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Names you went to school with

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pullonyourjudgypants · 10/04/2018 11:40

Quite a few Neil’s & Duncan’s when I was at school

Plus Angela’s & Debbie’s, I don’t meet any babies called that now at toddler group !!

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NellMangel · 10/04/2018 18:43

Helen and Claire were very popular names.

We had loads of Pauls and David's.

I'm 41.

NameyMcChangeRae · 10/04/2018 18:44

Hannah, Emily, Charlotte and Jessica x a million
Lots of Nicolas and Jenny’s too.

Boys were all: Matt, David, Joe, Chris or Alex

Shoeshelpplease · 10/04/2018 18:44

Our entire netball team consisted of Sarah's and Sally's.

Judashascomeintosomemoney · 10/04/2018 18:45

Lisa Michelle Tanya Darren Brett and Paul. Loads of ‘em Grin

Queenofthedrivensnow · 10/04/2018 19:11

Tamara, Tammy, Jessica, Charlotte, Kevin, ruan, Luke, ondine, Samatha, Lucy,

BrownTurkey · 10/04/2018 19:14

Magda
Catherine
Diana
Lucy
Petrina
Claire
Imogen
Emma
Emily

Glumglowworm · 10/04/2018 19:19

Girls were Sarah, Louise, Victoria (various spellings of Vicky), Rebecca (Becky/becca), Hayley, Hannah, Stephanie, Sophie, Katie, knew a couple of Charlene’s

Boys were Ben, Matt, David, Daniel, John/Jonathon, Chris, James

Didntcomeheretofuckspiders · 11/04/2018 18:58

Rachel, Rebecca, Annie, Sophie, Sarah, Jessica, Georgina, Rosie, Katherine, Chloe, Amy, Victoria, Natalie, Abigail, Charlotte

Lee, Ryan, Thomas, Christopher (honestly there were about 7 Chrises in my year at school alone!!), Benjamin, George, Connor, Samuel, Adam, Edward, Jack, Daniel, Oliver, Reece, James, Dominic

Early 90s baby names were really uninspiring!

Didntcomeheretofuckspiders · 11/04/2018 18:58

And Matthew!! We must have had at least 5 or 6 of them too!

KnightsOfCydonia · 11/04/2018 19:02

I'm early thirties and went to catholic school most popular names were
Claire, Marie/Mary & Catherine/Kathleen for girls.

Paul, Mark, David, Daniel and Ryan for boys.

Eolian · 11/04/2018 19:04

Sarah, Claire, Louise, Mark, Robert, David (80s)

DullAndOld · 11/04/2018 19:04

mmm let me see...
Kate, Sarah, Clare, Eleanor, Alice, Rosemary, Elizabeth, Judith , Debbie, Melanie, Jillian, Victoria, Helen, Alison, Gaynor...

Boys were Simon, Paul, Richard, Darren, Andrew...cant think of any more

TroysMammy · 11/04/2018 19:07

Susan
Nicola
Helen
Andrea
Andrew
Richard
Micheal
Ian

SarahSiddons · 11/04/2018 19:09

Danielle and Daniel. There were 3 of each in my year of 100 pupils.

mamaduckbone · 11/04/2018 19:10

Steve, Mark, Richard, Jonathan

Claire, Beverly, Becky, Vicky, Sharon

redfairy · 11/04/2018 19:11

Karen, Sharon, Tracey, Julie, Mark, Steven, Paul, Chris. I'm 50.

userabcname · 11/04/2018 19:16

Gemma, Rebecca, Hannah, Katie / Kate, Laura, Kerry / Kerrie.

Tom, Daniel, Christopher, James / Jamie, Stephen / Steven.

Sunbeam18 · 11/04/2018 19:16

There were some very old fashioned names in my class (born early 70s). We had two Connies, a Joan, a Betty, a Doreen!

Trialsmum · 11/04/2018 19:19

Early 30s: Sarah, Laura, Catherine, Claire, Thomas/ Tom, Christopher/ Chris, Paul, Anthony

IggyAce · 11/04/2018 19:20

Quite a lot of Victoria's and Lindsey/Lyndsey's in my year. The majority of us had Jane, Ann or Louise as a middle name.

Raahh · 11/04/2018 19:21

Girls- Joanne, Claire, Rachel, Jane, Lisa, Sarah , Nicola
(Middles names were all Louise, Elizabeth or Jane)

Boys- Matthew, (biggest name by far amongst the boys) Stephen, Andrew, Mark, Simon

Born in '71.

banjaxedeejit · 11/04/2018 19:21

Early 40's, Ireland

Mary (lots of them)
Olivia
Deirdre
Caroline

Michael
Patrick
John
Jason

DontDrinkDontSmoke · 11/04/2018 19:25

I was going to post but will run away from this apostrophe hell instead!

Laska5772 · 11/04/2018 19:26

Im older than you lot it seems.(60)
Caroline, Gillian, Susan, Christine Judith Julie(a) ,Maria, Janet, Eileen, Erica, Melanie, Jacqueline, (5 of those in our class one time .. I may have been one of them ) . Linda. Melinda ,Belinda, Stephanie, Beverley. Sharon. Rosemary, Ruth, Ellen, Helen, Pamela, Pauline. Sally, Jennifer

Alan, Adrian,Andrew , David, Christopher, Michael, Mark, Martin, Stephen, Stewart, Philip, Colin, Derek, Robert, Paul ,

DullAndOld · 11/04/2018 19:27

ye i recognise a lot of those names, Laska...(53) - a lot of Jennys and NIckys

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