What names do you think will never be revived?

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I don’t think I’ll ever hear of a baby Gary.

I know two adult Gary’s and both are in their 50’s now

I know a little Tracy and an older teenage one! I've always liked the name.

I would have said Elsie, but I have an 11yr old Elsie in my class.

Humphrey

I have ancestors called Fanny and John Thomas, who were married to one another.

Humphrey my friend has a Humphrey. Just turned 1.

Candy, Cindy, Darryl - very 60s names

@smilingontheinside

Humphrey

Someone upthread said they knew a little Humphrey, inspired by Death in Paradise? Kris Marshall’s character was called Humphrey.

Now they have a Neville. Will there be some baby Nevilles?

@Cocolapew

DDs friend called her baby Malcolm, DD was most put out at me laughing.

This is soooo funny..baby malcolm

Fanny
Irene
Lavinia
Gertrude
Minnie
Wendy
Keith
Leslie
Frederick
Donald

Putting in a vote for Horace to return! My dear Dad, Horace has just died, aged 98. He was the most extraordinarily wonderful man (bought himself a new Audi for his 95th and drove my Mum in it to the S of France!) and I can’t help thinking it’s a name that’s been overlooked. I realise this is not what the OP has asked! X

Horace sounds like he was a most suave and excellent chap, @MrsPumpkinPie. I'm sorry for you loss.

@Camphillgirl

Fanny Irene Lavinia Gertrude Minnie Wendy Keith Leslie Frederick Donald

There are two Minnies in the school where I work

@Rafflesway

Horace Gertrude

I know a baby called Gertrude 😀😀 and we all love it

Michelle, Stephanie, Lindsay, Leanne (all really popular when I was at school but just can’t see it now!)

I know a child Wendy, though I have to say I think it's an awful name.

My DCousin recently named her baby Edna. It really makes me (secretly) laugh and I dont know why. Her other girls are Elsie & Eve so old fashioned but Edna just hits differently.

On "The Chase" tinight was a contestant , mid 30s called Donny

Maybe Donald but wants to shrug that off ?
Or his parents were Osmond fans ?

But I don;t think I've seen a Real Life Donny

Barry

DH and I both appear on here. We have a 10 year old Lucy for the person who said they didn't know of many little Lucy's.

@Camphillgirl

Fanny Irene Lavinia Gertrude Minnie Wendy Keith Leslie Frederick Donald

I would say Fredrick is pretty trendy. Same for Enid.

My vote would be Derek.

Names do come back into fashion, though. When I was a child, Emma and Sophie were seen as the sort of names that your great-aunts might have; then they became very popular names for children. Since then, Amelia, Lily, Grace, Ruby, Arthur and Archie have all regained popularity.

I would guess that Fanny might not return to popularity, at least in the UK; and while there may be plenty of future Richards, they probably won't use the nickname Dick.

Karen probably won't be back for a while due to the current associations - a pity, as I like the name. Dennis has been out of fashion for a while, and I suspect that 'Dennis the Menace' is partly responsible. I suspect that Nigel, Jeremy and Donald will probably not be back till their political associations have been forgotten: if you call a child Nigel in the UK, half the population may be prejudiced against him, and if you call him Jeremy the other half of the population may be prejudiced against him. I would add Boris to the controversial list (not to mention that there's Boris the spider); but it was never a common name in Britain.

I would never have thought George would’ve made a comeback but here we are 😬

Not sure george has ever been that much out if favour , maybe not top ten but often used . I know several all of different ages

Gay
Guy
Fanny

Maureen
Brenda
Tracey

Adolf
Roger
Kevin

Beulah
Jamie

I know several children called Jamie, and a 20-year-old Beulah.

Ann and Mary aren't all that common these days, but there are plenty of Annas and Marias. And while not many young boys are called Alfred or Frederick, I've met several called by what used to be the abbreviations for these: Alfie and Freddie.

I would have said that Dorcas would not be the name of anyone under 80; but I have met a Dorcas who would be about 25 now.