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Popular names you think will end up being faddy / genrational / "two thousand and teensie" names"

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Totality22 · 02/04/2015 13:02

Have heard the name Isla described as all 3 on another thread (sorry this isn't actually a TAAT)

It got me to thinking what other names could end up being faddy.

I think Freya fits the bill also. I am sure there are loads more

[incidentally I love both Isla and Freya as names!!!]

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HeadDoctor · 09/04/2015 17:27

Seren and Wren.

Mrsjayy · 09/04/2015 17:33

Oh do you well thats my theroy blownGrin

MamaLazarou · 09/04/2015 18:39

People don't really call their children Wren, do they? I have only ever seen it on Mumsnet.

mynameisnotmichaelcaine · 09/04/2015 19:05

Emma was definitely popular in the 80s and 90s too!

marshmallowpies · 09/04/2015 19:41

I know an adult Freya, and knew a Freya when I was at school (though it seemed very outlandish back then, I thought she was terribly glamorous!). I also know an adult Sophie (but then Sophie always seems to have been around, I think, ditto Charlotte?).

Someone I knew growing up called their first baby Eve back in the 90s and that seemed very unusual then. Also the first person I knew who called their baby Isabella was late 90s.

I also know several adult Erins, and that seems a really popular name now as well, but I'd never heard of it growing up (though had heard of other irish names - Niamh, Sinead, etc).

'Today's' big names that I suspect will date are Ava, Lily, Ruby, Noah, Jonah. (In the 90s Joshua seemed to be more popular, where are the Joshuas now? I would secretly have quite liked Joshua for a boys name but I would worry it seemed very 90s & dated now)

Alisvolatpropiis · 09/04/2015 20:09

Same squoosh re George. Edward too, until recently I'd only ever met English ones but now there's a few little Welsh ones.

Melons80 · 09/04/2015 20:38

Eve, the 'first woman' according to three major world religions? I wouldn't say it is a faddy or trendy name but fairly consistent like Adam....

Not a name I would choose but certainly don't think it is going to date!

MoominKoalaAndMiniMoom · 09/04/2015 22:06

Oh god is Seren going to be one? I thought Welsh names (with the exception of Dylan) were by and large escaping being faddy. It's the top of the list for eventual DC2 if we have a girl :(

Marcipex · 09/04/2015 23:35

Evie and Alfie, also to a lesser extent, Isla and Lyra.

TheNewStatesman · 10/04/2015 03:40

"Eve, the 'first woman' according to three major world religions? I wouldn't say it is a faddy or trendy name but fairly consistent like Adam.... Not a name I would choose but certainly don't think it is going to date!"

names.darkgreener.com/#eve Hmmmm... I have to say, I think this name was rare when I was a kid.

nooka · 10/04/2015 05:09

Adam looks like it's had quite a popularity drop too. I think of it as being more of a 70s name than a current one. Evie (as opposed to Eve) has had a big boom in the last ten years although it looks like it's fading a bit now. A late 'naughties' name. Likewise I see Lily (and all it's variants) is declining too. On the other hand Archie is on the up and up (all from darker green, although it only covers 1996-2013)

Incidentally both my children's names have been mentioned here (well their short forms anyway) as they have both been top ten for the last ten years I don't think they will be seen as 20 teens names. They both seemed to boom a couple of years after we picked them.

burgatroyd · 10/04/2015 06:27

I don't know any Georges! I know lots of James. Must be a regional thing though I have moved several times...Hmm

Faddy names.

Maddison, Evie, Eve, Ava, Isabel, Nevaeh, Oliver, Oscar, Jayden, Arlo. Only because there are so many of them they will define an era.

Orangeboat · 24/04/2015 18:01

There are very few really timeless names ones that spring too mind
Elizabeth
William
james
Charlotte
On hearing these names I don't think you could put a age on the person on name alone.

FishCanFly · 24/04/2015 18:24

William is an all times favourite i think ;)

floatyflo · 24/04/2015 18:29

Daisy and Poppy Wink

IvoryMadonna · 24/04/2015 20:25

William was not a very popular name in the mid-20th century. It started coming back in the 1970s.

reuset · 24/04/2015 23:51

William was top 20 in 1950s. 1970s was probably its lowest point in popularity last century.

Facts, people! Much better than anecdotes and guesses Grin

reuset · 24/04/2015 23:53

really not making a point, just musing. Have never met a non English George. Nothing too alarming in that statement I hope.

Eye rolling rather than alarming. I've never met an English Giorgio or Georges either (insert version of George from country of choice)

littlejohnnydory · 24/04/2015 23:58

I know three Wrens, Lazarou! One male, two female. I think Isla, Layla and Ava.

balletnotlacrosse · 25/04/2015 00:04

Lauren, Kyle, Jayden and all those 'surname' names like Madison, McKenzie, Parker, etc.

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dietcokeisgreat · 25/04/2015 20:40

Drowning in isla/islay/other spellings of same here. Think i notice it more as i can't stand that choice myself!

Similar with things i consider as a shortened version ( ellie, archie, alfie, freddy) with no long version.

Seriously overwhelmed with xanthe/theo/oscar in slightly more wealthy local residents.

Kaiden/kyle/jayden/kian/other j and k or -den names. I can't see any of them becoming timeless classics thag continue to be used.

PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 26/04/2015 11:54

India had a bit of a thing in the mid-noughties.

PeppermintCrayon · 26/04/2015 20:19

I've always loved the name Freya and am gutted it's now seen as trendy and faddy

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