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The next big thing...?

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MamaLazarou · 30/12/2009 11:05

I'd be interested to hear your predictions for popular baby names of 2010.

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Alicetheinvisible · 10/01/2010 12:08

Really love Ivy, Olive and Violet for girls but my DD is Daisy. As much as it seems to be getting very popular i don't know any other Daisys.

I love Maggie too, but DH won't have it.

I think Florence will be very popular this year (mostly due to Florence and the machine i think)

My little sister (aged 1yr) has Jean as her middle name, i also think Betty will come back very soon. Really like Judith/Judy/Jude.

I don't really know about boys names.

duchesse · 10/01/2010 12:05

I predict an explosion of Matildas.

YoMoJo · 10/01/2010 11:58

we named 6 month old ds Henry as we wanted a traditional name that wasnt overly popular or too dated. However - I now know 3 other Henry's born since!

Lucas & Rueben also seem quite popular as someone earlier on mentioned.

Amelia, Amelie, Ruby still seem quite "in" for girls.

blijemuts · 10/01/2010 11:50

How about Sebastian? Think it's one of those you love or hate. Fleur for a girl? All depends on sirname too.

StarExpat · 10/01/2010 11:32

stress - I know someone who just had an Ethan. My ds' name seems to be quite safe from becoming popular.

tummytickler · 08/01/2010 17:39

Lucia - I love both Peggy and Marjorie - but dh wont use Margaret and I wont use Peggy as a full name!

MaryMungo · 08/01/2010 16:07

We have an Eddie.

Swore up and down he'd stay Edmund, now it"s Eddie, Eddie Baby, Eddiebear, etc

hellokitty123 · 08/01/2010 15:55

Based on recent friends' births, there are still lots of Alfies, Archies, Ellies, Ellas being born. Also some more Quentins and Arthurs.

LuciaRose · 08/01/2010 15:37

I've thought of a few old lady names that haven't yet been tapped into - what about Peggy and Marjorie? I personally quite like these - very much along the same lines as Nancy in my opinion.

stressheaderic · 08/01/2010 14:03

Lucas and Freya seem to be the de rigeur choices round here...one born every minute.
Also lots of Isaacs and Isabellas.

I loved Naomi but we are both N so thought it was a bit strange.

I hope Ethan doesn't go nuclear, we have it for dc due next month. Or Bethany for a girl.

LuciaRose · 08/01/2010 11:29

I think there will be a move back to plainer, simpler names, as people try to be different from the flowery old lady names.

Names like Sarah, Mary, Jane and Anne, possibly even Susan, will start to seem really classic and elegant alongside the slew of Florences, Elsies, Hatties and Isabellas. Much as I love those flowery, old-fashioned names, I think people are concerned with calling their children something that no-one else is called, the trend is bound to change.

mopsyflopsy · 07/01/2010 22:00

Arthur
Quentin
Albert
and other 'old man's names.

smother · 07/01/2010 21:29

a couple more likely to become more popular:

eleanor, felicity

milo

tummytickler · 07/01/2010 21:15

no - not Iris, i have an 8 year old called Iris, I dont want there to be millions!
I think Nancy will be big, also the Bert names (Albert, Gilbert)

serinBrightside · 06/01/2010 23:45

Lola and Dexter seem to be climbing in popularity.

cityangel · 06/01/2010 23:24

18 month old - popular list...duplicates in our nursery group:

loads of...
Harry & William
Sophie
Isabelle/Isabella/Isobel
Annabelle/Annabella
Jessica

duplicate:
Ava
Isla
Ch loe
Noah
Reuben
Isaac

Boobz · 06/01/2010 22:54

Dammit - Isaac is getting really popular? Really? Am due in June and was defo going to call it that if he was a boy... bugger.

I have a good back up though.

gladders · 05/01/2010 16:01

Florence, Iris,

Seth, Isaac, Noah, Gabriel

KERALA1 · 05/01/2010 14:59

I would welcome a move on from Olivia, Grsace, Isabella and any Eve/Ella derivative. Oh and Grace. Too many stop now!

smother · 04/01/2010 21:52

Apart from the usual suspects, some girls names I'm beginning to hear more and more are: Edie, Anna, Naomi, Clementine, Mabel.

Boys: There are so many Harrys and Oscars around here! both good names though.

BikeRunSnowflake · 03/01/2010 21:13

I know three Robins under 3 months (none were Christmas babies) and have recently come across 2 Ezras. I don't seem to know any girl babies!

lamg · 02/01/2010 20:18

I think Xavier will be the new Isaac.
Jack, though a great must surely be exhausted as a name now.
Violet,Vivienne and Velvet are the new Ella's, Isabella's and Mia/Maya's.

All gorgeous names.

NorbertDentressAngel · 02/01/2010 20:12

I think old-lady chic is the way girls names are going to go too especially : Elsie, Ivy, Florence, Sylvia

Not too sure about the boys but I think it will continue along the lines of Archie, Alfie, Freddie, Theo etc

dizzycringles · 02/01/2010 20:03

we choose one of the most popular girls names for DD1 - we know no other. when we had DD2 and choose her name because we loved it, we thought it had the added bonus of not being overly popular either - its now the fastest growing girls name this year and we know another 2 in the neighbouring villages you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't!

fortunately we love all 3 girls names regardless of popularity!

Takver · 02/01/2010 19:58

Ponymum, I reckon the only way to avoid inadvertently hitting a trend is to choose a name that is always popular - it can never be the latest fashion, because there are always so many of them (thinking Benjamin, Thomas, Elizabeth, Catherine & variants etc).

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