Names you went to school with

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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 !!

Loads of Beths and Laurens
Jessica
Emma
Hannah
Sophie
Nicola

Tom
Michael
Chris
Daniel/ Dan
Adam

Most popular girls names ie more than 2 in a class were : Gemma, Rebecca, Sarah
And Christopher, Robert, Micheal
Agree with Louise being everyone’s middle name!

Nicola, Phillipa, Julia, Samantha, Tamara, Jennifer, Sophie.
Peter, James, Christopher, Alex, Alastair, Michael

All sound so boring now!

Nicola and Andrew were probably the most common amongst my year.

Gary, Simon, Matt
Sarah, Michelle, Karen. Louise

Claire
Sarah
Sara
Ruth
Joanne
Teresa
Linda
Lisa
Nicola
Jodie
Jane
Rebecca
Karen
Susan
Julie
Nicola
Donna
Helen
Dawn

Kevin
Andrew
Darren
Richard
Stephen
Dean
Christian
Christopher
Brett
Paul
Gary
Michael
Martin
James
Mark
Peter
Graham

Josh, Jack, Ben, Sam and George for the boys and Katie, Steph, Emily and Charlotte for girls

Nicola
Kelly
Claire
Sarah
Michelle
Lisa
Laura
Emma

Steven
Matthew
James

Kerry
Lisa
Beth
Jane
Jackie

John
David
Andrew
Rob
Anthony

I'm 49
Julian,
Samantha
Vanessa
Audrey
Adrian
Leanne
Frances and Francis
Lesley and Leslie
Kieron
Patricia
Fiona
Rosemary
Gillian

All sorts of names but my parents were hippies so I had several friends as a small child called after flowers, minerals and stars ( Pansy, dandelion, petal, Agate, Crystal, Turquoise, Orion, Jupiter, alpha ) I do wonder how they turned out but people moved around a lot in those family groups and we have lost touch as we got older

Joanne, Claire, Sarah, Samantha, Nicola. Lots of K names: Kelly, Katy, Kayleigh, Kirsty. Steven, Mark, Thomas, Adam, Scott.

Julie
Elaine
Alison
Hayley
Jill
Nicola
Karen
Angela
Claire
Susan
Louise
Lisa
Vicky
Debbie
Rebecca
Joanne

Ross
Ian/Iain
Jason
Christopher
David
Steven
Graham
Alan
Mark
Darren
Scott
Matthew

Claire
Julie
Juliette
Tiffany
Felicity
Sonya
Joanne
Deborah
Natasha
Irene
Kyla
Sarah
Alannah

Girls high school, NZ 1980s

Abigail, Juliet, Maisie, Milly, Katie, Louise, Jemma, Amelia, Jade, Sofie, Leanne

Samuel, Spencer, Jack (about 1000), Jordan, Bill, Daniel, Jamie

Nicola, Catherine, Clare, Karen, Suzanne, Michelle, Kerry, Vicky, Helena, Eleanor, Julia, Joanne, Lesley, Marianne, Rachel, Anna, Lisa, Donna, Louise.
John, Paul, Gary, Andrew, Shane, Darren, Anthony, Edward, Neil, Simon, Gregory, Christian, Ian, Christopher.

Philip, Thomas, William, Michael, Gareth, Alex, Geraint, Barnaby, Leighton, Adam, Lindon, Tony, John, Elliott, Arthur, Pete

Louise, Julia, Gemma, Jenny, Fiona, Ruth Nadine, Zoe, Rachel, Catherine/Kathryn, Laura, Pip, Libby, Marriane, Anna, Clarissa Ariana, Ciara

Michael, David x a million , Andrew, Mark, James, Alex , Daniel, Paul,Tim, Nick, Christopher, Peter, Richard.

Lucy x 4, Amy, Emma, Katie x 3, Gemma, Jenny, Joanna, Rachel , Sarah

High School UK Mid 90's

In my school year we had....

