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

Anyone seen any Scotts recently? Had a couple in my class but havent heard of any baby Scotts since?

No, I'm 24 and know maybe 2 or 3 Scotts my age, but no recent babies...

Fanny is quite a popular name in France, can't help smirking everytime I see it written down though (childish, I know)
Also Hamish- have never come across this in Scotland, but have met several Hamishes in New Zealand! Have also met a Prudence...nothing wrong with a good, solid name- has to be better than calling your child Serenity River or Chaos (Yes, someone did name their son Chaos, poor child...)

rofl Spinny

this is a bit of a mean thread though...

I know a few young Hamishs nursegladys.

Know a lot of adult Garys but not children too.

its only mean if your name or the name of one of your little ones is mentioned...otherwise it is quite fun!!!!

Do you Conker? Would they be Scottish Hamishes? Gary was the other name I was going to say is probably on its way out, quite popular in the 70s, I seem to recall...quite glad I didn't turn out to be a boy as parents threatened to name me Gary

bahrain - yes, but there will be a lot of MNers with names/DC names on this thread!

Woman in my ante natal group called her son Ray. I must admit to a face in my head though absolutely never to her face.

Alan is my dad's name and if this one is a boy it will be in there somewhere. I do sometimes ponder it for a first name.

My son's name, my mother's name, her brothers' names and her sisters' names are all on this thread. I still think it's funny.

I know of a baby ernest - or ernie! Never thought that would come back

I know quite a few young and Scottish,boys called Hamish.

fair enough Georgi, maybe I'm just being touchy

I do look forward to 1960s and 1970s names being brought back by our children's children. I'm not going to be able to restrain myself if my son calls his child Scott or Michelle.

Hamish must be making a comeback in Scotland then! (It's been a while since I lived there....)

I put my first and middle name on too... a name is just a name after all. If we all liked the same names we would all be called the same???

Always suprised when I see/hear of an 'Arthur'. Too old man-ish.

I quite like Percy

My friend has a Scott. He is 9

She hates it that his friends call him Scotty.....

My grandmother was a Gertrude. I have my other grandmother's name as my middle name: Ivy.

Both my grandfather's were William's.

I've done a lot of research into our family history and have to say most of the names are classics (Sarah, John, William, etc) but there are a few standouts that I can't see coming back, funnily enough all female:

Querina (female born 1826)
Maron (female born 1724)
Eupheme (female born 1670)
Ellin (female born 1810)

I've yet to find a Mavis who likes her name

Does davecam not have an Arthur? And a Nancy, couldn't have foreseen that one coming back 10 years ago.

We might yet see the return of Sharon and Tracey

Lucretia!