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

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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?

Gordon
Graham
Douglas
Roger
Derek
Lesley

Gertrude
Irene
Eileen
Mildred
Lorraine
Sharon

Just remembered I know a 6yr old Sharon!

I'd love Queenie for a dd

I was thinking vaguely the other day why the name Sylvia is still popular, but Golda or Goldie is not.

Just musing gently.

I am amused at the fact that BOTH my children's names have been stated here as unthinkable for this day and age

They muddle along!!

I also know an Elizabeth, Florence, Arthur and (brace yourselves) Cuthbert.

Lots of Alfies about so I assume Alfred has made it.
Florence is very popular as is Arthur.Elizabeth has never gone out but Cuthbert???

Jean! Loads aged 50+ but I can't see it coming back

Beryl
Ermintrude.
Rita.
Sharon.
Susan.

Algernon.
Douglas.
Wayne
Dwayne
Shane

Norbert.

Roger, Ada, Malcolm, Adrian, Nigel, Sharon, Marilyn. Love Maud though

Since all the dreadful early 20th century names like Elsie and Ivy are back I think it is only a matter of time before the 1940s names are back. Probably in another 10/20 years we will be back to Janet, Nigel, Colin, Linda etc.

Geoffrey
Raymond
Bruce
Harvey

Mavis
Emerald
Pearl
Ina
Eda
Mabel
Millicent
Herbert
Norbert
Trevor
Tilda
Edwin
Campbell
Lovejoy
Ralph

Joyce

Sheila
Dinah
Basil
Terence
Olive

I know 2 Dinahs, one young, and a teenage Josephine. They've never gone away, just never been really widely used. In my opinion they're classics. Like John-it is no longer ubiquitous, but there will always be Johns. Like Caroline-there used to be masses of those.

Percy
Cyril
Cecil

Fanny
Deirdre
Jackie
Sandra
Leanne

depends where you live, I know a malcom, rita, elsie, john, peggy,bruce, edna all nursery age.

I do like John a lot as a name. You hardly ever hear it, as you say.

In my youngest DS's pre-school there is a Michael- and that is the first Michael I have heard of too, for ages. Also just a lovely classic name.

Pincus, Hedwig, Walter, Candida, Bruno, all family names of mine

I think the next trend will be names that were popular in the WW2 era:

Betty, Peggy, Maggie, Marilyn, Pamela, Barbara, Marjorie, Sheila, June. Joan, Dorothy, Doris, Gloria etc

And for boys, Raymond, Gregory, Jeffrey, Bernard, Norman, Don, Bob, Bill, Arnie etc

Whoops. I misread this. I'm on names that will come back!!

No, that's okay Alpaca I think the whole thread moved that way too!

Are there any under 25 Alison's. Its heyday seems to have been 60s and 70s.