Names that are never coming back

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Names that been in common use since about 1850 (so nothing from ancient history like Ethelberger or whatever), that are well and truly dead, as in no babies are likely to be called this now.

How about:
Mildred ?
Edna ?
Mortimer ?

Can you think of any others?

@DaisyWaldron Ambrose is a gorgeous name!

@TheMildManneredMilitant bizarrely, we had two kids called Brian in at the same time at work a few weeks ago.

@Mariell

Nicola. Joanne. Sharon. Mark. Richard. Jeremy. Helen.

Those are some of my classmates names in the 70s that I don’t think I’ve seen being used in the last couple of decades.

There's a Mark, Nicola, Richard and Helen in my son's primary school.

Used to teach a Gary he is still in Primary School. A couple of Violets.

I say Gladys.
I called one of my chickens Gladys ( Knight)

Horatio

Bernard, Dennis, Eileen, Norah

Marjorie if anyone has any sense!

@OhWhatFuckeryIsThisNow

And my dd’s middle name is Margaret.

Likewise! The year she was born Margaret was the second most popular middle name for girls (after Rose). She was named after my Gran (born 1920).

(Plus you have all the diminutives/derivatives of Margaret including Meg and Daisy which I imagine are more popular)

In one of the beginners’ piano books I teach from, published in the 1980s, there is a little piece with the words: “what is your name?/Gemma or Jane?…” l ask the children whether they have any children with these names in their classes. I tell them that there were lots of Janes when I was at school and their mothers agree that there were many Gemmas when they were at school (the mothers are now around 15-20 years younger than me). Almost all Gemmas seem to have been born in the eighties.

I should have said that there are invariably no Gemmas or Janes in modern children’s classes.

Myra. For obvious reasons.

Cyril
Clarence
Herbert
Hubert
Eugene
Earl
Duke
Herman
Kenneth
Russell
Lester
Clifford
Martin
Bernard
Norman
Clive
Melvin
Neville
Marvin
Warren
Gordon
Glen
Roland

Russell!!

@Lulu1919

Vera hasnt come back

I know a Baby Vera!

Gladys
Meryl
Beryl
Mavis
Thelma
Virginia
Gertrude
Bertha
Wendy
Blanche
Fanny
Eulalia
Eunice
Verna
Dylis
Phyllis
Edna
Irma
Norma
Janine
Janice
Janet
Helga
Jacqui
Geraldine
Jeanette
Pamela
Joyce
Denise
Shirley
Judith
Hilary
Gail
Brenda
Wanda
Rhonda
Darlene
Lesley
Sue
Lorraine
Sheena
Sharon
Bernice
Myrna
Velma
Marge
Ramona (Re-moaner)

Richard
Stephen
Martin
Angela
Alison
Julie

As a teacher, I see lots of unusual names. One of my cousins called his son Cuthbert-he’s very Catholic. I think we were all pretty horrified at that, particularly as the local Catholic school is called the same.

@OuiOuiBonjour my mum’s name is on your list. She wanted me to call my first born after her if it was a girl. 🤮

My sister has just named her kid Winnie! All i can think of is Winnie the Witch or Winnie the Pooh. Oh lord!! 🤪

Eunice! Pam Ayres mentioned on the Cotswolds programme tonight that she used to have a sheep called Eunice.

And Lettice - other ancient MNers may remember Lettice Leefe, ‘the lovable duffer’, in the old SchoolFriend comic.

Do you know what, Lettice comes up surprisingly regularly in the Telegraph birth announcements! I actually quite like Cuthbert and that's come up in the past couple of years in the Telegraph too. There's quite alot of wealthier Catholics who use the Telegraph Birth Announcements.

I have a relative's name on my list who I think would have liked me to name a child after her, if I'd had one.

Wayne, Barry, Clarence, Horace and Hilda. Thank you and goodnight x

Delbert
Dierdre
Charmaine
Kim
Sandra
Shanie
June
Glenda

Beryl
Sheila

Nigel, Maureen, Karen (though the latter for current connotations, rather than the name itself).

Gladys
Hubert
Sybil