Most retro/dated name you've heard recently

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I heard a woman in the park calling her little girl Madge. I haven't heard that name in years and years. I also know of a little toddler called Sheila.

Just wondering if any of you know any children with names that you thought had died out completely.

Christine and Valerie are lovely names that have a beautiful sound to them imo. I'm less keen on Mavis of Jacquie though.

Agree that the real retro names are those of our parents generation that are underused at the moment. I actually know a little Patricia!

Enid

I think it sounds horrid, ugly. The little girl was cute though.

Patsy
Margeret

Edith as well

Is Patsy short for Patricia?

I know two Mavises, an Enid and a couple of Stanleys. Oh, and a Misty (retro in a 1970s way, rather than a 1930s way).

Retro names are really in fashion. DD is year 6 and has a Maud in her class, also further down the school we have Reggie, Arthur, Lulabelle (?), Isadora, Jemimah, George and Noah.

Adam has to be the oldest name going, and it's always popular.

I have taught a Trevor and a Clifford

As far as I know it is just Patsy.

Patsy is cute and would be a nice alternative to Pat.

I met a baby Alan while on holiday.

I know a toddler called Julia.

So are we due a new generation of babies called Gary soon?

I know girls called Evelyn, Edith, Matilda, Gladys, Beryl (who is v elegant so gives style to the name); I also know a Mabel, but spelt and pronounced Maybel.

No Ethels or Thelmas yet but I'm sure they will soon return...

Boys' names still quite trad round our way (lots of Toms). Brian quite normal in Ireland, but pronounced Bree-an.

Evadne

Stella (from page 4); my 3-year old daughter is Sarah and I know of a family in our village who recently named their baby daughter (born in November) Sarah too.

As of 2011, it was still a Top 100 name, but nearer to the bottom than the top these days.

Sarah and Elizabeth are the only two girl names that have been in the Top 100 every year since the lists were first produced in the late 19th century, so that makes Sarah timeless in my eyes.

The most 'retro' name I've heard used recently is Douglas.

Wayne. Oooh, and a Colin. And a Derek.
Still can't get my head around the baby Derek.

Have met a baby Donna, the Mum wanted something unusual , a baby Gemma and even a baby Brian.

Donna wow Well it is unusual I suppose

The thing that really made me laugh was she had a brother called Peter, or should that be Doner and Pita?

None of the Brians I know in Ireland were Bree-an. The only time it's pronounced Bree-an is when it's a sur name surely? like o'briain ?

But yeah, names very trad here compared with england. my children's age group, all the names like Michael, David, Andrew are still used.

DD2 (who is 16) has a Bree-an in school (in Cork). Cork names are retro - my kids are 16 -21, friends include two Keiths, Graham, Peter, Barry, Alison, Gillian, Karen, Claire. In primary school dd1 had 3 Adams and 2 Aarons in her class, so maybe a bit of variety is a good thing. I have an old lady name, much loves on names threads, I detest it!

Graham and Barry! oh yuck. (sorry to anybody who is married to a graham or a barry)

isn't if funny how the difference between barry and harry is only one letter? barry is so universally hated but harry is so mainstream it is just harry, no comment.

Know a lower primary Theodora-Angelica - not quite sure how you'd describe that - partly retro partly?