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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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jaykay34 · 28/04/2015 07:01

Girls:
Daisy, Poppy, Lily, Tilly, Milly, Isla, Lila, Lola, Layla, Tia, Mia, Ellie, Ella

Boys:
Kaiden, Jayden, Brayden, Riley, Bailey

*I know most the girls names were used in past generations - but they are very significant of the current time, with multiples in year groups.

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MiaowTheCat · 28/04/2015 16:21

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looki · 28/04/2015 16:51

Oliver is used in Ireland. Ironic as it sounds!

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balletnotlacrosse · 29/04/2015 14:16

In Ireland Sophie will definitely be seen as a noughties/tensies name. I never ever heard of a single person being called this when I was growing up, but its popularity just exploded about 15 years ago and you can't move for Sophies now.
It was the same in the 1980s with Emma. It was a name that was just not heard of in Ireland and then suddenly everytime you turned round you seemed to meet a little girl called Emma.

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ollieplimsoles · 30/04/2015 17:12

Don't think anyone has mentioned jasper yet? That's everywhere now!

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akorda · 02/06/2015 19:59

Archie, Ethan, Theo, Oscar, Toby, Leo

Ellie/Ella, Evie, Poppy

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BeautifulStars93 · 02/06/2015 20:44

Freddie definitely.
& id say Amelia for girls. They seem too have come from no where and now every child is called it

also Elsie. Suddenly rose very quickly and is now very trendy by me.

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Churchillian · 02/06/2015 20:55

Hah, I live somewhere posh-ish in the south and encountered 2 little Orlandos in our local park sandpit last week. Both parents seemed a bit put out that their name wasn't unique!

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RedToothBrush · 02/06/2015 22:29

A couple of very interesting reads:

Upswing Girls names

Upswing Boys names

Its quiet interesting to see the curve of how the names below mentioned in the articles have picked up. Even names which are not popular ones can definitely be from a certain period as they illustrate. They also give hints as to what is going to be even more popular in the next couple of years.

Popular ones
Ava, Isla, Poppy, Sophia, Lola, Eva, Layla, Sienna, Florence, Sofia, Emilia, Evelyn, Bella, Esme, Eliza, Willow, Elsie, Maryam, Ivy, Violet, Annabelle,

Less popular ones but still 'of the time'
Seren, Darcy, Lottie, Hattie, Etta, Beatrice, Beatrix, Iris, Olive, Mabel, Nancy, Bonnie, Minnie, Lyla, Lena, Lyra, Luna, Mila, Myla, Elodie, Betsy, Betty, Arabella, Penelope, Skyler, Harper, Ariana, Aurora, Aurelia.

Popular ones
Riley, Leo, Noah, Oscar, Max, Henry, Lucas, Isaac, Mason, Freddie, Sebastian, Theo, Harley, Arthur, Jenson, Tommy, Blake, Bobby, Frankie, Reuben, Dexter, Stanley, Elijah, Hugo, Seth, Theodore

Less popular ones but still 'of the time'
Ronnie, Reggie, Rex, Albert, Felix, Jasper, Casper, Roman, Rowan, Romeo, Copper, Ted, Teddy, Eli, Elias, Milo, Arlo, Layton, Chase, Heath, Brody, Buddy, Bodhi, Rufus, Rafferty, Hunter, Archer, Wilfred, Walter, Ernest

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