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

Jonah probably a no go too

I think names come round again when they are great grandparents to the baby

So the parents name baby after their own grandparents

Pamela
Gaynor
Dick

@joystir59

Adolf will never be acceptable, neither will Myra. But what about Ian?

Ian Hislop Ian Botham Ian Astbury Ian McKellen Ian Woosnam Ian Brown Ian Curtis Ian Fleming Ian McCaskill Ian McShane

Plus many more, plus nearly everyone will also personally know more people called Ian than Myra or Adolf, so won't automatically associate the name with prominent serial killers or fascist dictators.

Sandra, Sheila, Paula, Brenda, Shirley
Gerald, Justin, Terrance

I was at school with a Granville. It seemed very old fashioned in the 1980s.
Does anyone know a Granville?

Some of these will definitely be back. Susan and Phyllis will be in the next wave of hipster names. Isn't Victoria Coren Mitchell's daughter called Barbara? That's a very similar vibe. And I can see Paul, Alan, Raymond making a re-entrance.

Isambard
Ebeneezer

Chastity
Charity

Names that haven't been revived since the Victorians and unlikely to be recycled within families, or names connected to thr more pious end of virtue. Or names where the meaning has changed around the name such as Gay, Dick or Fanny. Dick more likely to survive as the nickname for Richard, although Richard itself is a few years away from a revival cycle.

I'll know I'm well into middle age when the Sharon/ Tracey/ Gary generation cycles back in. The clichés of the names will fade and they'll loop round like Arthur/ Stanley and flowery girls' names of the early 20th Century. 20 years ago, those names on a clinic list would bave been elderly, now they'd be paediatrics.

Many of today's popular names were fashionable in the early 20th century. One name from that era that I haven't heard is Ada. Does anyone know an Ada?

My DD is four and named Mary 🤦🏻‍♀️

Does anyone know a Dennis who's under 30?

@SausageCrush

Does anyone know a Dennis who's under 30?

I did when Ds was a toddler! That Dennis will be 18 now.

I have looked after A baby Alan, Colin, John, Dorothy, Enid and Gary in the last 8 years.

Genevieve

Barry, Glen, Ken, Edna, Tracey, Sharon, Malcolm, Roy, Brian, Jan, Wayne and Waynetta.

The baby in the bay next to me when I gave birth in January was called Dennis

The horror of seeing my own name in the same list as Adolf!

@flobberdobberrr

Genevieve

I think that that's a lovely name.

Has it ever really been "in fashion"?

So glad nobodies said my name. It's definitely a very 90s name but I like it. I dont know anyone below my age bracket with it.

@JellyNellie

My DD is four and named Mary 🤦🏻‍♀️

Mary is a classic and beautiful

Leanne, Daniella, Katrina, Kylie, Stephanie, Samantha...don't seem any of these names used anymore?

Gertrude

I don't think you can say. Ten years ago I would have said Arthur yet now they're everywhere. Even names like Nora and Hilda are starting to come back.

I know a 19yo Katrina (Scottish) and a 16yo Genevieve (Evie)

I know a 9 year old Ada.

That aside, I wonder if some of you know anyone under the age of 18

Some of these lists of names are like sitting in registration when I was at school in the 70s!