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Which are the most commonly used names in your dd/ds class / school?

132 replies

imaginaryfriend · 07/12/2008 21:35

Dd's class has 2 children called:

Emily
Nadia
Alex (boy)
Nikita (boy)
Cameron

Apart from Emily, I would have thought these names were fairly uncommon. Just curious to see which are the most popular names in your childs' school.

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DeckHallsWithFIMBOughsofHolly · 08/12/2008 12:50

The repeats in ds's class are:-
Charlie
Charlotte
Chloe

Dd's
James
Jack
Harry

blametheparents · 08/12/2008 12:43

4 x Harry

lljkk · 08/12/2008 12:41

Yr4: 3xKieran, 2x each Thomas, Alex, Daniel, Jack.

Yr2: 2 x each Oliver, Tyler, Ben.

Year groups of 45-50, so not that many duplicates considering the size of the intake.

If you look across years (R-Y4) in each year there is generally one+ per year:
Isobel, Thomas, Kai, Joseph, Joshua, Jasmin.

The funny thing is the common names we don't have -- No one (that I know of) called Emily, or William. Only one each of Chloe, Jessica Lauren (etc.) in all of R-Y4.

frazzledoldbag34 · 08/12/2008 12:22

DD is in a school class of 11.
Two are called James (well, one is now Jamie)
and there would have been two Mia's (but one has left)

missblythe · 08/12/2008 12:20

Think ALL the boys at DD's nursery are called Thomas/Tomos.

Takver · 08/12/2008 12:18

No duplicate girls in DD's class, but there are
2 x Rhys
2 x Dafydd
out of 10 boys. No prizes for guessing where I live

frazzledoldbag34 · 08/12/2008 12:16

I've got one of those too chequers. And if anyone mentions margerine to me I
(a) think 'how common'
(b) give them an uncomprehending but icily blank stare
(I'm quite good at that now)
Suits her though.
And guess what, there aren't any others in her class / nursery!

ranting · 08/12/2008 12:14

Joseph (there is 5 in dd's year alone), Rebecca (2 in her class), Erin/Ellie (loads in school), lots of Joshua's but can only think of one Chloe and there's a few (think it's 4 in her year) Amelia's.

chequersandroastedchestnuts · 08/12/2008 12:07

Anna, your daughter is Flora? I love, love, love that name!

SheSellsSeashellsByTheSeashore · 08/12/2008 12:05

dd1 has two Mia's and two beth's for her close friends. Thank god she seems to like refering to people by their full names. Its much easier when she talks about Beth Jones and Beth Smith and Mia from school and Mia from dancing.

it might be because she has two nana Joans so she learned from an early that asking if she could phone Nana Joan was just going to cause confusion. We now have nana Joan from round the Nursery road and nana Joan from round our road.

Madsometimes · 08/12/2008 12:02

In our school there are a few of these names:
Jack
Harry
James
Theo
Caitlin
Eva
Charlotte

kittybrown · 08/12/2008 11:48

In my son's of class of 34 there are
4 Laurens
3 Connors
2 Stellas.
In my daughter's class there's
2 more Laurens
3 Erins
3 Chloes
2 Charles

ForeverOptimistic · 08/12/2008 10:12

Boys

Sam (4 in Nursery class)
Thomas 4
Louis 3
William 5
Oliver 3
Joe 2

Girls

Olivia 3
Lucy 3
Florence 2
Alice 2

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3isthemagicnumber · 08/12/2008 10:08

ds1s class (year 4 so 8/9 yrs)

3 Charlies in class ( 7 in year group)
2 Sams (4 in year group)
2 Finlays
2 Joseph/Joes (6 in year group)
2 Bens

girls
seem to be lots of
Charlottes
Beths
Ellas
Phoebes
Amelia/Amelie/Emilia varients

seeker · 08/12/2008 08:55

5 Emilys and 4 Callums in ds's year three group.

MadameCastafiore · 08/12/2008 08:53

Hannah, Alfie and Archie

There are 6 Hannahs in DDs year alone and it only has 2 classes per year!

weepootle · 08/12/2008 08:34

In dd's pre-school which only has about 15 children there are 2 of each:

Jessica
Alex
Kieran
Libby
Ellie (Elena/Eleanor)

allytjd · 08/12/2008 08:25

Three Camerons in DS1's class (more common in Scotland I think).

pooka · 08/12/2008 08:14

James/Jamie
Jessica

BikeRunSki · 08/12/2008 08:10

DS not in school yet. but I did a "School Ambassador" day in the summer where you go into schools and do fun exercises to show kids how great it is to be an engineer. In a combined 1yr and 2nd year infant class, (so 4/5 and 5/6 years olds I think), of about 40 there were something like 12 Joseph/Josefs and 9 Graces!

cece · 07/12/2008 22:32

I taught a Year 3 class a few years ago and I had 3 Pauls, 3 Davids, 2 Bens (their surnames were almost identical too) and 2 Rebeccas. I had a nightmare!

In my DS school

Cameron seems very popular
Charlie (for boys and girls)

DD is the juniors

Josh
Sophie
Abbie

ladyworsley · 07/12/2008 22:27

Alex, Thomas and Joseph all have 2 as well.

RustyBear · 07/12/2008 22:24

PussinWellies, that reminds me of DS's playgroup about 18 years ago - there was Hayley, Hayleigh, Kayleigh, Keeley, Kylie and Carly!

jellybeans · 07/12/2008 22:18

Most common in my kids classes

Jack
Josh
Nathan
Chloe
Katie
Holly
George
Oscar
Caitlin
Matthew
Daniel
Thomas
Abigail