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

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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?

No one has said my kids names but maybe that means they are horrible

Kids I know:
Jack (lots)
Olivia (lots)
Emilia
Harriet
Maisie
Harry
Charlie
Leona
Constance
Charlotte (lots)
Sophie
Emily
Solomon
Hector
Hercules
Rose
Ruby
Elliot
Jonty
Alexander
William
Florence

These lists are great. So far I'm loving Olaf, Merlin and Vinnie.

There are loads of little ones called Lily, Millie, Tilly, Evie, Maisy, Daisy, Rosey. And most boys are called Josh, Joe, Jake, Jack or Alfie. I'd like to come across some Olafs in real life. Or anyone who names their recently newborn Roger or Cliff. Some names just aren't coming back.

Leah
Charlotte
Emily
Frances
Imogen
Freya
Grace
Hannah
Sophie
Rosie
Lola

Theo
Lots of J names - Joshua, Jack, James, Jamie
Kaden and it's variants
Luke
William
Caleb
Ethan

My kids' friends & my friends' kids:

Henry x 3
Olivia x 3
Logan
Leo x 2
Finley
Jacob
Theodore x 2
Rory
Harrison
Thomas x 2
Sophie
Michael
Owen
Tilly
Amelia x 5
George x 2
Austin
Nancy x 2
Fleur
Amelie
Francesca
Pippa
Poppy
Caitlin
Ava x 2
Ida
Alethea
Jack x 2
Max x 4
Mia
Liam
Imogen
William
Megan x 2
Eva
Isla

There are some more out there ones, but they might out me, so not saying!! Think foreign ones & yooneek spellings.

Names in my peer group:
Annie, Georgia, Olivia, Amy, Ella, Nick, Rob, Matt, Kayleigh, Ellie, Claudia, Gabriella, Lizzie, Mel, Dan, Anna, Lottie, Rosie, Elise

Names of children around me:

Archer, Albie, Isaac, Katie, Charlie, Sean, Elliott, Clara, Harper, Scarlett, Tristan, Oscar, Lily, Millie, Caitlin, Maddy, Alfie, Amelia, Grace, Lucas, Luna

Is this a thread where you aim to scoff at the names of the lower class?

Doubtful. It's much more acceptable and hilarious on MN to mock the middle class. Because they don't really love their children or have feelings. No, they purposely choose names which will get the dc beaten up because they are pretentious cunts. Apparently.

I have an elderly relative called Primrose and also know a Xanthe. I've never met an Olaf though...

Baby names fascinate me.

Names of primary school aged children I know (age 4-11)
Ruby
Isla
Molly
Aoife (very popular)
Ella
Anna
Katie
Holly
Eve
Sophia
Cara
Emer

Ethan
Leo
Noah
Dara (very popular)
Ben
Conor
Arthur (know quite a few under 3s)
Oisin

Names of my age group
Sinead
Joanne
Nichola
Claire
Roisin
Marie
Fiona
Grainne

Stephen
Paul
Sean
Eamon
Joe
Mark
Conor
Gerard
James
Michael

Kids around here- diverse working class area: Kieran, Aiden, Jayden, Amy, Emma, Alex, Alexa, Ava, Katie, Ella, Olivia, Lia, Laina, Elena, Ryan, Thomas, Lilly, Alfie, Scott, Lucie, Eve/Evie, Madison, Aria, Ariana, Amelia, Holly.

Mums at school and friends:,Leanne, Maureen, Karen, Susan, Sarah, Heather, Angela, Helen, Katie, Jade, Zoe, Lynne, Lisa, Linzi, Natalie, Natasha, Laura, Michelle.

Kids around us-
Hazel
Violet
Florence
Heidi
Matilda
Ava
Via
Heart
Star
Princess
Nora
Evelyn
Lucy
Ellie
Evie
Grace
Sophia
Lucia
Olivia

Noah
Riley
Theo
Callum
Cameron
Finley
James
William
Jayden

Kate mae
Harley
Sarah
Jim Tom
Anna Jane
Reginald

James
Jasper
Rufus
Edward
Joshua
Shea
Paul
Herbert
Henry

Daisy
Sophia
Daisy-May
Zyrah
Sydney
Cerys
Tabitha

People around me:
Julian
Iska
Dorus
David
Nina
Petra
Igor
Yanira
Anne-Sophie
Krystle
Vincent
Lionel (called Leo)
Beatrice (called Bea)
Martha
Sebastian
Aryan

My peers: Emma (lots!), Georgina, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Naomi, Ruth, Laura, Olivia, Rebecca, Rachel, Andrew, David, Jonathan, James, Richard, Mark, William, Edward, Xavier,

Children I know: Oliver, Freddie, Max, Grace, Hamish, Monty, Sophia/Sophie, Tabitha, Elsie, Caleb, Isaac, Elijah, Harry, Amelie, Noah,

