Names unlikely ever to come back into fashion

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Linda
Susan
Pauline
Mavis
Tracey
Tracy
Denise
Wendy
Elsie
Edith
Gladys
Joyce
Ethel
Stanley
Frank (tho I spose Francis is still out there)
Herbert
Harold
Horace
Geoffrey
Kevin
Barry

Well it's a Welsh name (we're Welsh 1st language) so it wouldn't mean much to you anyway! He is named after my lovely uncle.

Trevor

I like Susan and Edith.

Isn't Norbert the dragon in Harry Potter?

In which case, it will come back.

I'm awaiting the return of Norman, but at the moment Roman is gaining popularity.

Jezabel

i love that name,but sadly totaly un-useable

i also really like alot of granny names like Elsie and Beatrix...

Doris, phyllis , Mildred and Gertrude are all due a come back.

what about Leonard, Philip, Gerald?

Wayne
Barbara?
Sharon
Christine
Edna
Sheila?

OK I stand corrected re Stanley Elsie and Edith - all nice names but rather thought they were 'of their time' only.

Apparently not!

Considered Leonard for this thread then remembererd I know a few Leos - though that could be Leopold I suppose.

gerald.. Hmmm

For the list
geoffrey?

Think Philip is fairly standard, no?

Lots of names are 'of their time' - it's just that their time comes back again after three or four generations.

I can't see Susan, Claire or Julie coming round again for a while.

Edwina
Jolene
Stacy

I wouldn't want my child to have a 'fashionable' name anyway.

gary?

I teach a boy called Gary.

I know 3 Edith's under the age of 5!

Give all of these names 30-60 years and they'll be back.

DH will be pleased to hear that.

Clive. I had a friend called Clive and he didn't like it, and went by the name Fred his whole adult life. I only found out it was his name when I saw his prescription bag.

Mildred and Muriel and Doris

I was thinking about Gary.

What about Sylvia?

Jolene is glorious! I'd love to use it if I were having any more.

Loads of Stanleys about. Susan due "a moment" I think.

I know a couple of Franks as well.

I love Sylvia. Tried to put it on our girl's name list but DP vetoed :( I also like Muriel!

DD is called Evelyn Elaine Rose which I love but I guess they're all quite 'old' names!

ThisFeelsWeird and what exactly is wrong with Norbert.

i worked with someone who called his children Percy, Mabel and Doris. I think i looked horrified. This was the late 80's. what about

Cuthbert
Norman (my grandfather's name)
Derek

Vera

some names modernise like Alfred/Alfie, Harrold/Harry etc