Boys...
David
Craig
Simon
Carl
Matthew
Michael
Darren
Adam
Daniel
Jonathan
Paul
Robert
Mark

girls...
Jennifer/ Jenny
Heather
Helen
Alison
Stephanie
Lucy
Karen
Joanne
Jackie
Rebecca
Samantha
Melanie
Claire/ Clare
Rachel/ Rachael
Sharon
Dawn
Donna
Debra/ Debbie
Elisabeth
Caroline
Michelle
Sarah
Kerry
Kelly
Kirsty
Wendy
Kathryn/ Katherine/ Catherine
Victoria/ Vicky
Carol
Angela
Lisa
Emma
Kate
Vanessa
Laura
Anna
Louise
Julia
Sally
Lynsey/ Lindsay

Out of all that lot my daughter (aged14) goes to school with an Emma, Lucy and Laura.

This has been interesting! I’m in my late 20s / early 30s and There were many of these at school at the same time as me...

Michelle
Lucy
Sophie
Kayleigh
Kelly
Gemma
Clare/Claire
Aiofe
Niamh
Siobhan (I went to a catholic school in a UK town with lots of Irish people)
Donna
Erin
Kerry
Lauren
Laura
Stacey
Hayley
Katie
Lisa
Amy
Jennifer / Jenny
Jade
Rachel
Sarah
Victoria / Vicki / vicky ect
Elizabeth/ Lizzie
Charlene
Fiona / irish spellings of very similar names
Danielle
Kimberley (not really at school more ther were loads at university)
Emmas and Emilys (again, met loads my age at uni rather than school)
Leanne (and quite a few other Anne based names that weren’t Anne if that makes sense)

Liam (can’t think of a single William but about 12 Liam’s in my year and the ones around it)
Disciple/gospel names like Joseph, Mark, Luke, Peter...
Micheal
Kieran / Kier
Mark
Darren
Daniel
David
Ryan
Sean /Shaun
Seamus and Shaman
Stephen
Connor
Patrick
Jonathon
Ben
Damien

Ashley was also a common unisex one.

Laid out like this the Irish/Catholic influence seems really obvious...

From my primary school years (80s):

Emma, Lisa, Sarah
Stephen, Matthew, Richard.

Don't know any kids with those names now!

Valerie, Christine, Anne, Susan, Sandra, Carol.

Eric, Barry, John,Raymond, David, Michael.

Lots of Cornish names: Demelza, Morwenna, Veryan, Ysella, Trethanna, Armorel, Tamsyn, Lamorna, Kerenza, Bryony etc plus a few Catherines and Helens.

I started school in 1982 and I went to an all-girls school in Ireland. Lisa was the most common name in my year: 4 out of an intake of 75. It was also the most common name in my sister's year, 3 years below mine.

Other popular names in my school and the other girls' secondary were Michelle, Joanne, Karen, Laura, Olivia, Caroline, Catherine, Gemma, Nicola, Lorraine, Aisling, Niamh, Sinéad, Orla and Fiona.

There were still quite a few old fashioned names around; such as Yvonne, Gillian, Gwen, Marian, Susan, Janet, Geraldine, Joyce, Maureen, Paula, Carol and Deborah.

Mary was definitely the most popular middle name.

Emma, Claire, Emily, Sarah

John, Alistair, Richard, Paul

Off the top of my head that I can remember:

Sarah, Laura, Emma, Amy, Rebecca, Michelle, Nicola, Claire, Hannah, Lyndsey, Rachel, Donna, Helen, Lorraine, Beth, Faye, Diane, Angela, Rosie, Nicole, Leanne, Abigail, Karen, Charlotte, Emily, Sophie, Kelly, Kerry, Gillian, Carrie-Ann, Kerry-Ann, Fiona, Alison, Anne, Helena, Gemma, Ruth, Hayley, Jamie, Kirsty, Robyn, Stacey, Asha, Rosie, Nicolette, Katie, Joanna, Amanda, Leisel, Jenna, Victoria, Poppy, Joanne, Ophelia

Andrew, Christopher, Michael, Scott, Ryan, Graham, Richard, Gary, Matthew, William, Thomas, David, Sean, Shane, Wayne, Paul, Stephen, Simon, Phillip, Darren, Luke, Daniel, Brett, Jonathan, Louis, Alan, Douglas, Nye, Ben, Craig, Mark, Lee