What will our grandchildren be called?

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If you have babies/small children now, what do you predict they'll be calling their children in 20-30 years time?

I'm thinking of the names people who are in their 70s now will come back round:
Susan
Joan
Jane
Peter
Ron
Roy
Derek?

Along with more unusual non-traditional names.

Thegreylady - dd2 was nearly Dorothy (or Dorothea) . I love the name! She ended up a Francesca due to 'th' pronounciatiin issues here.

I've often thought about what makes a name revive whilst others in the same generation do not. Anyone have any theories?

I like Joan and Jean

There's something really cool about them.

Most likely Spanish names, due to where we live. My eldest likes Valentín, Luciano and Lucas. For girls, Jazmin, Ariana, Lola and Sofia.

DD likes the name Niall (for Niall Horan), Theo, Matías, Joshua and Santiago. For girls, Julieta, Emma, Mía, Luna and Lola.

diamondsandrust your list includes all of my 3dc's
Obviously i'm ahead of the times

My DD aged 8 has recently told me that when she grows up she is going to have twins called rock and roll, I hope she finds sense before it actually happens

Rocket
Neptune
Cosmos

Aurora
Stella
Luna

It's going to be a while until we peer into a crib and see a baby Brian I think, but you never know!

Brian is still big in Ireland, little Brians everywhere!

Ireland laughs in the face of fashion.

Wow squoosh, you've made my night! Yay for baby Brian's!

Tell me more names that are popular in Ireland

Irish people tend to be pretty conservative when naming their children. At the moment there are lots of Jacks and Sophies and things in a similar vein. As well as lots of Irish names.

They don't tend to go for the old man/old lady names that are popular in the UK, Stanley or Arthur would be considered very adventurous! There would be raised eyebrows and a bit of nudging 'Did you hear what Mary Murphy's sister's son called his daughter? You'll never guess. Ah try. Go on guess. I SAID GUESS................Matilda! Isn't that fierce fancy?

Martin and Nicole are in the top 100 names.

I never knew! Things you learn on mumsnet eh? So I wonder what children in Ireland will be called in 20-30 years time?

I think names like Marilyn, Lovaine and Jean are going to make a come back pretty soon.

Fierce fancy altogether, Squoosh.
Knee-deep in Aoife's here at the mo...
Here, I'd love to see Nuala make a comeback. I've an 11-year-old Fintan, and that often draws comments about him having an old-fashioned name. Luckily he's an old-fashioned sort of a boy.

I know a Dorothy, nn Dora! There was a Colin at one of our baby groups a couple of years ago. Think he was Swiss.

Simon has to come back. It was hugely popular in the 70s. I think it's a really nice name. Weird how it's vanished.

On that list of "people in their 70s" is me! I'm 43!

me too, and I'm not even forty yet!

Linda. Combination of DD's two Nans' names, and so dated it'll be due for a revival by then.

more nouns will be names, much more commonplace,

eg Story Rain etc
the old classics will never change

royal names etc

More new names will surely come up as well though! Things which would seem odd now, like Apricot or Water.

Also things which people often say they would like to use were it not for pop culture references, like Hermione and Luna, would be free to use again.

I asked my son:

Boys:

Machete, Lance, Owen and Chirag

Girls:

Scimitar, Bennett, Livvy and Pigs

Three of those are OK I suppose!

Haha, oh no, your poor future DGD being called Pigs Octopus!

At least no one will mess with a boy called 'Machete'.

DS says if the girls were horrible at least they would live up to their name. He found your comments about Machete very funny :)

He says he might replace Pigs with Piglets if that is more acceptable?

I teach a Simon Hopeless. He's 11 though so not that little.

I think one of two things will happen (plus that the timeless classics will stay). Either:

What everyone else said about out parents' generation of names replacing the current Elsie, Martha, Nancy, Olive type trend.

OR

a much more futuristic, quirky kind of feel where people break free of what are traditionally thought of as names and we get more children called after things from nature, colours, foods, abstract nouns, places and random combinations of letters.

So, I think a class of 2040 could be made up of:

Anita, Angela, Brenda, Barbara, Beverly, Colleen, Caroline, Christine, Denise, Deborah, Elizabeth, Fiona, Hazel, Hilary, Julie, Jean, Janet, Karen, Linda, Lynn, Maureen, Marjorie, Mary, Marie, Marylin, Pamela, Patricia, Pauline, Rita, Rosemary, Sarah, Sharon, Susan, Shirley, Sheila,Tracy, Tina, Wendy, Yvonne

Andrew, Clive, Gareth, George, Glenn, Gerald, Geoffrey, Michael, Martin, Neil, Nigel, Paul, Phillip, Robert, Richard, Ross, Steven, Simon, Timothy, Thomas, William

OR

Arwen, Aster, Apple, Atlanta, Briar, Berry, Blessed, Blue, Crystal, Clementine, Cherry, Delight, Dusty, Dakota, Eire, Easter, Emerald, Fleur, Happiness, Indigo, India, Juniper, Jupiter, Journey, Kenya, Kendall, London, Luna, Lavender, Meadow, Ocean, Pink, Pixie, Princess, Precious, Pebble, Raine, Rowan, Robyn, Rainbow, Star, Sunshine, Summertime, Silver, Sapphire, Strawberry, Story, Sydney, Savannah, Skye, Teal, Unique, Viola, Willow, Wren. Wednesday

Austin, Brogan, Brynn, Carter, Cole, Dallas, Fitch, Friday, Garth, Hunter, Harley, Hercules, Hero, Logan, Lark, Mountain, Milan, Nico, Nix, Orion, Pluto, Parker, Preston, Paris, Phoenix, Rome, Roman, Rusty, River, Red, Storm, Taylor, Warwick, Zion.

I really think Hepzibar is due a revival.