regional and generational influences

[dementedma]

if you were to name your dc's five best friends, what would their names be? it will be interesting to see if we can work out regional, generational and even "class" factors. For DS, the youngest of my 3 DCs, his five best friends would be:
Guy
Findlay
Angus
Andrew
James

East Scotland?

James
Cameron
Aidan
Liam
Oliver

Spot on rain

I'm thinking a Celtic influence for you too

My dd's are
Olivia
Holly
Jake
Lewis
Ben.

Yes but further west.

Andrew to me seems much more popular where my brother lives (east!) for 10 to 20 year old males. Guy was the wild card, I've not known one for 30 years.

yes, Guy is a wildcard. He's the only one I've ever come across! I do like it though.
Andrew does seem quite popular. DD2 is engaged to an Andrew.
belinda yours sound quite "middle class" if that's a thing, and in England maybe?

My own five best friends would be:
Annie
Elizabeth
Karen
Paul
Fionnuala.

A very mixed bag lol. Don't hear Karen and Paul much these days.

Ds's friends are:

Joshua
Aidan
Ross
Kieran
Ella

DS1
Sam S
Sam P
George
Oliver
Thomas

DS2
Sam H
Joe
Miller
Alex
Jonah

Op- yes we are in England. I'm not too sure about middle class although possibly more middle class than working class.

peachy Sam is obviously popular round your way. Not one of my 3 DCS has a Sam even on their radar, although DS does know a Samuel - not a Sam.

this really interests me

Youngest DS , 11:
Mason
Dan
Frankie
Harry
Jake

Nieces & Nephews:
Ben
Luke
Joe
Mia
Poppy
Joshua
Sophia

I haven't met a single George since DD was a toddler 15 years ago.
It's actually my favourite and was vetoed it for DS1 - almost 13.

DS1 - Jakob, Jean, Jack, George.
Ds2- Ryan, Wilbur, Clement.

In Belinda's middle class list, 3 of my nieces/nephews names were on the list. All Scottish, all working class but adorabl.

escape your niece and nephew list sounds like belinda's. Wonder if you live the same region?

wow, Wilbur and Clement are unusual

DS1 -
Danni
Megan
Conner
Harry
Shannon

DS2
Dylan
Hayden
Tom
Bradley
Jack

Lucas
James
Kintibai
Finlay
Finn

Ivy
Noah
Melis
Zachary
Ria

DD

Izzy
Izzy
Poppy
Grace
Nancy

Sophie
Hattie (Harriet)
Rosa
Maisie
Cecilia

Ben
Max
Joshua
Jack
Zachary

3 DC so 15 names to help you guess age, class and geography. As a child I knew no-one with these names except Freya and James!
Morgan, Amirah, Meghan, Abi, Freya
Emily, Emily, Chloe, Lily, Barbara
Oliver, Ethan, Theo, Punav, James

DCs:
Hugo
Frankie
Violet
Maddison
Leo

I don''t think tryout can make much sense if this without adding age. And possibly whether the friends were UK born.

I'm in London, describing friends of teenagers, I'd whom only about 2/3 are UK born, and only about half of those UK born have at least one UK born parent.

Names are

Luke, Fergus, Henry, Alex (g), Amber
Stergios, Alex (b), Daisy, Boris, Stanislaus
Christina, Libby, Luca, Jamie, Maddie

But the names which are most frequently encountered on class lists are: Sam, Hannah, Sophie, Joseph, Alex

George
Tamar
Daniel
Grace
David