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Hippee · 22/04/2026 23:01

I know a Gertrude.

Birdsongsinging · 22/04/2026 23:01

placemats · 22/04/2026 22:53

Poppy
Summer
Skye
Hortense

I know a wee poppy and I think Skye is still popular in Scotland.

NotAtMyAge · 22/04/2026 23:01

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.

Some old names are objectively pretty (Florence, Constance, Mabel etc)

I wouldn't have called Mabel a pretty name. The rhyme with label/table, etc is too noticeable and it was certainly old-fashioned back when I was young. Yet it has made a comeback recently, so I'm guessing the names which were popular in my primary school days in the 50s (Susan, Sylvia, Kathleen, Linda, Judith, Ann) have a fair chance of coming back further down the line.

UnctuousUnicorns · 22/04/2026 23:00

Frillysweetpea · 22/04/2026 21:52

You're showing your age - I don't think current new parents, let alone future ones, think of that song particularly often!

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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! 🤷‍♀️

SinuousTendrils · 22/04/2026 23:00

KaleQueen · 22/04/2026 22:54

My eldest is Stella. Chosen as it’s a beautiful Latin name for star. There’s not another Stella in her large secondary school. I didn’t even think about about the beer connection until she pointed to a pack of beer one day in a shop and said ‘look! That’s got my name on!’ She was about 3. Maybe that’s why….

This was the name i wanted for our youngest, it would have suited her so well. But we're from a place where names ending with 'a' or 'y' sound bad. (According to my dh)

Bloodyboiling · 22/04/2026 23:00

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

Allseeingallknowing · 22/04/2026 23:00

OhWise1 · 22/04/2026 22:33

Loads of Aggies (Agnes).
Why on earth do posters think these names won't come back into fashion?

Agnes sounds like a great aunt!

CloudPop · 22/04/2026 22:59

Blackcountryexile · 22/04/2026 20:35

Beryl
Eunice
Marilyn

I could see Eunice making a comeback at some
point, somehow

Allseeingallknowing · 22/04/2026 22:58

Myra will never be popular again

Crazygirlz3 · 22/04/2026 22:58

Rincoe · 22/04/2026 20:06

Barbara
Gertrude
Muriel
Mildred
Majorie
Eileen
Geraldine

I cannot see Kelly coming back 😂 it is my name I’m not being mean lol

KaleQueen · 22/04/2026 22:57

Allseeingallknowing · 22/04/2026 22:57

Poppy is popular now!

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Can’t get moved for Poppys

Allseeingallknowing · 22/04/2026 22:57

placemats · 22/04/2026 22:53

Poppy
Summer
Skye
Hortense

Poppy is popular now!

KaleQueen · 22/04/2026 22:57

AnotherName2025 · 22/04/2026 22:48

God No. But that's personal. I'm glad that particular witch is long dead & buried & no child should be saddled with the name !!

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We all have personal connections with names. Sorry your Doris wasn’t a good one ❤️

Princessconsuelabananahammock9 · 22/04/2026 22:56

placemats · 22/04/2026 22:53

Poppy
Summer
Skye
Hortense

Poppy is still quite popular.

Vergingontheridiculous · 22/04/2026 22:56

Agnes is definitely having a moment thanks to Hamnet

Birdsongsinging · 22/04/2026 22:56

Lesley
Patricia

Princessconsuelabananahammock9 · 22/04/2026 22:56

Blackcountryexile · 22/04/2026 20:35

Beryl
Eunice
Marilyn

I love Marilyn!

I can’t see Margaret/Margie coming back.

Littletinytarzanswingingfromanosehair · 22/04/2026 22:55

Janet
Beverley
Patricia
Constance
Pauline

KaleQueen · 22/04/2026 22:54

My eldest is Stella. Chosen as it’s a beautiful Latin name for star. There’s not another Stella in her large secondary school. I didn’t even think about about the beer connection until she pointed to a pack of beer one day in a shop and said ‘look! That’s got my name on!’ She was about 3. Maybe that’s why….

denisdenisdenis · 22/04/2026 22:53

Maud
Euphemia
Virginia
Regina
-ette names eg Annette, Nanette, Paulette, Juliette, Bernadette,
Gillian
Alison
Sharon
Tracey
Eugenie
Madeleine
Myra
Rosemary
late 20th century names like
Laura, Paula, Michelle, Melanie, Nicola

names with odd meanings
Melena
Claudia

placemats · 22/04/2026 22:53

Poppy
Summer
Skye
Hortense

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.

kaffkooks · 22/04/2026 22:51

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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I had never realised it was a Scottish thing! I had wondered where all the Inas went when I moved to England and now I know 😀
Maybe I would also include Nigella in the making a man's name into a woman's that won't come back.

AxolotlEars · 22/04/2026 22:50

Candida

KaleQueen · 22/04/2026 22:49

SinuousTendrils · 22/04/2026 22:47

Michelle
Nicola
Sandra
Yvonne
Sally

Nicola is a beautiful name and you hardly see it now. Why?