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

Doreen.
I know a 5 year old Doreen.
I tried pronouncing it a 'French' way (Dorin?) but was firmly told it's as in door-een.
It just reminded me of Doreen from Brookie back in the day.

I know several Ediths (is dds middle name too) and a Herbie, Roderick and a Frankie!

Can I add Keith - please never again, such a hideous name!

Goodness, all this thread shows is that lots of you have no imagination!

My parents gave me a deeply unfashionable, old-lady name in the early 70s, and now you can't move for little Isobels.

All the Avas, Rubys, Evies, Ellies, Alfies, Archies and Graces will be looked on as the Karens, Angelas, Joannes, Andreas, Simons and Andrews of our generation. Fashions changes [/states the (apparently not so) bleeding obvious]

5dollar, come on!! Keith?? When is that ever going to be fashionable again?

or Colin????????

5dollar, on of my school-friend's Mum was called Ysabelle. She's a bit of a snob so has always been known as Yessabelle in our slightly sardonic household

Hopefully Enid and Nora will become extinct

Nigel
Valerie
Alan
Glenys
Karen
Martin

I like some of the names - Susan, Alan, Roger

Eunice

Wow there are many of the "nominated" names which are the names of my dcs friends. Maybe cos we live in Scotland? I know several Karens, Normans (and a Tormond, the Gaelic version) etc etc ....

Schnitzel, I agree. Susan is a lovely name and will be back sooner rather than later.

Eugene.

Pamela and Brian will never make it back.

Mind you, I was horrified about 20 years ago when an older friend called her DD "Eliza" which I thought was a name for Vistorian parlourmainds, and now it's really popular (and I quite like it now). Can't imagine that Gladys or Enid will ever take off again but you never know.

Patricia
Gertrude
Brenda
Beryl
Hilda
Doreen
Edna
Ethel
Hilary
Tracey
Sharon

Colin
Brian
Norman
Bernard
Nigel
Gary
Mervin/Melvyn
Barry
Terry

I know a baby Geoffrey - he's about 4 weeks old.

I know a baby Bernard, known as Bernie. I bet our children will find lots of these names lovely as they look for alternatives to the 'cutesy' names of their peers (e.g. Archie, Lilly, Evie, Alfie, Charliet etc...).

right now it seems like the names of what was my great-grandmother's generation are back - Alfie, Edith, Dora, Archie etc.

So logically the next lot will be the Peggies and Joans and Dorothies and Betties of my grandparents' generation. Now I think of it, I wouldn't be that surprised to be introduced to a newborn Peggy,

And THEN the Sandras and Lindas and Susans and Valeries, perhaps?

Excactly, as the nameowners die their names become 'unusual' again.

Names like Susan or Linda are perfectly nice names, it is just that our generation has become to associate them with a certain age group. Our children, on the other hand, will not have these associations and will find them original and lovely .

And current 'trendy' names will probably sound very dated to our children.

I think Susan Linda Keith Brian etc will be back sooner rather than later.

I agree - we'll soon get tired of the 'cutey' type names fashionable at the moment (Alfie, Archie, Evie, Lilly etc) and look towards more 'solid' names.

I know a baby Christine.

Don't forget that- most names before the mid 19thc in England anyway, were almost solidly from the Bible or the classics.

But now with the influence of popular culture, on the one hand and the reaction against it with the traditional names and the 'granny' names - there's so much more to signify with a name than just a name.. and yes I guess maybe someone one day will call their children after Granny Tracy and Grandpa Wayne... ( no offence intended at all here )

What about

Lee and
Craig and
Kim and
Julie
ooh and Janine...

for the (maybe) never to return list?

Having said that, I have an 18th c ancestor called Sexa( for sixth I think , my Latin is rusty) but in some documents it is rendered 'sexy' which is quite funny as I'm pretty certain the term was NOT in use in teh 18th c . And am just as convinced THAT one isn't going to catch on.

In fact it might be on that 'banned' list they have!

I love the idea of Bobby Surname!

Dickon

Is Dickon any worse than Willy though ?

Having read some of the very strange names that people on baby names like (Mildred anyone?) I think every and any name could become popular again.