Solitaire of baby names

[SaffronandRosewater]

You know that classic diamond ring...the solitaire.

Other trends come and go but the solitaire will always be the safe and stable choice that will never go out of fashion.

What baby names are like a solitaire?

Classic, timeless, elegant and always in fashion.

Thanks

Emma
Jack

James
Samuel
Matthew
Thomas
(Classic biblical names)

Elizabeth
Victoria
Mary
(Royal names)

Michael.
James
Tom.

Olivia
Elizabeth.

I think

Anna
Juliet

Matthew
Michael
Samuel

The true classics aren't fashionable (a bit like, in clothing terms, the difference between fashion and style)

My guesses are:

Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, Alexandra, Isabella, Eleanor, Anne, Catherine

John, James, Alexander, Charles, Mark, Richard, Robert, Michael, Peter, Stephen

Alexander
Quentin
Thomas

Charlotte
Elizabeth
Helena

I would say Jack is the most solitaire boy name.
Unsure about girls name...there seems to be so many more girls names out there.

Ooh all my DCs' names have appeared! I was going for classic so that's good.

One of mines been mentioned (not by me) so im happy.

Kate Elizabeth Charlotte Emma Alice
James Luke Thomas George Alexander
There are probably loads more but these are just the first few that came to mind.

Mine are Joseph and Susannah. They're solitaire to me!

James
Matthew
Andrew

Katharine
Elizabeth
Emma

Thanks everyone.

Is Mary really a “solitaire” name, as it’s so low in the charts now.

I definitely would say Elizabeth and Catherine are as they have stayed consistent throughout the centuries.

I guess Anne or it’s variants of Anna is also a solitaire name. I also guess that Anna is a variant of Hannah.

Some names like Amelia and Sophia I’d say are almost in that category, but have become fashionable recently- not sure if that will make it date.

I agree boy names are much much easier. I’d say Henry and James are definitely solitaire names...not sure about jack, as it doesn’t feel like a very traditional name.

Henry
Elizabeth
Emma
Edward

Victoria
Elizabeth
Catherine
Charlotte

William
James
Benjamin
Jack
Samuel

Rose
Elizabeth
Joseph
Henry

Sara/h
David
Ann
William
Joseph

Read some historical books/watch period dramas. See which names are still current and have been throughout the last few hundred years.

well, I think Mary is very dated at the moment, my mums' generation were all Ann, Mary or Patricia. Ann has come back in, but Mary not.

I alos think Susannah soudns straight out of the 1970s, not that it isn;t a nice name, just that I don;t hear it as a classic.

I was a child in the 1970s, and all the names quoted so far would have been considered to be really boring and old fashioned at the tme, not classic at all.

I think our idea of classic changes with fashion too!
But boys names less so than girls, more of the boys names seen to survive the waves of fashion

Yes I agree steppemum , sarah feels very dated to me even though it actually sounds so nice and has a beautiful meaning.

I feel that Hannah is following suit now too.

Anna may have had a revival from Frozen.

Yes I agree, boys names definitely stand the test of time much more.

I was imagining a game of solitaire where you start with a lot of pegs (baby names) and hopefully finish with one!

James , Michael, Thomas, Henry, George

Alexandra, Helen, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Emma, Catherine, Rose, Victoria

This site is really good for seeing what names have remained popular over the last century or so:

www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/dvc363/babyindex.html

Elizabeth seems to be one of the most consistently popular girls' names. And I think Thomas wins for boys.

Alice

Works at any stage of life. Classic, never goes out of fashion.

Edward, Rosalind

I'm thinking Alice.

Thomas
Samuel