoconuts · 05/05/2026 18:00

I can see Barbara making a comeback. it’s already in the process of getting more popular again (IMO).

Eileen and Geraldine might as well…

Brunhilde probably won’t.