Surprised by choice of Deborah

[Emileee80]

One of the mums at the school has just had a baby girl and called her Deborah! Her nickname is Bee as that's apparently its meaning. Are 70s names due a revival??

Her son is called A m o s (separated so not googlable!), which seems more cool and on trend.
WDYT?

Her name was Deborah
It never suited her

I like it. WAY better thany yet another Ava, Lily or Olivia.

I see a biblical theme there. It's not awful. I really like currently fashionable Libby which is no prettier than the much maligned Debbie.
Same with Gary, Barry and Harry. All so similar really.

I love Deborah and refer you to T-Rex's track 'Deborah, you look like a zebra...'

There aren't many female OT names, so perhaps they come round again faster than non Biblical names?

Awful! Agree it’s very dated...

Instantly think of the Pulp song and that's not a bad thing in my book so quite like it

“I would get Year 2000 by Pulp stuck in my head every time I saw her. Its stuck in my head now.“

First thing I thought!

I think biblical names: Rachel, Leah, Jessica, Sarah, Susannah, Simon, Andrew, Paul, David, John will be the first 70s type names to be revived

Babies born recently I know or know of in that ilk: Barbara, John, Alan, Hector.

At a playgroup we go to there are two baby Erics, a Jane and a Sybil! Sybil is maybe old enough to be back in now, but Eric and Jane don’t seem there yet. I think it’s the new hipster thing, so uncool it’s cool type thing.

Seems quite an earworm-generating name - mine's Song for Whoever

I like it, but only pronounced with three syllables, not elided to two. It's one of those names that has got a bit ruined by being overused in the past.

I don't mind it, but maybe it's because I like that song by Pulp a lot.

I don't think I'd use Deborah, but I have been told many times that my name preferences are "dated" and "are from the 70's/80's." It surprised me at first but now I just brush the comments off. I just think "Oh well, I like them still!"

Ahead of trend I would say

I predict in another 5-10 years there will be lots of baby Deborahs around

It sounds dated at the moment but I remember my Mum being horrified when Emily, Charlotte etc became fashionable because they were such dated names!

It was even out of date in 95 or whenever Jarvis was singing about it!

My immediate reaction was nooo but actually I do like Deb or Debs.

I think the mother is being a bit optimistic in thinking her nn will always be Bee. If she's Deborah at nursery or school I would imagine she will quickly become Deb or Debbie. But maybe the mother doesn't mind what she gets called at school.

Jennifer, Alison, Phillipa, Sue, Deborah, Annabel, too.

Yes! I have a VERY common 70's name but I love it. Always loads in my class but no babies round this way called it. When you look at how it's spelt & say it it's really lovely. I can totes see why my folks picked it

lol @ redfairy

I think biblical names: Rachel, Leah, Jessica, Sarah, Susannah, Simon, Andrew, Paul, David, John will be the first 70s type names to be revived

I think it's awful. Dated. Common as muck in the 50s-70s.

It's nowhere near reaching its 100-year revival.

I really like it. Ignore that ‘dated’ complaint - why would that matter?
I want two more babies named Gloria and Deborah, just because of this thread.

(Not going to happen. Maybe cats?)

Oh Deborah, do you recall
Your house was very small
With woodchip on the wall

...

Oh let’s all meet up in the Year 2000
Won’t it be strange when we’re all fully grown

It is a pure nostalgia trip for me - brilliant.

Year 2000 is a perfect song. Probably why I love the name.
But ‘Song for Whoever’ is great as well.
Philippa and Jennifer are very lovely too.

i love Deborah. thought about it for my last daughter. I like Julia too!