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What names DONT you really hear anymore?

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Soubriquet · 27/12/2019 09:58

We’ve done unusual, but what old names do you rarely hear now?

I’ll start with Gary.

I know an adult Gary but no little Gary’s.

Samantha. Again I know adults but not little ones.

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Underneaththetree · 29/12/2019 19:41

Oh that’s interesting! I do like David and Victoria Mitchell but just can’t picture a four-year-old Barbara, I wonder whether the name had any special meaning or significance to them.

Looking through all these names I really like: Laura, Jennifer, Rachel, Claire, Josephine, Vanessa, Elizabeth, Hannah and Sarah

BoswellsBollocks · 29/12/2019 19:46

Ds is at school with a Stephen, Gary, Michael, Laura and Louise. I also know a toddler Joanne.

summershine2204 · 29/12/2019 19:47

I plan on calling my DD Georgina, where I'm from I haven't heard it in years.

soulrunner · 29/12/2019 23:35

Dd(7)’s Bf is Georgina, but I think she’s one of only 2 in the ( big) school, so you’re right, it’s not common. I really like it.

LuluJakey1 · 29/12/2019 23:44

Gillian
Joyce
Alison
Jill
Barbara
Linda
Kevin
Colin
Geoffrey
Malcolm
Norman
Terence

LuluJakey1 · 29/12/2019 23:46

Lesley
Leslie
Rita
Joan
Janice
Maureen
Yvonne

LuluJakey1 · 29/12/2019 23:49

Julie
Gordon
Alan
Pauline
Valerie
Ethel
Leanne
Lynne

Lindy0070 · 29/12/2019 23:51

Linda 😂
Malcolm
Evelyn
Joan
Doreen

NoFun21 · 29/12/2019 23:55

Lisa
Fiona

TildaKauskumholm · 29/12/2019 23:58

Doreen, Marlene, Eileen, and other 'een' names
Christine
Brenda
Julie
Yvonne
Sylvia
Kay
Janet
Susan
June

Tswiftscat · 30/12/2019 00:05

I have a Norma, she's 11

TheSandman · 30/12/2019 00:09

I used to work in a medical records office a long time ago. Dealing with the long expired (dead patients or ones that had moved away and and left their files unpulled for years.) It was the most boring job I ever had. One of the ways of making interesting was trying to guess people's birthdates from their names. (it was a REALLY boring job)

Got quite good at it after a while. Lost the skill now but I could usually place someone to 10 years.

OhTheRoses · 30/12/2019 00:41

Julian
Stuart
Kim
Meriel
Hilary
Moira
Tim
Anita
Bill
Vivienne

Names from my mother's generation are coming back: Joy, Penny (Penelope), Shirley (know of 2), Barbara (as above), Joan (everyone had an auntie Joan), Margot, Daphne, Stella

OhTheRoses · 30/12/2019 00:42

oh, and Marian.

OhTheRoses · 30/12/2019 00:42

Gaye!

CareOfPunts · 30/12/2019 00:56

Mine and my children’s names have all been mentioned! Haha!

I was at Uni in the 90s with a Sandra and thought it was old fashioned even then. I know children called Ian, Brian, Martina and Nicola

BikeRunSki · 30/12/2019 03:37

Phylis
Gladys
Jeanette

Geoffery
Jeremy
Hubert

Ritascornershop · 30/12/2019 03:53

Kevin
Sally
Michelle
Steve
Tim

Okay, all Corrie names under 60 and over 25.

When I was a kid everyone was named Cathy, Susan, Debbie, or Ann. And if they weren’t, their sisters were. Also a fair few Margarets & Jennifers.

Are boys named Michael lately? I know a load of middle-aged Mikes and Kens, but no little ones.

BlouseAndSkirt · 30/12/2019 04:56

Raymond
Gordon
Barry

Susan
Patricia
Denise

bxua · 30/12/2019 05:01

Nigel!!

mynameisigglepiggle · 30/12/2019 05:23

You don't hear many young Barry's or Helen's about!
Or Norman, Phyllis, Lindsay, Michelle, Kim, Peter, Darren

Babamamananarama · 30/12/2019 05:30

I know a little Ian, an Alan and a Terence. All 5 and under.

isabellerossignol · 30/12/2019 05:32

It's a long time since I saw the name Philip. The youngest one I know would be mid 20s now.

Shockers · 30/12/2019 05:59

I know a 14 yr old Philip.

Danglingmod · 30/12/2019 07:28

Yeah, Mikey, Bill (Billy) etc are still around.