I'll eat my hat if that name comes back!

[AllieW]

There are some names which I've been quite surprised to see returning. For example, Edith was my granny's name. Much as I loved her, I was never keen on the name and can only presume the little Ediths now arriving are due to the Radio 1 DJ or something.

Are there any names which would surprise you if they were revived? For me, the list might include:

Girls

Doris
Ermyntrude
Gertrude

Boys

Arnold
Herbert
Roderick

No, I like it washngo. It was very popular in Britain in the early part of the twentieth century.It's due for a late come-back praps

KenDodd it was Zoe Ball.

Did Jeremy go out of fashion?

It was on my list for DS2. I think of it as a classic.

I wonder if Yvonne will ever make a come back.

Morris/Maurice? I quite like the second version.

Zilpah
Hepzibah

Clotilde/Clotilda.

Anything with the potential nickname of Clot has got to be avoided surely?

I think there are very few names that will never make a comeback, especially in increasingly multi-cultural times.

Amongst friends this year we've had a baby Boris and a baby Marjorie

girls

maud
hyacinth
virginia
regina
dolly
patty
peggy
nettie
chastity
jean
ina
myra
willimina
ethel
adamina
jan
bernadette
lolita
mercedes
yvonne
yvette
agatha
eunice
shelly
shirley
bunty
sandy
barbie
sindy
candy
fanny

boys

cedric
cyril
bertrand
randy
rusty
stuart
dick
eugene
terrence
humphrey
frank
morris
norman
oswald
dwayne
dilbert
boris

Ethel? Mildred?
And I can't imagine someone calling a baby Colin...

There is an Yvonne in ds's class at school (age 9/10)

The more I think about it I think the only names likely to not make a comeback in the UK would be names with another (dodgy) meaning eg. Fanny and Randy.

Also names that are just too associated with a particular person eg. Adolf

at a 9 year old Yvonne.

I Am delighted to see on here:
my first and middle names
two sisters names
my mum's name
and three no less of my ex boyfriends :-)
not to mention ALL my address book
I am OLD and COMMON

I've said it before on previous threads coz it makes me laugh being my dad's name, but Derek can surely never make a comeback.

Also Kevin, one of our best friends is called Kevin and our DS2 was born on his birthday this year, he was a little gutted that we didn't decide to name the baby after him, but there was just no way that I could do that to the poor boy

eunice
craig
jeffrey
barbara
brenda
cecil
mavis
mable
douglas
bernard
grahame
horace

timothy

I know a 6 year old Douglas

My Gran is Muriel, Grandad was Frank.

My one cousin (late 30s) is Sharon Tracey

Another male relative is Albert and another is Walter

Can't see any of them coming back apart from maybe Frank.

I nearly called my dd Myrtle. Thought it was cute

Colin is very popular in America - top 100, or close to it, I believe. Same with Gavin.

My son (who has a name I fully expect to pop up on this list soon) has 3 year old friends called Jason, Timothy and Melissa.

Bruce?

Janet or Janice anyone?

Kerry and Kelly. Proper 'chav mum' names.

No-one's mentioned my middle name yet - Deborah! Good solid 60/70's name that I can't see coming back any time soon

Oooh, I like Melissa.

Thereisalight - Yvonne's family are from an African country, so maybe it's more popular over there...

I'd struggle to call a baby Neil. It's not very babyish is all. Sharbie, I always assumed Alison was a modern version of Alice, rather than other way around? Not sure.