Jane

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I really like this name but it seems to be very much out of favour nowadays. I also like Susan. Just wondering what names you like that other people would probably consider boring or mumsy.

I was just thinking the other day that I really like the name Simon but you don't get many young children called Simon any more.

I really like Jane too.

I quite like Jane, its simplicity is very pretty.

I like Samantha but apparently it's far too 80s.

I like jane too

Samantha is a decade on from Jane, I agree.

Jane is really pretty I think. (though I always Anne sounds dull)

I like Simon too.

I can't wait for these nice, pretty, sensible names to come back. Give it 10-15 yrs.

Both Jane and Anne are on my list. Have a ridiculous surname so keeping it simple! Also Emma, Rose and Fay.

Jane is pretty dull...

Anne I love though.

Sorry, I always think Jane is plain and boring. Kind of in the same camp as Mabel. But it's your child!

I love Mabel

I think Jane is plain and boring. But I don't think Mabel is. Everyone's perceptions are different.

I like Susan, and could also by Susie.

I love jane, and Claire

Love Jane, hate Susan.

I really like Louise.

Emma is my all time favourite girl's name. Unfortunately I had three boys

I like Jane, Ann and Simon! Classic names IMO and underused recently.

I like Jane, but I have an Aunt Jane who is more or less the ultimate in coolness so I can't associate the name with being boring!

Ann always makes me think of Anne-with-an-e

I think Jane and Anne are both dull and I'm not keen on Susan, although I do like Susanna.

I do like simple names though and really like Beth, Hope, Rose, Kate and May.

Louise is nice and Emma is gorgeous and timeless.

I love Jane but don't like Susan. I think Jane is due a massive comeback.

I adore the name Jane. Really love it.

Don't like Susan at all but love both Suzanne and Susannah.

Jane was a common name used in the 1960's by nurses to name illegitimate children in the homes.
Not for this reason only though it became a popular name.

I also love the name Helen. In fact I'd love to see a revival of some of those very traditional names: Helen, Jane, Anne, Susan, Jill.

They'll come back in fashion as all names do.

Florence and Beatirice and Grace and all those other currently popular names are also 'traditional' names, just from another era.

I prefer Anna to Anne personally.

Helen is nice too.

Alison is another one that was very common when I was a child (I was born mid 60's) but rarely gets used now. It seems Alicia or Alice are more popular but they come from same era as Florence, Beatrice and Grace to me. Alison is a more modern version of those.

Yes, I suppose 'traditional' was the wrong word. 'Simple' maybe? I'm thinking of the kind of names that were used a lot in the books I read as a child: Enid Blyton, Noel Streatfeild etc.

Your kids will be calling their own kids those 1950s/1960s names, they'll be the height of fashion!

Very, very, VERY popular name for babies born in the late 50s where I lived. To the extent that of the 46 girls in my form through high school, 8 were Janes.

Jane will always be 'Plain Jane'