IYO...What's the new 'on-trend' names

[hellojude]

Just wondering what you all think the next 'on-trend' names are going to been...???

So long Lola and Alfie...Welcome???

I hope all the people choosing Pippa realise it is a slang word for masturbation in Greece!!

It seems to be all traditional, old fashioned names coming back - Winifred, Susannah, Katherine etc. People are bored with the obvious 'old' names like Ruby, Milly, Evie etc and are looking around for alternatives.

hellojude - I think you're right (possibly with the exception of the name Dick!), and also other classic novels - Bronte sisters, anything that has been made into a tv period drama etc.

Wilfie??? Oh god, noooooo

Florence and Rufus are getting very popular
manicinsomniac I think Agatha is the most beautiful name in the world!

Agree with lots of you above, I think old fashioned, traditional names (a la Enid Blyton) will become more popular - Anne, Quentin, Georgina, Peter, George, maybe not Dick and Fanny . Also old fashioned names like Edith, Doris and Mary.

Definitely Florence and Esme. I think Isla is very much on the up as well.

Girls' names that are currently reaching their popularity peak are:

Amelia, Amelia and more Amelia
Also Florence, Matilda, Esme

And on the rise are:
Arabella, Cecily, Felicity (at least on MN!), Tess, Rose.....

Yes, I have met lots of baby Islas and Esmes recently.

I love Agatha but can't see it getting hugely popular.

Ethan and Leon seem to be very trendy round here (West Kent) at the moment.

Here there are still lots of little Alfie/Archies/Lilys/Ellies but I know of a baby Dorothy and a baby Quentin born in the last year, so perhaps 'old' names are indeed becoming more popular?

Oh yes, Clementine... I know of two born this year. Also agree with Theo - and Leo. They seem to be everywhere.

Toby/Tobey(!) is another one I've noticed a lot recently. I know two under 2s called Toby-Lee

Isla, Esme, Matilda, Kate, Seren, Orla

Joel, Gabriel, Ted/Teddy, Jude, Kit, Sebastian

Noah seems very fashionable at the moment, too. I even met a baby girl called Noah yesterday.

Noa (no "h") is a popular Hebrew girl's name.

Oh, maybe it was that, then. I didn't see it written down. Gorgeous baby, at any rate.

I tell you what I've heard a couple of times now - both times the parents were very arty, Shoreditch types: Jean

Wayne and Sharon. About time they made a comeback!

Argh all three potential boys names on here, not my girl choice so far .

Isabella/Isobel still seem incredibly popular. Molly, Freya, Sophia, Olivia, Clemmie, Beatrice...

I know two baby Wilfs, three Felixes and two Zoes.

My granny was called Ethel. Do you think that's due a comeback?

Only babies in my friends/family (both girls) so far this year are Eve and Evie.

Felix, Rufus, Wilfred (I know 2 new babies called Wilfred), Arthur, Albert, Stanley, Sidney, Jude, Theodore, Reuben, Elijah

Clementine, Beatrice, Florence, Isla, Imogen, Eliza, Beatrice, Esme (this is massively on the rise), Mabel, Agnes, Iris, Ivy

A lot of names on here have been popular for a long time - eg all the Wilfs and Alfies, also Isobel/la, Imogen, Florence,Esme etc - all names we were considering a few years ago (the girls, not the boys - I am not keen on the "arch" boys names and always favoured the more traditional but some might say boring Williams and Thomas's). There again, I might just be a little ahead of the game and tend to think things are popular because I have heard of a few when in fact it's only when the trickle becomes a flood that it's really popular. A la Ruby, Daisy, Poppy and Evie (all nice names but isn't it time to stop now?)

I agree with whoever said Jean.

There are 2 baby Arthurs who are close neighbours. I just think of a bald headed fat old bloke. As for Agatha - I too think it's the ugliest name ever. I suppose trends will come and go but agree the old names are coming back. My friend has recently had a granchild Florence May and I agree with whoever said Ellie and Lily - the schools are going to be full of them. All my grandchildren have lovely names (of course!)

Only baby in my family in last 2 years is Imogen Rose