What names do you think will never be revived?

[Soubriquet]

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

Ethel

Nora

Bernard

Deirdre

It's funny how two Irish names have been mentioned -Kevin and Deirdre.
They appear to have a different connotation ( I'm not sure that is the correct word for what I mean ) in Britain than in Ireland.
Here, in Ireland Kevin and Deirdre are perfectly ordinary, nice names.

Deirdre ( pronounced Deerdra ) would be similar to Orla, Niamh etc
Is it the Deirdreee Barlow connection ?
Kevin would be similar to Brendan, Domhnal etc

Sybil
Bertha
Janet
Stewart
Colina
Alexandrina

Amanda, Paul. Those names were popular but you don’t hear them now so much.

I know of two young Amanda’s

Their parents are from Scandinavia and Romania not sure if the name is popular there or they just like the name

Queenie
Reginald (Reggie)
Winifred (Winnie) etc
are all alive and well in the Caribbean communities. We considered Winifred too.

Ethel
Doris
Florence etc are all very much used in African communities.

Barry

Probably not time for a come-back for these:-
Armistead
Peregrine
Quentin
Trevor
Vernon
Victor

Hester
Julie
Joanna
Rosemary
Rosalind

Names I would love to see come back:-

Anne-Marie
Belinda
Marianne
Sally
Penelope
Phillipa
Serena
Miranda
Caroline
Lindsay
Jenny

Dominic
St John

It says here that Louise is popular for boys and girls in France. Is that right? I thought Louis for boys.

Ooh I like Rosalind.

Marianne has definitely come back, I know a few..

@Misericordia

It says here that Louise is popular for boys and girls in France. Is that right? I thought Louis for boys.

LOL - definitely a mis-print for Louis. Louise is the feminisation of Louis - like Pauline and Paul

Thanks Miss Lucy. The writers even made a point of writing in the text below that Louise was popular for both sexes
www.francetoday.com/activity/family-kids/popular-french-baby-names/

[quote Misericordia]Thanks Miss Lucy. The writers even made a point of writing in the text below that Louise was popular for both sexes
www.francetoday.com/activity/family-kids/popular-french-baby-names/[/quote]
Now you're making me wonder if I'm out of touch and, while I have been lurking in the UK, France has fully embraced gender neutrality.

Any French people or people living in France can confirm?

@Bcnamechanger

Adolf

Bravo.

Sheila. Can't see that one coming back. Or Brian, although I am in my forties and there was a Brian in my school year along with the Matthews, Pauls, Darrens, etc.

Victoria Coren Mitchell and David Mitchell’s wee girl is called Barbara.

@MagicSummer Really, is St John a first name? I once knew someone who had that surname, but never heard of it as a given name.

Deirdre ( pronounced Deerdra ) would be similar to Orla, Niamh etc

Would it? I would think of Deirdre as being a middle aged woman's name - I don't mean this to be offensive but it's in the same bracket as Carol, Bríd or Julie for me. Orla and Niamh aren't dated imo.

Can't stand the English pronunciation of Deirdre though. Deer-dra is much prettier.

I can't imagine Ethel and Gladys coming back but you never know.

Rolf

Sharon
Tracey
Janet
Cecil