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Brooke? Dated?

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Twelve8Ts · 15/08/2019 11:36

Hi all, just wondered if you think Brooke is a bit dated? Other names I like are

Xanthe
Cicely
Lila
Fiorella
Amelie
Ianthe

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Awwlookatmybabyspider · 15/08/2019 12:05

To be dated a name had to have once been popular and I don’t think Brooke has ever been in the top 100, so In answer to you question. No I don’t think it’s is dated.

It is lovely name.
I also quite like Cecily.

meandmyboyz · 15/08/2019 13:01

I don't find it dated at all but it's seems very popular in my area my compared to the other names in your list (3 in my 5 year olds year at school ) if that matters to you.

Lovely name xx

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Twelve8Ts · 15/08/2019 13:13

@Awwlookatmybabyspider Thanks!

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Twelve8Ts · 15/08/2019 13:13

@meandmyboyz Oh really? Never would have thought that. Thanks!

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HMArsey · 15/08/2019 13:38

Brooke is in the same camp as Paige and Madison to me, which feel very different to the rest of the names on your list.

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Twelve8Ts · 15/08/2019 13:57

@HMArsey Yeah I know exactly what you mean. I may cross this one off the list. Thanks

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HenSolo · 15/08/2019 13:58

Ooo have never thought of Brooke....lovely name I might nick it if I ever have a girl Grin

NameChange84 · 15/08/2019 14:00

I really like it. I actually think Amelie is more dated! Seemed to be what everyone was calling their little girls 10 years ago.

BlueBilledBeatboxingBird · 15/08/2019 14:01

It was quite popular in the US in the 90s which may be why it feels a bit dated. I agree that it is an incongruous name in your list, which is otherwise quite classical.

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Twelve8Ts · 15/08/2019 14:13

Thanks everyone! Any other suggestions are welcome as I barely like any girls names.

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Frith2013 · 15/08/2019 14:21

I prefer all your other choices to Brooke.

user1493494961 · 15/08/2019 14:23

Dislike Brooke. Like Xanthe, Cicily and Amelie from your list.

NameChange84 · 15/08/2019 14:28

And funnily enough Brooke is my favourite of your suggestions! I like Fiorella too.

I prefer Cecily to Cicely - what about Cecelia/cecilia?

Sylvie?

Thalia?

Thea?

Calliope nn Callie?

Shadow1234 · 15/08/2019 15:01

Love the name Brooke - best one on your list

MikeUniformMike · 15/08/2019 15:03

Cicely is lovely but Cecily is not, it's just Cecil-y. Cicily is a misspelling.
Brooke is dated.

diddlediddle · 15/08/2019 16:10

Brook seems a more modern spelling. Fits with the nature names trend.

Xanthe and Lila are nice too. Others not so much.

NameChange84 · 15/08/2019 16:16

MikeUniformMike, I think they are both legitimate spellings.

See the late greats, Cicely Berry and Mary Cicely Barker.

AverageMummy · 15/08/2019 16:17

Not sure about dated but it is terrible

MikeUniformMike · 15/08/2019 16:24

NameChange- they're both Cicely. Cissy is sweet, Cessy is a bit sewagey.
The plant is Sweet Cicely.
The name means Blind.

NameChange84 · 15/08/2019 16:59

Ah I see, the OP wrote Cicily. I thought you were saying Cicely was a misspelling!
I prefer Cecily and dislike the nickname Cissy (reminds me of the insult sissy). Also dislike Cessy but have never heard that unfortunate nickname until now!

I think Cecily sounds a bit classier than Cicely. To my ear it sounds like someone stammering to say the word silly. Horses for courses and all that!

BelfortGabbz · 15/08/2019 17:00

I picture a spoilt American cheerleader from 90's films when I hear it.
So yes.

Bluntness100 · 15/08/2019 17:02

II think Brooke is lovely and very under used, which is a positive.

Amelie is also lovely. I don't like the others on your list, I'm sorry. But yes, Brooke is lovely and the fact it's not common is in its favour. I don't think it's dated because it's never been common.

brookelopez · 15/08/2019 17:07

I'm a Brooke. never met anyone else with my name, I'm 31 if that helps.

MikeUniformMike · 15/08/2019 17:07

Name - the two examples you gave were Cicely. OP didn't misspell it.
Others will though and poor little DD will have a lifetime of correcting people. I think the Cecily spelling is from Cecilia.
The origin is the same.

NameChange84 · 15/08/2019 17:10

Apologies I was confused as to why you brought up the misspelling. I see now that the OP wasn’t the one who misspelled it.