Old fashioned names you isn’t think will make a come back?

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Inspired by my watching of White Christmas earlier I’m interested in names people don’t think will make a come back.

My list so far
Edna
Bob
Doris
Vera
Algernon

Nigel never went away surely?

I never understand the “Linda” hatred- it always comes up on these threads. I get that it’s dated, but if you strip away those associations, I think it’s a pretty name

Agree. Doesn't it mean pretty? Lin (that spelling) is a pretty cool name, I think.

The names that I think are the next trendy thing are:
Jean
Mary
Malcolm
Hazel
Maggie
Johnny
Joseph

I doubt my name, Judith, will ever make a come back because even when it was "popular" it was still never popular!

They'll all come back round.

I absolutely love Hilda, I wish I had persuaded DH to use it.

An interesting one is Myra which sounds pretty but is forever associated with Myra Hindley. I can't see it coming back.

Oh, Algernon brings back memories of a young Lenny Henry. Algernon wants you to say, "OK".

Edna is the inebriate woman.

Bob is short for Robert, I think that's quite nice.

I like Margaret and Stella or Estelle.

Gregory is a good name you don't hear much nowadays.

Can't see Cecil making a come back.

Margaret
Jean
Barbara
Joan
Moira
Mary
Greta
Sheila
Janice
Janet
Winifred
Nancy

Norville
John
Gary
Norman
Silas
Cyril
Winston

Adolf
Myra

Marilyn
Valerie
Peggy
Dennis
Janice

I know a baby Maud and a little Elsie. I’m not fussy on Maud but Elsie is nice

Or maybe because we’re having a 90s fashion revival we may also have some of these:
Cindy
Linda
Kate
Naomi
Helena
Claudia

There was a Myra in my daughters class a couple of years ago. I immediately thought how could anyone use that name but I guess as time goes on people won't have that association to the name and it might get more popular

Some of you (maybe you're very young) are getting your time periods mixed up. There is no way that Brenda, Janet, or Sandra are 'seventies names'. My aunt born in the 40s was Janet. I would say it was a 40s/50s name really. I was born in the 60s, no other girls at school were named Brenda, Janet or Sandra, probably the mums of 70s born girls had those names.

I would say 70s names were more like Claire, Sarah, Louise, Nicola, maybe Tracey and Karen (although those two had been a lot more popular in the 60s I'd say) . Names like Emma and Charlotte were starting to come in although they really took off in the 80s.

I don't know which names will never come back, I'd have said Hilda, Winifred, etc. but I've seen those suggested on here a few times. I'm constantly surprised as I would never ever have guessed that Arthur or Elsie would come back.

Maybe Gertrude might not, that's horrendous, but then someone the other day on here said they really liked Trudy and I suppose they might put Gertrude down on the birth certificate maybe.

I was a 70s child. I knew quite a few Sandra’s and Janet’s, but no Brenda’s.

I’m a wendy and I hate it. And very much doubt it will ever make a come back.

My 5 yr old is called Dennis and I called him that because he played up so much before he was bore I was saying he's been a right Dennis today and it stuck. I thought he'd be the only one when he started school but I heard some other child is called Dennis it does suit him everyone says.

Born iPhone and me not getting alone it seems

I love Marjorie. I hope it comes back!

Olwyn and Bronwyn

allthegood I know small children called Violet and Bradley!

pemba I was born in the 60s and I've known about 4 Janets and at least 2 Sandras who were my age or slightly younger (no Brendas though!) Mind you I also knew an Ethel at primary school, but I think her parents must have been quite eccentric!

I can't picture a baby Gladys or Norman, but maybe in 10 years' time they'll be quite popular. 30 years ago I wouldn't have been able to picture a baby Harry.

My grandmother, born in 1906, was called Brenda.

I could see Myra coming back, but I can't believe anyone seriously thinks Adolf will ever come back?

I know that as a Jew, I'd be avoiding anyone who named their child Adolf!

Phyllis
Dorcas
Roger
Kevin

Barry and Nigel are probably finished. I think Janice and Doreen won't be making a comeback at any time soon either.

Kathleen
Norma
Pauline
Mildred
Gaynor
Blanche

Derek
Donald (not this side of the pond anyway!)
Terence
Brian
Neil
Barry

I've just read through this list hoping to get some ideas for my DD, but they are all absolutely awful. I keep looking at them thinking how on earth are they going to be popular again (bar a few people have mentioned that are already popular e.g Violet/Edith).

How do they become more appealing?! Is it just frequency of seeing/hearing the name?!

Some of you (maybe you're very young) are getting your time periods mixed up. There is no way that Brenda, Janet, or Sandra are 'seventies names'. My aunt born in the 40s was Janet. I would say it was a 40s/50s name really. I was born in the 60s, no other girls at school were named Brenda, Janet or Sandra, probably the mums of 70s born girls had those names.

I agree to an extent, but I also think you are mixing up some of your time periods. I was born in the early 70s, and always had several Sandras in my class all the way through school definitely not our mother's generation names. And my best friend, who is slightly older, born in 1968 -- is distinguished by the fact that three of his first four girlfriends were all called Janet.