four in a class - really?

[mogandthecat]

I've noticed on here that many people seem to dread the possibility that their child may be one of 'four or five' in a class. Just thinking about this when my friend showed me the list for her dd's reception class intake the other day. Of thirty children there were only two names replicated, each with two children with the name (one of these being Ruby, which was the most popular name for the year anyway). When I was at primary school in the seventies when there were probably fewer names used overall there was only one duplicated name in a class of 20 girls (Claire). So, just out of interest, what names are there more than one of in your dc's classes and are there often '4 or 5' of one name or is this actually an extremely rare occurrence?!

There were 3 of me in my class at secondary- 4 in my year.

Try being a Sarah in 1978 and actually, all the way through my life including currently one of 3 in an office of 10 people. Yes, it happens, which is why I'm determined to give my dds the best chance of this not happening, no guarantees of course!

I know of 3 Sams in one class and probably about 6 or 7 in total in the small school.

We've got three Jacks and two Harrys in ds's class. Two of the Jacks have surnames starting with S.

There isn't 4 or 5 with the same name, but there's 3 Emily's, 2 Emma's, 2 George's.

There was 2 of me at secondary school, and I'm come across loads of a similar age as colleagues, neighbours etc/

there are four lads in my ds class of 30 children(17 boys) with the same name.

i was one of 3 in my year with the same name in comp, but don't come across any now.

DD has four Sophies in her class. And two Josh Cs. Two Emilys.

6 Daniels in my primary school class. Nearly 50% of the total boys.

2 x Thomas out of 12 boys in DS class.
There were 5 of Isobel / Isabella at nursery.

There are 4 Olivers in DSes class, two of them have the same initialed surname too.

There are 2 Chloes as well.

I hated having to share my name with at least 2 or 3 others in the year - being quite short, I was always known as little XX.

In my dd's class there are two little Finns. Other super popular names round here include Jack, Harry, Charlie for boys and Ella, Ellie, Isabella for girls.

Seems a shame given how many names are out there!

6 Daniels in one class - poor teacher!

There were at one point 4 Emmas in DD's class, there's 2 Courtneys and 2 Ryans as well - and they're only the ones I know about, lol

2 Noahs in an intake of 20 when DS1 started reception. (And we thought we'd been so original)

There are two Sophies and three Sams in my dd's class. Agree - lots of gorgeous names outside the top 100.

DS1 is still at nursery, so no school classes yet, but there are 2 Madeleines, 2 Jacobs and when he first started there were 2 boys both called Rufus.

DS1 is still at nursery, so no school classes yet, but there are 2 Madeleines, 2 Jacobs and when he first started there were 2 boys both called Rufus.

A couple of years ago I taught a class including 4x Alex (1 female), 4x Tom and 3x Lauren. 32 in the class in total.

3 Joe's and 1 Joey in my sons reception class!

Three Alfies and two Charlies in ds's class this year. Yes, it gets annoying when they share the same surname initial....

4 x Eve in nursery.

Two other people with my name through high school, though spelled slightly differently. God knows how many in the year! DD's little sister goes to a small village school, and there's someone there, in the same year, with the same first and surname!

in my sons class they is a kenzie & kenzo [kenzie is my ds2 ] :)

DD's school is two form entry, so 60ish kids. In her class, there are two Harrys, two Emilys and two Jameses. Other class has two Annas and two Annabels, while across the year there are two Katies, two Lilys and two Louis ... erm, what is the plural of Louis?! Plus an additional Harry.

There are no Sophies, which is actually statistically impossible.

There are 4 Eva's in my daughters class. Three Ethans, and three Joe's or joeys in nursery.