I find names trends fascinating and have just said so on the Baby Names board!
I would love to pinpoint the moment when a name stops being naff and starts being classy, then popular.
I have a theory that it's when the generation who carry the names start to die out.
An example: Alfie. In the 1980s, I worked with a woman whose newborn grandson had just been named Alfred, to be known as Alfie. She was beyond mortified, but explained that it was a family name for five generations, so not calling the baby Alfred would be unheard of. The thought of a baby Alfie was hilarious, but of course now it is incredibly popular.
When my son was born in 1993, there was a trend to call boys shortened names such as Tom, Ben, Josh, Joe etc. This was very fashionable with middle class parents and I imagine that's when Jack first started to climb up the polls.
The thought back then of calling a baby Wilfred, Ava, Sidney, Lily, Betty or any of the other 'on trend' names back in the 1990s was hilarious, but of course the generation that tended to have those names was still alive back then.
So by my logic, the next lot of trendy names will be my mum's generation - so stand by for a wave of Muriels, Dorises and Marjories in the next few years.
They may sound ridiculous now, but believe me, so did Jack and Ava in 1993 and Alfie in 1989.

cathf You're probably right. It'll be all Susan and Brian. Geoff and Jeff. Shirley.

cathf I agree I remember my granny being completely bemused that the name Emily was becoming popular.. To her it was a very old fashioned, outdated name.

I lived in London and Brighton for years but have recently moved to Scotland and am really noticing that names of kids here are far less pretentious outlandish than down south.

My children's classmates- Giovanni,Giuseppe, Stefano, Riccardo,Tommaso, Francesca, Matilde,Anna, Laura, Elena, Sara

Kids I know:

Esther
Alice
Henry
Madelaine
Edward
Aaron
Harry
Jay
Thomas
Sunny
Lily
Sebastian
Jonah
Martha
Isla
Isaac
Poppy

DS was going to be Primrose if he was a girl. The names of children aged under 5 that I know:

Eleanor
Isla
Wren
Amelia
Hollie

Theo
Rex
Isaac
Alfie
Oscar
Harry
Josh

I was born in 77 and in my class there were 2 Josh, 3 Jacks and a Tom. I think those names were popular way before 1993. Loads of Gemmas, Rebeccas, Kate/Katie, Kerry, Nicola, Natalie, Sarah, Emma, Anna, Lucy, Melanie, Jodie, Samantha.

The most popular boys names in the toddler groups round here are Sebastian and Oliver. We have Edgar, Gulliver, Ptolemy, Elwood, Finbar and various other unusual ones too. Mine are unusual as well, i've not many anyone else the same names.

Name's of kids I know around here

Brodie
Ethan
Harvey
Harry
George
Ellis
Frankie
Freddie
Finley
Rowan
Max
Brogan
Dan
Sam
Louis
Lewis
Josh
Alfie
Peter
Luke
Cole
Kenva
Rhys
Brayden
William
Dylan
Leyland
Isaac
Leo
Joe
Aaron
Layton
Ryan
Luca
Donte
Mason
Lloyd
Dean
Matthew
Elijah
Dougie
Leon
Bobby
Kai
Carl
Lee
John
Alan
Anay
Pj
Jj
Lj
Tom
Tommy
James
Oliver
Taylor
Tyler
Charlie
Joel
Joey
Deacon
Jayden
Brandon
Kieran
Cameron
Shay
Kyle
Ashton
Jake
Jack
Zak
Ben
Junior
Callum
Ezra
Isaiah
Noah
Sonny
Spencer
Adam

Amy
Mia
Leah
Hope
Maisie
Abbie
Lola
Libby
Darcie
Tilly
Julia
Lacey
Renee
Jamila
Halle
Robyn
Scarlett
Jodie
Ebony
Emily
Jasmine
Lucy
Martha
Freya
Hollie
Holly
Maddie
Ava
Isla
Florence
Beth
Daisy
Poppy
Anya
Toni
Saffron
Eleanor
Isabelle
Isabella
Eve
Eva
Evie
Myla
Ayla
Sophie
Amber
Ruby
Jessica
Pearl
Marnie
Ella
Ellen
Sophia
Molly
Faye
Erin
Gracie
Layla
Megan
Brooke
Lily
Harper
Chloe
Lexi
Sarah
Carly
Nicole
Millie
Charlotte
Alesha
Dionne
Amelia
Keeva
Niamh
Olivia
Alivia

No one has mentioned my son's name yet, but I don't know any others at all (there are rumours that there is another baby with that name in the city though). Babies around me are:

Sophia
Maggie
Margot
Billy
Ellie-Louise
Cooper (x2)
Olly
Flynn
Abigail
Wolfgang
Euan
Melanie
Robin
Harrison
Ruby (x2)

In my year at school were endless Kathryns, Rebeccas, Matthews and Davids. And Kirstys! At least 3 of each in every class.