If you're Australian and in your 30s...

[kinkytoes]

What are yours and your contemporaries' names please? Would love to hear the popular and also rarer names. When I travelled there I met so many people around my age who I thought had different and interesting names (even though they may not seem it to you!) I need inspiration and I think you may be able to help me!

One of the names I recall is Jaimyn, which I just suggested on a different thread and it reminded me of the lovely names I came across.

TIA.

Unusual names my friends have are:
Jacinda
Brucena
Nadine
Selina
Jeanette
Claudette
Taryn (male)

I wanted dd2 to be Taryn but dh (Irish) said no but l think it's lovely.

Lots of names have been written already but l knew a few;
Kirsten, Rachael, Sara/Sarah, Louise/Luisa, Kelly, Kristy, Simone, Michelle

Boys were
Scott, Jason, Travis (love this name!), Craig, Matthew, Ryan, Simon, Mark

Tarthra
Nicole
Mia
Hilde
Elonwy
Bonnie
Anna
Natalie
Joanna
Morgan
Sarah
Zara
Lucy

And boys:

Jasper
Aidan
Alexander
Jeremy
Magnus
Jet
Roman
Owen

Yolanda, Tempe, Sarah x3, Emma, Jo, Kate, George (ina)

Edward, Tim, Henry, Alistair, Nicholas

The more unusual ones I've heard are Mareet, Tahlia and Indiana (girl).

What a super generation of names! Thank you all so much

Aussies in their 30s I know are called Bree, Victoria, Tara, Lucy, Paul and Jody (male).

Belinda, Benita, Shae, Jacqui, Joanna, Danielle, Tara, Melissa, Skyler

Are you after unusual names or common names?

Common amongst my friends at school were:

Catherine/Cathy/Kathy/Kate/Katie
Emma/Emily - lots!!!!
Lisa
Lauren/laura
Rebecca/becky/bec
Rachel
Sarah

More unusual that I can remember:
Chenoa, Scherazade, Bronte, Bryony

Boys
Chris
David
Daniel
Matthew
Luke

Names like Rhys were unsual

There was also a trend for Irish, or should I say cod-Irish names in the '80. So we have a lot of thirty somethings named Sinead, Sian and Siobhan, but also some called Shanae, Shevaun, Neve (prob misspelling of Niamh) and Keeva. I also know a Rochine, whose mother had not seen Roisin written down and so thought it was French.

Aussie 30-something friends called

Charmaine
Lucy
Larnie
Nerida x2
Bree
Carmen
Evan

I know one; his name is Matthew

My physio is called Jarrah, a very cool, laid back bloke. It's the aboriginal name for a type of eucalyptus tree. I love it.

Among my friends in their 30's and 40's, there is..
Keeley
Justine
Stuart
Matt
Catherine/ Kathryn
Jacinta
Vanessa
Keira
Anthony
John
Daniel
Mark
Danielle
Victoria

Interesting names I've come across over here:

Elodie
Arden
Aston
Tamisha
Priya
Elias
Gerard
Hugo
Angus

Oh and Quinn (female), Karin, Helena, Carl.

A few Sharons too

Jacinta is Italian knew one when I was at school.

Jannelle
Kylie
Jodie
Narella

Brett
Shane
Woody