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Names you think will not come back into 'fashion'.

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BloodiedGhouloshes · 28/10/2013 13:59

I am fascinated by the older style names that have recently come back into fashion.... Alfie, Stanley, Maisy etc. All gorgeous names. Not to mention George (almost the name of DC2).

We are thinking (just a little bit) about ttc again and I am day dreaming about names.

A DCousin recently named her little boy Phillip John on the idea that 'he will be the only one in his class'.

What nice names do you know that are unlikely to be around again any time soon?

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UpTheFRIGGinDuff · 28/10/2013 20:08

I know a two year old Ernie. V cute.

Audrey is already back.

Floggingmolly · 28/10/2013 20:09

Cecil
Clarence
Cedric
Cyril
Ernest
Philip

killpeppa · 28/10/2013 20:10

thomasina.

she got Ina (eye-na) for short

ithaka · 28/10/2013 20:14

Has anyone come across anyone under the age of about 40 called Janet (dammit)? I wonder if that will ever come back?

Alisvolatpropiis · 28/10/2013 20:16

I love Audrey but no matter how much I love Audrey Hepburn flipping Audrey Roberts from Corrie lurks in the back of my mind.

That connection bothers me in a big way yet the Hermione - HP link does not.

I don't think
Kathleen, Carol,Veronica,Patricia,Barbara,Pamela, Phyllis will come back.

Nor

Douglas
Jolyon
Hector
Terrence
Norman

LauraChant · 28/10/2013 20:17

Clive
Vernon
Terry
Muriel
Mildred

LauraChant · 28/10/2013 20:18

I like Douglas! Considered it for DS1.

garlicvampire · 28/10/2013 20:21

Too old:
Bertha
Agatha

Too new:
Crystal
Chardonnay

Traditional boys' names that are now mostly used for girls:
Vivian
Gillian
Angel
Rhia

Geckos48 · 28/10/2013 20:21

If we have another boy he will be Cyril.

TheFuckersonInquiry · 28/10/2013 20:22

My kids used to go to an overseas school where there were a lot of kids who had two first names - a Chinese name and an English name. The English names were frequently of the Brian, Kevin, Clive, Kenny and Sharon variety. I don't know why but I found it quite cute. Confused

ithaka · 28/10/2013 20:23

Alis I know a little Kathleen - it is a lovely name.

UpTheFRIGGinDuff · 28/10/2013 20:25

I knew a Janet,she'd be about 20 now.

Agatha is cool again too.

scarevola · 28/10/2013 20:26

Well, I know children aged under 10 for 10 of the names above, and can add one further on a teenager.

And I predict Belinda (and on to Linda) will be surging up the Top 50 very soon.

UpTheFRIGGinDuff · 28/10/2013 20:26

I also know TWO baby Hector's!

ElectricalBanana · 28/10/2013 20:27

If I had a boy I would call him reg.

But as I am a nearly fifty menopausal woman who went to the vets 20 years ago I don't think that will happen....

My name is Amanda...I am a 1960s child. I have yet to meet a young Amanda ....

sarahtigh · 28/10/2013 20:28

I think most names that have been around for centuries will come back into fashion like Louise, Elizabeth, John, Philip

also some names are more regional; neither Robert, Norman, Margaret or Christine are rare in Western/Northern Scotland though not as common as they used to be when every 4th girl was christine

cafecito · 28/10/2013 20:29

I think a lot of these are already back actually! It has to be > 2 generations above though I think for it to work. eg Audrey, my GM was Audrey, another Rita - those are both fine now for little girls. My GGM was Minnie - pretty cool. But those in the generation below are not yet old enough to be cool again

My GM showed my some ancient birth certificates she had found, before she died - they included some pretty great names from 19th century thatwould be fine today.

Anything very popular in the generation above your own, so your parents' generation - unless ''classic'' or meaningful to you, is unlikely to appeal I think - but grandparents + all is fine

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Alisvolatpropiis · 28/10/2013 20:34

With the exception of Edna I don't think any of the names I suggested are awful. Four are the names of my grandparents. I just can't imagine them being worn by people born in this century.

Don't doubt there are some with all the names I mentioned, but can't see them in the top say, 50 again.

hawkmcqueen · 28/10/2013 20:34

I know a baby Roy! Actually he'd two now and he is such a bright spark, he makes it way cool :-)
I can't see Darren or Keith ever being cool, ever again.

wetaugust · 28/10/2013 20:35

Martin
Stephen
Jeremy
Anthony

Clare
Susan
Candice
Josephine
Stephanie

SwedishEdith · 28/10/2013 20:44

There's a Myra in Hollyoaks - that'll have more influence over tomorrow's parents than M Hindley. Will they even really know who she was?

CremeEggThief · 28/10/2013 20:47

I know 4 year olds Carl, Jim, Christina and Joanna. And 3 year olds Christian and Owen. I also knew a Peggy a few years ago, who must be about twelve now. AND I know a baby Vincent, born this summer! Smile

Michelle, Lisa, Karen, Deborah, Linda, Claire and Sharon will take a while to come back. Same with Wayne, Trevor, Gary, Barry and Darren.

CremeEggThief · 28/10/2013 20:52

Ithaca, I know two Janets younger than me and six Janices. I am 35. However, they're all in Ireland, where names like Sarah and Rachel are very popular among under-tens.

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BloodiedGhouloshes · 28/10/2013 20:56

Josephine was a fave name when I was little for me as I idolised Jo March. I still wish I had been named that sometimes!

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