Page 20 | Girls names that won’t come back…..

Rincoe · 2026-04-22T19:06:46+00:00

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KaleQueen · 22/04/2026 23:20

WimbyAce · 22/04/2026 23:07

See I love Daphne. I also think Joan is wonderful.

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Daphne is lovely. Do not pity the poor wee mite.

TortoiseWhoLovesStrawberries · 22/04/2026 23:19

Edna.

Dollymylove · 22/04/2026 23:18

Just remembered, years ago I looked after an elderly lady called Resolution !!.

Firefly1987 · 22/04/2026 23:17

Maureen
Paula/Pauline
Hilary
Ann/Anne

Agapornis · 22/04/2026 23:16

Boudica (Boadicea if you must)
Æthelflæd
Sappho
Hatshepsut
Ælfthryth
Cartimandua

Funny how Cleopatra and Eleanor (of Aquitaine) did last.

Dollymylove · 22/04/2026 23:15

My neighbours 6 year old daughter is called Sheila Isobel. Shes as cute as a button and her name really suits her 😍

SwedishEdith · 22/04/2026 23:15

Janie143 · 22/04/2026 22:42

I was born 1960 and a Susan. So many of us at school. I do not know any Susan's under 60.

I think Susan is lovely but they inevitably become Sue.

KaleQueen · 22/04/2026 23:12

suprisesnotface · 22/04/2026 23:06

Well it’s a trend isn’t it? Old fashioned names have been back for a while. Stanley being an obvious boy choice. And lots of the girl names that have been mentioned here. I was an 80s baby and I don’t know a single woman my age called Florence but over the past 10 years it’s become incredibly popular. Like all trends people will try and push it by sticking with a theme (old fashioned names) but trying to be unique and picking an obscure name within the category.

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Thank you for replying. That’s an interesting perspective ❤️

SwedishEdith · 22/04/2026 23:11

RafaFan · 22/04/2026 22:32

I had a great (or maybe great great) aunt named Modesta. She went by Desta. Never seen or heard of it anywhere else.

Desta sounds quite cool.

LettuceAndCarrots · 22/04/2026 23:10

I think most of these names will come round again. Some already have! Others will sound fresh to our children. I never thought Agnes would come back - I hate it - but it has.

I can't personally see Hortense, Mildred, Fanny, Eglantine coming back. Or Alexa until the gadget is defunct.

I actually love Gladys. I think because I hear Glad and think Happy.

AInightingale · 22/04/2026 23:10

The Brewster family who sailed on the Mayflower had daughters, I think, called things like 'Fear' and 'Humility'. Very strange people Puritans.

tachetastic · 22/04/2026 23:07

Isn’t there a three generation rule for how long it takes names to go through feeling boring, then old fashioned and then come back into common use?

I’m in my 50s and my grandmothers were Mabel and Agnes. There’s no way I would have used those names for my DDs but another generation on and I know quite a few friends with granddaughters with those names.

WimbyAce · 22/04/2026 23:07

Bloodyboiling · 22/04/2026 23:00

I would have definitely included Daphne, except someone I know has recently called their poor wee mite this.

See I love Daphne. I also think Joan is wonderful.

Notashamed13 · 22/04/2026 23:07

What about Chardonnay? 😄

KaleQueen · 22/04/2026 23:06

UnctuousUnicorns · 22/04/2026 23:00

Hell yes, I'm 55, was 12 when COE was out, wtf is it going to mean to new parents past or present, most of whom will be at least 20 years younger than me! 🤷‍♀️

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I’ve just posted Eileen then read this. Take it back 😂

suprisesnotface · 22/04/2026 23:06

KaleQueen · 22/04/2026 23:02

I’m intrigued by your idea of people ‘jumping on the old lady bandwagon’. Can you explain a bit more about that?

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Well it’s a trend isn’t it? Old fashioned names have been back for a while. Stanley being an obvious boy choice. And lots of the girl names that have been mentioned here. I was an 80s baby and I don’t know a single woman my age called Florence but over the past 10 years it’s become incredibly popular. Like all trends people will try and push it by sticking with a theme (old fashioned names) but trying to be unique and picking an obscure name within the category.

KaleQueen · 22/04/2026 23:05

Eileen.

Popiscle · 22/04/2026 23:04

There is no reason any of these names can't come back. Names tend to cycle.

Viviennemary · 22/04/2026 23:04

Hilda

katseyes7 · 22/04/2026 23:04

My mam and one of her sisters were Ethel and Hilda.
I can't see those coming back.

Redheadedstepchild · 22/04/2026 23:03

I wonder which place names will be popular in the future?

We've had Jordan, Chelsea, India, Dakota, Georgia, Brittany/Britney, Atlanta, Sienna etc.

It's not something that will go out of fashion completely because Florence Nightingale was named after the city nearly two hundred years ago.

BendicksAddict · 22/04/2026 23:03

Alene
Freda

Bloodyboiling · 22/04/2026 23:02

SabrinaThwaite · 22/04/2026 22:45

I think that’s a Scottish convention for honouring male relatives from the 19th century?

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Even worse than these, I knew of a Hamishina and an Angusina 😱

FindingMeno · 22/04/2026 23:02

There's also
Samantha
Jodie
Bessie
Roberta
Zoe
Trudy
Una
Fiona

KaleQueen · 22/04/2026 23:02

suprisesnotface · 22/04/2026 22:52

Gillian
Yvonne
Ethel
Brenda
Wendy
Gwendoline

I can’t believe people are calling babies Agnes, it’s such a harsh clumpy sounding name. Some old names are objectively pretty (Florence, Constance, Mabel etc). But I feel like people calling their kids Agnes, Maud and so on are just jumping on the old lady name bandwagon and not really caring that they are giving their girls quite ugly sounding names. Just my opinion, it’s all a matter of taste I guess.

I’m intrigued by your idea of people ‘jumping on the old lady bandwagon’. Can you explain a bit more about that?