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WAG/instamum type name

24 replies

delilahd · 29/12/2019 14:28

Just for fun,

What names do you consider as WAG/instamum names? I think these may predict future trends as they try to select more unusual names to stand out from the crowd.

Here are some names I think stand out as WAG/instamum names:

Winter
Willow
Luna
Grey (for a girl)
Atlas
Indigo
Beau
Mila
Lilac
Olympia
Pandora
India
Fox

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FluffyEggsontoast · 29/12/2019 14:33

Ottilie

Lovely name

tamarisk44 · 29/12/2019 15:15

Should I be insulted that I already have one from that list?! 😅

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delilahd · 29/12/2019 17:09

@tamarisk44 no please don’t be! That just means you’re ahead of the name game

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Poorolddaddypig · 30/12/2019 01:54

Lux
Silver
Pearl

Oneforposy7 · 30/12/2019 07:48

Grayson
Florence
Ottilie
Fox
Bear
River

Echobelly · 30/12/2019 07:51

I'm not even on Instagram, but I'm imagining it's things like:
Skylar
Emerson (for a girl)
Jaime

romylee · 30/12/2019 17:48

I follow an insta mum who has three girls called Dakota, Tatum & Blakely

Warminstermum · 30/12/2019 17:51

Ace

AlwaysOnAbloodyDiet · 30/12/2019 19:30

Buster
Harley
Axel
Preston

Wynter
Milano
Primrose
Aliyah

daisypond · 30/12/2019 20:26

I think quite a few of those names are rather dated, really. Things like Fox, Willow, India are a couple of decades old at least. India is very uncool.

hohopo · 30/12/2019 21:08

I s seen a kid called huckleberry on insta!!! That poor child will endure years of bullying at school!! Sad times we live in!!

SemperIdem · 30/12/2019 23:18

Rocky (for a girl) - the most instamum echo chamber approved name I have ever seen.

Rocky is barely acceptable for a Male pet never mind a female child.

Thenamedame · 31/12/2019 01:12

Any traditionally male name on an assumed female child - Max, Frank, Hunter, James
One syllable word names - True, Scout, Grey

draughtycatflap · 31/12/2019 01:18

Mixing quirky and old names together is popular. So... Talcum Fanny.

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delilahd · 31/12/2019 09:16

I’ve just thought of a couple more:
Lots of nature names:

River
Skye
Soleil

And Americans are loving masculine names for girls:

Henley
Reynolds

And also lots of princessy names like:
Valentina
Pricilla

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TisTheSeasonForMincePies · 02/01/2020 07:53

Ezra seems rather common in that world
Anything ending in "son" as well

Cbeebiesrehab · 03/01/2020 13:50

Ottilie seems Insta popular, also short names like Kit and Arlo. Seen a few Bodhis and Beaudens too. Also quirky old man names like Percy and Rupert. I like all these names (apart from Arlo) so maybe I’m Insta influenced? Hmm

stokenewsarah · 03/01/2020 17:13

Luna, Aria Skyla etc are more WAG type names and Ottilie, Greta, Frida etc are Instagram names I'd say.

HairyToity · 03/01/2020 21:15

Cora or Mabel for a girl.

Ned or Monty for a boy.

HairyToity · 03/01/2020 21:15

Missed a girls name - Audrey

Lazydaisydaydream · 03/01/2020 21:16

Oh dear my own name has appeared here and doesn't seem popular Blush no-one in real life in my whole life has ever made fun of my name haha.

PetraRabbit · 04/01/2020 13:03

Bodhi for a boy. In the US, Bodie or Bodhi for a girl too.
Willa, Olive, Teddy.

PetraRabbit · 04/01/2020 13:04

I was thinking more Insta names with the above .. plus any boy's name ending in 'o'.

PetraRabbit · 04/01/2020 13:04

For the WAGs- Aurora

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