Is Helen too old fashioned?

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Not heard any Helen's for about 20 years! Is it suitable for a baby or do you think everyone would think I was from the dark ages!

how about helena?

I think it's really nice!

Helen's what?

Sorry-couldn't resist!

I have taught KS1 for fourteen years and have never taught a Helen. Go for it-but obviously without any apostrophes ;)

A lovely classic name, of course it is suitable for a baby and your child will be an adult for an awful lot longer than they are a child for anyway.

Was top of our list for DD but in the end we decided another name suited her better. I love it. Helena also lovely.

I am 33 and I have 6 Helens in my phone of a similar age to me. They are all lovely. I think it's lovely and I think it would get a good reaction from people.

Weird really, when I think of all the other names from my generation - Nicola, Karen, Joanne etc. Helen seems less strongly attached to the age group than those do, despite how many I know!

I can think of two, 14 and about 9

I am one. I would have preferred helena it's a little bit prettier.

It's not been a bad name though.

I am a Helen and I'm in my mid 20s. I used to think it was too old fashioned as I didn't know many Helens my age and I am named after my great aunt but now I really like it - I would love to meet a baby Helen. I say go for it!

I really like it

I love it. Absolute classic.

Love it. Great name

I know a 6 yr old Helen. It's not much different from Ellen really, is it but there are lot more of those around. I think it's lovely.

I think it's a beautiful name :)

Lovely!

Lovely name.

I can't imagine calling Helen a baby,but not because it's old fashioned,but because it's ugly. It's not a very pleasant name at all imho,but then I'm not fond of any of the 'El' names.

Helen is definitely ripe for a revival. I think it's lovely.

Helen is lovely. Love Nell or Lennie as nicknames, although most of my generation go by Hels or the full version.

It is lovely. There is no 'rule' that a name has to be trendy/fashionable.

On the contrary, the less trendy names are the less overused ones and are more interesting imo.

I am a Helen, and I think its a classic name. I know of much older Helens than me, and in novels there are Helens from The Victorians on, so it isn't madly of an era in the way that a name like Julie is. Strangely I lived in London for decades and never met another one, but now I've moved back to Wales I know of 4 locally, all my age (40's) or older. I would have used it for DD if it hadn't been my own name.

No, it's beautiful