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Guess what year I was born from my middle name

106 replies

babynamelover · 09/04/2020 10:30

As above write your middle/middles name in the box and the poster after you guesses what decade you were born 😊

My middle name is Michelle

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OhNoNoNoNotThatOne · 09/04/2020 23:28

Jane - 1980s
Michelle - 1990s
Louise - anywhere between 1960 and 2000
Lenore - 1990s
Ingrid - 1980s
Sian - 1980s
Kathleen - 1960s or 1990s
Laura - 1980s or 1990s
Jayne - late 90s
Rose - 1970s
Kathryn - 1960s
Debra - 1960s
Nerys - no idea sorry
Johanna - 1980s
Dawn - 1970s
Carol - 1950s

I think I got everyone?
Louise is so broad because my mum was born in the 70s, my sil was born in 80s, I was born in 90 and I know a lot of other women between the ages of 20 and 50 with Louise as a middle name 😂

Thethingswedoforlove · 09/04/2020 23:41

Op are you going to reveal the answer?

notdoingitanymore · 09/04/2020 23:50

3 security questions, think again about this ' innocent' question

redastherose · 10/04/2020 00:21

1970 there were quite a few Michelle's at school with me.

Amymayapple · 10/04/2020 00:27

My middle name is Louise

nerozero · 10/04/2020 00:30

1973

spinthebottle · 10/04/2020 00:38

If your middle name is Louise you were born between 1993-1995 bonus points if your first name is Hannah Grin

SageRosemary · 10/04/2020 00:46

1982, unless your father was called Michael, in which case all bets are off

custardlover · 10/04/2020 00:47

1980

Amymayapple · 10/04/2020 01:12

I am 1984 with My middle name - Louise.

I have a really unusual first name actually

sandalsinthebin · 10/04/2020 10:46

1967

Floralnomad · 10/04/2020 11:05

I was the first Jane in the thread and the answer was 1966 for me . I totally agree that names like Ann , Jane and Louise can be multigenerational , my daughters middle name is Louise and she was born in 1999 .

Floralnomad · 10/04/2020 11:06

Ps , for the person worried about security I never use middle name as an answer as it’s too easy for people to guess , particularly if you know the first name .

ButterflyBitch · 10/04/2020 11:09

OhNoNoNoNotThatOne No sorry you’re wrong. Plus I think writing a whole decade is cheating a bit Grin

notdoingitanymore If people knew my real life name or email as well as my middle name then yeh I could see the problem. Not that I’ve ever used my middle name on a security question. But I don’t think ButterflyBitch Rose is going to get then anywhere Wink

TeensArghhhh · 10/04/2020 11:09

There were quite a few Michelle’s in school with me in the 1970’s so I’d say late 60’s

IamHyouweegobshite · 10/04/2020 11:10

Sian - I knew someone in school with that name.
Louisa

TSSDNCOP · 10/04/2020 11:11

1966 (I was born in 1968 and it was that decades name the cool mums chose)

TSSDNCOP · 10/04/2020 11:13

Sorry, I don't have a middle name.

DM thinks they're common pointless Grin

IamHyouweegobshite · 10/04/2020 11:14

Jane 1960s
Louise 1970-1990
Debra 1970-1980
Nerys 1960
Michelle 1970-1980

AnnUumellemahaye · 10/04/2020 11:17

Middle names are not a good indicator of the year you were born. Many people give their children middle names to honour family members or Godparentsetc., that are quite a bit older. That could be an aunt who is only 16, a grandparent who is 50 or a great, great grand parent who has been dead forever.

newtb · 10/04/2020 13:10

littlemisslumpy sorry no, I was born in 1956. My aunt Mignon born in 1923 had the same middle name. Was from the poem the raven by Poe.

Crunchymum · 10/04/2020 15:07

@babynamelover

Are you going to come back and tell us? Grin

Sparklypurpleunicornsaremyfav · 10/04/2020 19:22

Have to admit I'm very surprised so many people guessed 80's for Sian, your correct but I always think of it as 'eraless' name as opposed to my first which is very much of the time I think

mamasiz · 10/04/2020 19:26

Anne

BatleyTownswomensGuild · 10/04/2020 22:40

1974