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The new Sharon and Kevin?

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lumpasmelly · 08/12/2009 16:32

Just wondering what all you MNers think are going to be the new "Sharon/Kevin" type names for our kids generation (i.e. names that will become dreadfully common in the future, and the subject of sketch show stereotypes!)

BTW - please don't take offence if you are a Sharon or a Kevin....there are lots in my family and none of them are common, but they DO get a lot of stick for their names!!!

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LoremIpsum · 09/12/2009 01:41

Thing is, it takes more than popularity to turn a name into a stereotype. There are plenty of names from the same period as Sharon and Kevin that were also popular but haven't been tarred with the same brush.

So working out which names will be the future equivalent has to rely on more than popularity, it requires making a judgement about who uses and carries the name in question.

It's impossible to have a thread like this without hurting someone's feelings. Beyond the fact that it's pointless trying to work out something like this, the possible hurt alone is enough to not do it.

AT42 · 09/12/2009 01:21

Jack and Chloe surely? Given they were the top names for about 10 years or something and Jack still is I think.

In terms of names that people will see as "common" in a bad way, I agree Alfie, Archie, Evie, Ellie etc al. I'm also starting to wonder about Oscar - there are loads of them!

rasputin · 08/12/2009 21:35

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LynetteScavo · 08/12/2009 21:33

bishbosh...you're right about avoiding fashion. I gave DS what was at the time an unusual name....now every 3rd person how has a boy baby seems to use it.

LynetteScavo · 08/12/2009 21:31

Well half the children in this town are called Ellie or Joshua.

Both very nice names, there just seem to be loads of them.

comeonbishbosh · 08/12/2009 21:28

Not sure why that's such a bad thing. I'm a Clare, which I now realise is a good 70s name. But hey, I'm a woman in my 30s. Most people who meet me know that, it's hardly a state secret. I like the name, but I probably wouldn't choose it if I were to name a child now.

I also think it's a bit of an illusion that you can avoid fashion, I doubt there's any name that is consistently averagely popular over the last 50 / 100 years. None of us are completely immune to what's around us.

mumoftoomany · 08/12/2009 20:06

Names that become popular very quickly are at risk of dating badly... whereas the more classic names outside of the top 50 are less likely to be linked to a specific era.

eandh · 08/12/2009 18:38

Well DD1 is Ellie and we know quite a few Ellie's so I'd imagine it will be a bit of a 'Sarah/Jane/Nicola' (ie popular and almost everyone I know knows someone called Sarah/Jane/Nicola/Louise or Daniel/Chris/James etc as these were popular in late 70's/early 80's) So think her name will be the same for her generation (ie will be popular and more than likely at least 2 in each year of her school life)

DD2 has an unusual name and we have never met another (know a few mumsnetters have dc with similar name)

bellissima · 08/12/2009 18:30

Sharon is a really pretty sounding name. And Kevin is fine if you are an American actor for some reason. I have a cousin Tracy thus named because her mother thought High Society was really classy.

In that not too judgmental vein then it's Amelie ('the Kylie of the noughties' - another MNer not me!). Oh and Thomas. ten tons of em.

Flightattendant · 08/12/2009 17:20

I like Sienna and Evie and Alfie.

The most common names I have heard among 'fashionable' people are Kyle, Lee-Jay, Lee-James, Jayden and for girls, Kyla and Chelsea.

hugothegreat · 08/12/2009 17:15

Schmayden lol!!!

MamaLazarou · 08/12/2009 17:09

Jayden, Cayden, Brayden, Schmayden, etc.

(I LOVE the name Sharon, always have done - think it's smart and pretty)

LizzyLordsALeaping · 08/12/2009 16:43
Fimbo · 08/12/2009 16:41

Chardonay and Algernon

GetOrfMoiLand · 08/12/2009 16:38

Sorry to be a complete Pollyanna but these type of threads do not go down well - not nice for the mums of Evie, Tyler et al to see this.

I'll blow a raspberry at myself, don;t worry.

jellybeans · 08/12/2009 16:36

Alfie and Evie?

BonjourIvressedeNoel · 08/12/2009 16:36

Sienna, Alfie, Jayden, Tyler?