Your favourite 'traditional' names

[ReginaPhalange89]

So I've recently found out we are expecting baby #3, hooray !
I know it's way too early to think about names but I can't help myself . We have two girls already , their names are what I'd consider traditional, but not old like Catherine, Elizabeth etc. definitely not "yoonique" or whatever people say on here lol.

For example along the lines of Rebecca, Lucy, Emily , Zoe, Zac, Evan, Jacob etc. Boys names are a struggle ! Ive never found one I loved .

So what are your favourite names for either sex ? :)

The names you mention were quite popular in the 80s/90s - would the 1984 top 100 help?

www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2011/06/1984-to-2009.html

Of that kind of vintage, I like:
Matthew
Luke
Kate
Chloe
Claire

And congratulations!

Clara
Beatrice
Helena

Quentin
Thomas
Marcus

Jessica and Lucy for a girl
Jonathan and William for a boy

I think your name style is more 70s/80s than what I’d call ‘traditional’.

Emma
Rebecca
Rachael
Samantha
Clara

Steven
Lewis
Jonathan
Daniel
Antony/Tony

James - it’s my favourite name

Although Rebecca and Emily were very popular in the 80s and 90s they are still very classic names and I don’t think they’re dated in the same way as Hayley and Charlene for example

Sarah
Emma
Anna
Jessica
Hannah
Rachel
Chloe
Abigail
Sophie
Deborah

Matthew
Jacob
Daniel
David
James
Joseph
Luke

The names you listed are similar to my classmates. We had a lot of these at school:

Claire
Sarah
Kate
Stephanie
Laura/ Lauren
Amy
Rachel
Louise
Samantha

Luke
Stephen
David
Christopher
Matthew
Benjamin
Richard

Hmm I don't know how I'd class my name's then . A lot of the suggestions of 80s/90s names are not my thing, although some of them I do like, but more the ones that are popular again now ! Like Emma, Abigail, Sophie, I'd never have a Samantha/Rachel/Jennifer/Stephanie. All names of my friends to be fair so they don't feel like little girls names to me lol

Boys names are really hard . If my first had been a boy she'd have been Ethan but I've completely gone off that now. I do quite like Elliot and Evan

Oh and Adam. I think that's sweet. I tend to like shorter names for boys , like Sam, Been, Josh, Tom

I liked Edward a lot. It's a nice name, shortens to Ed, Ned, Ted, Teddy etc. Simon is good and come to think of it, you don't seem to get many boys called that anymore.

For girls Anna is nice

John
Ben
Francis
Alexander
Michael

Helen
Rachel
Frances
Alexandra
Vivienne

Love Elliot and Evan btw.

Lucas
Darryl
Elijah
Bradley
Miles
Ellis
Reece
Leon
Kieran
Zac
Maxwell/Max
Troy
Kai
Sebastian/Seb
Seth
Saul
Aaron
Ryan
Nathan\Nate
Hayden
Aiden
Isaac
Jake

Jasmine
Freya
Naomi
Saffron
Carly
Clara
Elsie
Verity
Hailey
Amber
Rosa
Rosina
Megan
Imogen
Leila
Lois
Brooke
Keeley
Bryony
Leah
Estelle
Elise
Eloise
Millicent/Millie
Evelyn
Alice
Iris
Delilah
Matilda
Annabelle
Ammeline
Adeline
Lauren
Lorna

Boy: Adam or James
Girl: Emma or Rose

Lara
Abigail
Zara
Maddie (Madeleine/Madison)
Eloise
Harriet
Eleanor
Esther
Rebecca
Charlotte
Jessica
Katherine
(All girls, obviously!)

PS I know you said not Catherine but I see it as a different name with a K (I’m a bit odd, maybe?!!)

Girl; Alice, Rhian or Maisie
Boy; Owen, Lewis or Elijah

I’d say Elizabeth and Catherine are more traditional timeless names than the one you mention but nothing wrong with those names either. Some suggestions:

Poppy
Katie
Olivia
Faye
Imogen
Freya
Lily
Sarah
Louisa
Rosie
Charlotte

Hannah and Francesca too

I'd not call Catherine/Elizabeth old- they are timeless.

However, if I've got your "style" right I like:

Girls
Sophie
Helen
Amy
Hannah
Charlotte

Boys
Daniel
Christopher
James
Luke
Adam
William

I like James, oliver and toby

Claire, Louise, Joanne, Gemma, Natalie.

Harriet
Alice
Lucy
Charlotte

James
Edward
William
Henry

James
Joseph
Luke

Harriet
Charlotte
Mabel
Emily
Rose
Evangeline/a
Eleanor
Annabelle
Arabella
Olivia

Girls

Hariett
Elenor
Jessica
Mollie
Elizabeth

Boys

James
Freddie
Benjamin

I am in exactly the same boat as you 🙂