What names do you think will die completely?

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I think Gary.

Ive only met one and he’s in his 50’s now. Never met a baby Gary

Bonnie Langford reappeared in Doctor Who 2 years ago, so may have sparked a mini revival.

i know 2 women who have got boys under 5 with a Stanley and a Sidney! Named after their grandads!

I met a puppy called Gary only last week, does that count?

Yes, you can often have a good guess at a person's age by certain names.

Mine is a classic case of that! Haven't seen it mentioned but it is kind of foreign, but I've seen it a few times here in UK on UK born people that I know. We are all the same age lol 😊

I have come across both of these names in young children in the last year (in Canada)...and the bearers of those names were girls.

Every Brownie has traditionally been known as "little Flossie" in Guider stories, except in Scotland where they are all "wee Jeannie".
I did actually know a Florence who'd be about 18 now.

Never met an Yvonne under 60.

I know a 12 year old Walter (Walt for short).

I’ve heard of Sidney as a girl’s name before, but never Stanley. Think I prefer them both as boys’ names actually.

I have a friend called Dawn whose Italian in-laws call her Alba because it's Italian for Dawn!

Jeremy, Leslie, Craig.
Lesley, Debbie, Christine.

I had an aunt called Yvonne. Her kids drove her mad as they called her Whyvonne when they wanted to wind her up.

I've just read a book where a baby is named Gladys and the main character comments and n how awful it is, and I wondered whether it will be making a comeback soon. I sort of like it!

It is fascinating everyone’s experiences of a name. I love Florence - it is in my family and the abbreviation is traditionally Flo or Flossie

Florrie is actually an independent name of its own. I have a great Aunt Florrie.

and I know of at least 3 Florences under 16 so it’s clearly quite popular!

Florence is, indeed, very popular recently. I know four under 12 and one in her 30s.

Florence was apparently the 8th most popular girls’ name in England & Wales for both 2022 and 2023 according to the ONS.

There's a Derek in my extended family. I'm not sure how old he'd be now. Somewhere between 8 and 11.

Sidney has become popular for girls in America. I just can’t get on board with it being a girl’s name, it’ll always be a bit of an old man name to me.

Isn’t it usually spelt Sydney for a girl? I remember my friend’s sister was called that at school so she must be about 50 now

Walt was also on our list. I don’t know why it’s not used more tbh, it’s easy to spell and short so goes with most surnames.

Wilbur is much nicer than William

Hector I haven’t heard recently

Susanna we would have used if Ds was a girl in middle name after grandparent

Phylis was my grandmother. Never hear baby Phylis

MIL wanted me to call DD Yvonne and was most upset I wouldn’t comply.

My boss called his baby Ruby in the late 90s and everyone was so shocked!

Was this a tv show? I know a handful of Gordon’s and have no idea about your phrase. One is a moron though lol

song by Jilted John

Oh, not heard of him either?

It was a song, was in the charts in the late 70s.