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

Yes i wouldn't be keen on that either
Although it's decidedly more popular than keith.

I have been doing my family tree recently and was interested to note how many names were passed from mother to eldest dd and father to eldest son. There are long runs of Elizabeths/Elizas and Martha, and also Robert and Christopher. A run of about six Christopher's surprised me across the late 1600s to the mid 1800s. I was also surprised to see Caroline popping up every Century and an occasional Joanna and Hannah and early on some Johan's which I think were a variant of John.

Many names also seem to be variations across generations. Joan slips into Joanna; Alice to Alison, Helen to Helena, Julia to Julie, etc.

It’s a real shame because it is a pretty nice name, was very popular in Sweden.

How is it pronounced in Sweden?
I used ti have a manager called Karen she was south African and she pronounced something like Car en

The Swedish woman I knew pronounced it the way I did but it may be that she used a different pronunciation when she was back in Sweden.

April
Gabrielle
Penny
Cynthia

Derek. Even the alternative spelling of Derrick seems to have dies out.

Quite solid names then, some staying popular from quite a few years back (Oliver, Lily, Chloe). I wonder if the Jayden, Kayden, Braydon style names have now lost their appeal.

Saffron
Brooklyn

Apple

Maude
Hyacinyth
Trevor
Barry

I hate Bonnie. It means fat where I live.

I taught a girl called Bonnie who absolutely loathed her name. She was a great rugby player and played for a local junior team, she just felt her name didn't suit her. She couldn't even use her middle name, which was very ditzy, so she always asked to be called by her surname!

I know 2 aged around 5/6 with slightly different spellings. I think there’s one on Despicable Me.

I know of a Lennie, a Sylvia and a few Reggie’s.

I don’t blame her!

What a load of rubbish this is!!!

Actually I don’t think Mark will die out, as it’s a biblical name and those names will always remain popular as long as we have Christianity, Christening ceremonies, etc.

I know a little boy aged about four who is called Percy.

For everyone saying Colin - this is really popular in the US, so it's not going away. Same for Bryan / Brian.

mark is biblical. It may be out of fashion but it’s a nice name

a few years ago, nobody would have imagined names like Stanley, Reggie, Ronnie etc would ever come back but they have

i think Gary, Wayne, Malcolm will die

🤣🤣 this thread made me smile as I have cats called Alfred, Harold, and Henry 😊

Christine and Frank Lampard have a daughter called Patricia. It means "the noble one".

My lovely Grandad Cyril made us all promise not to use his name on any of our children, saying the name should die with him!

Marion, Marilyn and Susan. All names in my family.