Names that are common* in your DCs friendship groups

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*Common as in popular!

12 yr old DC has an inordinate number of female friends called Isabelle/Isabella/Isabel/Isobel and other variants of the same.
I would say at least 10.
The male equivalent is Hugo.
There are 5 I can think of without trying too hard.
We are based in the SE home counties.

What are the most popular names in your DC/s friendship groups?

DC1 (early 30s) Liam, Joseph, David, James,

Matthew, Charles
DC2 (22) Edward, James, Oliver, George, Tom

Hugo,
DC3 (19) Isabella, Maddie, Eve, Freya, Lily.

Joe/Joseph - ds17 has a main friendship group of 7 and 4 of them are called Joe. One of the ones who isn’t called Joe has a brother called Joe!

I also work in a pre school and we have 3 Mabel’s!

I'm pretty sure my DDs school put all the Islas and Isabelle variants in one group on a school trip as a prank on a teacher (12 of them, from different year groups).
I know a lot of Primary age boys called Edward.

DD is the only Isla in her year group of 200. Shes named after her great grandmother.

Lily/lilly/Lillie and Tilly
Elsie/Eve/Evie/Ava/Isla/Eliza

Girls: Delilah, Lily/Lillie/Lilly, Matilda, Isabelle/Isabella, Sophia
Boys: Oscar, Joshua, Oliver, Jackson/Jaxson, George

I forgot about all the Isla's and Edwards too

Are you in North London 😆

DC are older now, but for younger children I'm here to tell you that Otillie is the new Isla.

My son is a 2021 baby. His class has multiple Henrys, Ivys, Freddies and Francescas. Only one Lucas but there is also a Luca. Outside his nursery but still roughly the same age as him, we know multiple Stanleys, Arthurs, Alberts, Patricks, Judes, Hugos and Olivias.

When I was a teacher, I had a class that would have been born in 2009-2010. That was an absolute spate of Millie/Amelia/Amelies (more than 10% of the class!). The younger classes had an absolute ton of Teddy/Theo/Theodores and Eva/Eve/Evie/Avas.

DD is in year 8. Lots of Molly, Milly, Tilly, Elsa/Elsie, Lila/Lola for the girls. Boys she seems to know an awful lot of Harrys and Charlies!

Yeah it’s definitely area specific,my dd is the only Isla in her school of 1200

I’ve noticed Rowan and Finn to be extremely popular among 7-8 year old boys.

this Was meant to be part of my last post but hit send too soon! DS is in year 6 he has multiple Finns and Oscars in his year for boys. Girls there are a few called Evie and Ottilie

DD - 10
Lots of Isla's, Maya/Mia , Freya's, Grace's, Matilda's, Beatrice.
Noah's. , Theo's, Teddy 's

DS 15 &17
Lots of Isaac, Theo, Oscar, Noah , Fin's,
Lily's, Isabella/Isabel, Emily Olivia

Finley, Freddy and Leo for boys
Daisy and Freya for girls

Lots of Ellies, Maisies and Eve/Evie here
Also Jack is by far the most popular boy’s name in both DDs classes

DC is 2015 baby, lots of Isabelle, Bella, Belle. Also Maya, Maiaa, Mia and Harriet, Hattie, Harrie (girls). Many flower names (Rose, Lily, Poppy). Boys are Thomas, Oliver, Harry, Charlie, Mohammed, Theo. One Eric!

DD is 21 - Ella, Olivia & Lucy were the 2 most popular names in her school year group by far. 7 Ellas out of 100 girls!!

Me too and we have 2! Also a Florence, Felicity, 3 Graces and a Martha. Old fashioned names are definitely making a come back, so far just for girls. Most girls in DDs class are Sophies or Isabel with all their variations.

A few Finn, Ollie,Alfie, Harry, George.
Jess, Chloe, Libby.
They are in their early twenties.

DC1 (5) - Finlay, & Jack for boys. Esme, Ava & Elsie for girls.

DC2 (4) - Ted/Teddy, Archie & Elodie

13 year old son (small school, 55 kids per year)
girls: maya/miya/maia: 5, and 3 Jessicas
boys: Theo, Freddy, Charlie, Arjun, Harry, Hugo, jensen (2 of each)
8 year old son (1 form entry)
boys: hugo, max (2 each)
Girls: annabelle, violet (2 each)

in my 4 year old circles we know x2 Arlo, x 2 Sienna, x2 Isla, x2 William, x2 Ivy, x2 Henry, Freya, Leila

baby classes - Ivy, Albert / Albie, George, Amelia, Brody, Leo, Arlo, Jack, Henry, Esme

I had one year in senior school with 18 Finn/Finley/Findlay but none in the years either side.

Don't know why

Posting from Belfast. My daughter ( 13) has quite a few classmates and friends called Aoife.