To ask your name? or those of people around you generally

[LouisevilleLlama]

Or at least tell me if it's just me that when I look at the baby names boards and I'd say a good number of names I've never heard of and TBH I find some strange and wonder if it's a wind up? So I'm wondering if it's just me perhaps in my own little boring bubble?

Since having DS, now 4, these are the children we know around the same age:

(Actual given names not shortened versions)

Teddy
Herbie
Oren
Miles
Edward
Douglas
Oscar
Oliver
Joshua
Felix
Elliot
Noah
Charlie
Robbie
Chase
Hector
William
Willem
Jimmy
James
Arthur
Laurie
Archie
Ford
Ruben
Rufus
Daniel
George

Genevieve
Phoebe
Ella
Arleen
Emily
Lara
Lyra
Myla
Beatrice
Cassidy
Daisy
Grace
Hattie
Eleanor
Agatha
Evie
Edie
Dorothy
Sophia
Freya
Isabelle
Jocelyn
Amie
Phaedra

Small children I know:

Charlie (lots)
Toby (lots)
Thomas (loads)
Dylan (x2)
Theo (x 2)
Oscar
Freddie (x 2)
Wilfred (x 2)
Reuben
Quinn
Eddie
George (x2)
Sidney
Oliver
Noah (x2)
Will
Billy
Luke (x3)
Ben (x2)
Oliver

Poppy (x 2)
Alyssa
Sophia (x 2)
Rafaella
Edith
Ellie (x 2)
Ella
Dorothea
Rosalind
Lexie
Aurelia
Rose
Georgia
Adelaide
Nina (x2)
Claudia
Esme
Alexandra
Stella
Ruby
Erin

Children we know:

Lacie
Amy
Holly
Xanthe
Ziva
Alaw
Elin
Awel
Sara
Annabel
Ella
Lucy
Chloe
Maisie
Oliver
Isla
Jasmine
Nancy
Flora
Iris
Eden
Edie
Tamsin
Megan
Nell
Olympia
Layla
Isla
Annie
Amelie
Emily
Alys
Oscar
Hedd
Evan
Leo
Monty
Charlie
Jack
Toby
Casper
Manus
Harry
Thomas
Archie
Ioan
Zander
Pip
Joe
William
Finlay
Adam
Merlin
Kaspar
Alfie
James
Osian
Ianto
Iolo

So a proper mixture of popular and more unusual.

If I was to post a list of names of the girls I was at school with in the early 80s, it would be way more diverse and unique than any classroom now, which tend to be inundated with Chloes, Evies, Islas, Matildas, Rubies, Lilys, Emilys, Sophias and other run of the mill names...

Lots of Lily-May/Lilly Mae/variations here.
Even more Eva/Evie/Everly/Ava
Rosie
Arthur
Jack
Teddy (lots)
Connor
Callum
Tobias (lots)
Thomas (lots)
Emily
Sophie
Laura
Harry (lots)
Junior

I also know a Leonidas...

My generation...

Sarah, Nicola, Catherine, Vicky, Ellie, Emma, Becky, Fay, Anna, Ruth, Lucy, Sally, Rachel,

Paul, Steve, Alex, James, Gareth, Dave, Richard, Rob, Jonathan, Mark, Matt, Chris, Ed.

Maybe our parents were less adventurous!

Names of people around me:
Lauren, Amber, Helen, Katherine, Millie, Alice, Adam, Corey, Max, Tom, Rob.

Some kids I know of: Eliza, Florence, Bailey, Tegan, Luca, Jonah, Alfie

Kids I know from Scouts/School/Footie/Mates

Boys
Dominic
George
Cameron
Ben
Toby
Connor
Callum
Noah
Sebastian
Alfie (loads)
Charlie
Jack
Josh

Girls
Ella
Matilda/Tilly
Hattie/Harriet
Sydney
Piper
Florence
Scarlett
Isla
Lyla
Imogen
Natasha
Natalia
Jessica
Chloe
Katrine
Ruby

When I was young, my peers were all Sarahs, Claires, Amandas and Rachels. My own name wasn't popular then but became so around 10 years ago.

I only know of two people with DD's name - one a reporter and one a politician.

NC obviously! My name is Leanne, I have never met anyone born outside of the 80's with this name. Even my middle name is so 80's it's unlikely anyone would give it to a child nowadays.

Girls I was at school with in the early 80s, in my leafy, provincial antipodean town (will totes out me)...

Harriet
Inga
Karma
Tarlei
Shayla
Ingrid
Odile and Odette
Isobel
Raneah
Chloe
Isla
Felicity
Cecily
Bridgette
Kerryn
Rochelle
Anita
Heidi
Renée

I don't think my parents' generation were less adventurous!

My name's Stevie. It's in my user name, so it's no big secret

Poppy :)

Kids I know
Aiden
Alex
Alfie
Archie
Ben
Blake
Charlie
Compton
Connor
George
Harlen
Harry
Harley
Harvey
Jack
James
Jarred
Kai
Liam
Logan
Lucas
Marlon
Mason
Nathan
Oliver
Riley
Ronnie
Rowan
Russel
Ryan
Spencer
Tommy
Tyler
Vinnie
William
Zennon

Anna
Alexis
Alyssa
Abbey
Bella
Brooklyn
Charlotte
Connie
Ellyse
Emmeline
Evie
Georgia
Hallie
Honey
Indie
Isabella
Keisha
Lacey-mae
Lexi
Lily
Mackenzie
Mary-Jane
Megan
Olivia
Peaches
Ruby
Sienna
Tia
Zara
Zoey

Don't forget Nigel and Colin Kevin and Grahame Lovely 70s names there

Someone knows a child called hedd good grief

Small children I know:

James (lots)
Sophia/ Sofia (lots)
Sienna (lots)
Lana
Elena
Arrietti
Rory
Nathan
Isabella (lots)
Niah
Suri
Matilda
Phoebe
Dorothy
Wilfred
Henry (quite a few)
Archie
Alfie
Charlotte

Oh yes, Ella very popular too

And of course Oscar (how did I forget - everywhere!)

Oliver
Lily

.

Popular names my generation:

Clare (or Claire - hate it! - why add that "i"?)
Joanne or Joanna
Hannah
Katy/Katie
James
John
Luke
Mark
Matthew
David
Andrew
Alex (girl or boy)
Ben
Ian
Michelle

Sorry, just testing there. Really surprised to see so many Eilidhs on lists here! I was the only Eilidh in my massive high school and I've only ever worked with one other. Think the Scottish names are really back though, I know loads of Calums now and Ruaridh is really popular around here.

My name is Xanthe. It's not that bizarre

Girls I have come across:
Amelia/Emilia (lots)
Isabella/Isabel (lots)
Sophie/Sophia (several)
Jessica
Amelie (more common recently)
Xanthe
Lily
Florence
Rose
Elizabeth (2)
Poppy
Evie-May
Matilda
Edith
Edeline
Etta
Emmeline
Isla
Esme (2)
Chloe
Marley

Boys:
Ethan
Ben (lots)
Leo (lots)
Elliot (2)
Harry (lots)
Alfred/Alfie (lots)
Harley
Zachary
Reuben
Arlo
Owen
Charlie (several)
William
Theo (lots)
Monty

Forgot all the little Islas here too!

Xanthe sounds like a food additive...