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?

I know two little boys (brothers) called Alfred and Harold. They are (somewhat inevitably) Alf and Harry for everyday use, but I think their names do suit them. Mind you, I like old-fashioned names....

I think in the future we'll see women named Pearl and Eleanor having kids called Brandon and Tammy. :o

wasn't dorcas in larkrise. only time I have heard this name.

Has Eleanor ever gone out of fashion? I consider it a classic?

I knew a Dorcas. Very elegant very clever. How about... Fenella?

I love Dorcas.

Leslie/Lesley?

I haven't heard of a Margery yet, but I do quite like it.

It will be, it's a game of throne's character. If people are considering Khalesei and Arya then Margery can't be far behind.

I have a niece named Eleanor who is nearly ten. One of her parents is not British though which makes her less aware of cultural and social nuance when it comes to naming. I love the name.

There was Lisa's aplenty in my school days. Plenty of Alisons/Allisons too.

Plus Diana/Diane, Sarah, Sally, Rebecca, Helen, Jennifer, Claire, Katy, Suzanne, Susan, Clara, Michaela, Kerry, Louise and Louisa, Anne, Meredith (love that name), Elaine, Ruth, Sandra, Camilla, Catherine, Fenella and Jane/Jayne.

Sounds like an Enid Blyton book.

Margery was in an Enid Blyton book- she saved Erica from a burning sanitorium.

That is the Margery I am most reminded of. Then there was Marjorie Proops, the agony aunt.

I meant that not being British makes my SIL less aware of British cultural and social nuance when it comes to naming!

I like Ethal for a litte girl :)

PuppyMonkey I didn't think my name Gaynor was ever in fashion. I never found my name on anything when I was a child.

On these threads, I always take a guess how many posts before DPs name (in his mid-20s!) is mentioned - think PuppyMonkey got there first!

Don/Donald. Loads of Dons in their 60s now (in America anyway) but there haven't been many since! Might come back because of Mad Men though?

I know a Gaynor. She is in her early forties. I love the name.

Maureen

and Alan

When one of my friends had a baby 15 years ago and announced she was calling her Eliza, I was horrified that she was saddling poor baby with such an old fashioned name. Now it seems perfectly normal, I think names come and go.

Having said that, I'm prepared to put money on Maureen and Brian never becoming fashionable again.

Horace.

Trevor
Kevin
Keith
I hate singling out names that are bad so am going to lay off. Poor Sharon & Tracy always get it in the neck.

Who knows what will be deemed sophisticated in 50 years?

It's funny that some names that are considered unusable on a baby are so similar to names that are quite popular for a baby. eg. Barry/Harry. Ryan/Brian. Keira/Vera

The thing is when I was a little girl and even in my 20s (I'm 53) it was unimaginable that names like Ruby, Grace, Edith, May, Evie, Alice would ever come back into fashion. They were the names from my Gran's generation and seemed like old lady names. But they did come back and they are lovely - I used one for my dd