Downton Abbey Names?

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So do we reckon that Mary, Edith and Sybil are going to have a resurgence then?

My niece (3 and a half) is a Mary and she is gorgeous!

Violet, Daisy, Mary and Cora, all beautiful names.

I've met a baby Edith. And my elderly mothers name was Edith..so definitely a golden oldie I would love to see back

My cat's called Sybil (or Sybille as she likes to I spell it). If I had a girl, I think Violet was on the list.

DD is Edith, she is nearly 6, I have a friend who has an Edith and a Mary.

Love the name Violet and know a 3yo with it, love the name Cora too, however the name we use for ladies bits is Mary so that was a no no in my house .

I agree that Edith and Mary have already made a comeback.I can't see it with Sybil and Cora.

Sybil is hideous.
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I was named for my aunt, who was born around 1916 so prime Downton time?

She was called Sybil Annie Mary

I got one of those but I'm not saying which one

I have a Downton name - Abbey! :) (Though I spell it Abi!)

I love Edith and Sybil very much, and Mary is really growing on me too. Anna has never really fallen out of favour I don't think - a true classic but never trendy, so I don't think it will take off particularly.

Cora is quite nice, but I am really, really struggling with Ethel. I suppose now Lily's baby is called Ethel it will seep into our concsciousness and we will learn to like it again.

But please God, no Enids, Ednas, Gertrudes or Hildas. Just NO.

In fact Enid is surely the ugliest old-lady name of all. Strange how Edith is so beautiful and elegant, yet Ethel and Enid are not.

I know a girl called Isis (she's about 9) I think that will take off now, if it hadn't already. It's lovely.

Namechanged for this as not to out myself, but we called our daughter Sybil more than 10 years ago and we know another one, slightly older, as well. We get a lot of positive comments but took the grandparents a while to get used to it.

ceebie I will have to wait until one of my friends buys season 2 boxset, I am too mean to go and purchase myself

D'you think Hilda, Gladys or Hazel will ever come back into fashion?

DD is nearly 2 1/2 - she's Edith (known as "Edie").... I know of another Edith who is 3 1/2 so it's not uncommon at the moment - as has been said, it fits with the "old lady name" trend. (Mind you, I have an old lady name and was teased at school in the 80s - it's quite popular for little girls now.) Am most annoyed though that the Downton Edith is so awkward/plain. (But have only watched series 1 - perhaps she cheers up a bit and is more fun in series 2.)

o`brien has a first name folks!!
i like cora and mary! I adore lavina i want that in the top 10! DA is bringing good names back.
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what about Kamul (pamuk?)

I could never call a child Edith as I can't resist saying 'Edith' in the voice of the old woman from 'ello 'ello

In my mind Sybil only means one thing (Fawlty Towers) and for that reason I could never call a babe in arms by such a name. And sorry, but Ethel really is not a name for a baby. Think Edie (as in Sedgwick the famous Andie Warhol muse) is a lovely diminutive for Edith....

Like Cora too - wasn't someone in Last of the Mohicans thus named....?

Yes, but Tim Minchin ( who is mine, by the way, hands off) also has a Caspare, so I don't think he can be used as a good role model!

We have an 8 week old Cora. It was my Grandma's name and her Dad named her after an opera singer. We didn't know about the TV characters of the same name (Downton Abbey, Eastenders, Maxwell House advert) until people started wondering if we'd gotten inspiration from them. I had been pleased that it is fairly uncommon (434th or thereabouts last year) until that point, especially since it's not a name I particularly love.... not that I'm overly bothered about such stuff given both our boys have top 10 names.

Oh darn -- is it a bloody EastEnders name as well? Arsebiscuits.

My mn is Lavinia, its also my Mum and Gran's first names. I used to hate it but I actually really like it now I'm 'grown up'. There is a little girl at DS's nursery called Lavinia, it sounds so sweet on her and not old fashioned at all. I know a little Cora too.

I don't follow `Enders v closely but it is the name of Tanya Branning's mother so not a main character/ cute new baby & probably not a huge source of inspiration. Noticeable enough for a number of people to mention to us though