Names you can't imagine making a comeback

[SunshineDays2019]

Girls:
Doreen
Vera
Sandra
Linda
Pauline

Boys:
Malcolm
Gerald
Trevor
Horace
Percy

What do you reckon? I'm not knocking these names by the way!

Ida, Ada, Sharon, Glenda, Maureen, Doreen, glenys, Barbara, Freda, millicent, Edna, hillary, Lorraine, Nellie, Gertrude, Yvonne plus several others people have named!

Love Mabel and like Ida too. Haven’t come across a young Mary in a while.

My much-adored Gran was a Winifred. Now that's a name I hope never comes back. Really ugly name for a lovely lady.

Also hope Susan never returns. All Susan's were born in the early 50's It's my name (for my sins) and I loathe it, I can endure Sue but I won't even answer to Susan.

Gordon
Carol

Regarding the improbability of a moody teen named Percy, it is very much imaginable as it exists in the personage of Percy Jackson, very popular book series.

DD1 is Margaret. I wanted to name DD2 Millicent but DH vetoed it. Sigh. I have seen several Margaret newborns pop up lately but no Millicents. Maybe DH was right and it is goddam awful but I am sad my Maggie and Millie never happened.

Well I've always disliked my name ....... and it appears in many PPs. My mum's and brother's names too.

There's 2 Garys at my school. One in year 7 and one in year 8, so it's not quite dead yet!

I thought Derek would never come back but there's a baby Derek in my son's nursery class.

Trevor
Keith
Mervyn

Sonia
Lorraine
Vera
Tracey
Valerie

I’ve just RTFT and my name only appeared once! I absolutely hate it though and use a nickname version of it, full name 6 letters starts with E and ends with E.

I don’t understand why my parents used it as it’s the same bloody name as my mum and neither of my 2 brothers were named after our dad.

My best friends names are here on every page, typical 70’s names and both my current dp and the fathers of both my children.

Thankfully I chose my dc’s names well and they’re both lovely.

We have a Gary, Peter and John in the infants at dd’s Primary school.

A friend of mine has a baby Joanna

Baby Derek!

I’ve guessed your name zoflora and I like it.
I love the name Susan..and Sue..child of the 50s here as well
I have loads of Sue friends...they are all lovely
I wish it was my name

Sharon and Tracey

That's so weird op, as I know a a really cool elderly lady called Vera, and just yesterday I was thinking what a nice name it is, and it should make a comeback 😂

Well a few years ago, it would have been Albert and ada.
So on that basis all beta are off.

There is an Alan at the primary where I teach.
No Terry or Patricia though .

My daughter is an Eileen. Haven't met any others...

Half the names that are fashionable now you’d have said would never come back 10 years ago so never say never.

Denise

No moody teen called Percy? "Excuse me, I'm Head Boy!" He also goes non-contact with his family, in true Mumsnet style, sending back his hand-knitted Christmas jumper without a note.

I know a young Elsie, but I've never met a young Joan. I remember an ancient reading book in my primary school with the line "Joan jumped up and down. 'Oh good! I hope we can make a tent better than Tom's.'" (Joan being a little girl.)

Phyllis is my mums name and I can’t see that being popular anytime soon, although I said the same of Audrey and Elsie and I see that is becoming more popular

Brian is surely extinct?

I taught a little Brian last year, couldn't resist saying "cheer up Brian!" Aka life of Brian to him at regular intervals

Aedwine

Burn Sharon as a name.

It’s horrible and awful.

I may be over invested in this