Names that WON'T make a comeback

[Greenandcabbagelooking]

Some older names I don't think will be returning:

Ethel
Enid
Sheila
Carol

Archibald
Gary
Brian
Reginald

Any to add?

I like a lot of these names, and also know plenty of children with them. I know two Noras for instance.
Douglas is a classic Scottish name, many of these, eg Anne, are classic and timeless names.
I am bored of all the trying-too-hard-to-be-different names around and enjoy meeting tiny children with names from this thread.

I know a few baby Sìle (Irish for Sheila)

My grandchild will probably be called karen, alan, tracey, tracey, brian, dermot, eamon and the such like

Brenda and Clive

Also quite hard to imagine baby Maureen

I know a child Maxine!
I did know a toddler Lesley, which was strange (in the noughties)

People name their kids after parents/grandparents so it’s more about the sentiment than the name, so wouldn’t be surprised if a lot come back around.

Gail
Gillian
Donna
Tracey
Denise

Can’t see Kevin coming back - as a child of the 80s I remember having 3 Kevin’s in my primary school class!

Wasn’t there a “campaign” (if you can call it that) to bring “Barry” back in popularity a few years ago?

Can’t see my grandmother’s name, Gertrude, making much of a comeback either!

What a horrible discussion! Names are subjective and prone to celebrity endorsement. I don’t see anything wrong with any of these names.

If this topic had been discussed in the past by previous generations they'd probably have ruled out a lot of names that are popular. I remember the name Grace being really dated when i was a kid

So, here is a list of parents and grandparents and some of their siblings, on the English side:

Henry, Cyril, Ian, Vera, Joan, Gordon, Arthur, Bertha,
Oswald, Olive, Arthur.

I win 😂

Cynthia, Trevor, Terrence, Gertrude, Barry, Gary, Percy, Brenda, Noreen, Cecil, Obadiah, Uriah, Tracy, Chardonnay, Kylie, Morris, Doreen, Edna, Tessa, Pamela, Susan, Cedric, Walter, Piers, Nigel, Andrew, Jeffrey, Ronald, Roland, Roger, Doris and Beryl.

A few people have said that Adolf is one of the few names that'd never come back. But it never went away. It was never a name used in the UK but it is still used in countries that have always had it. I'm in Sweden and I've a met a couple although they preferred to be called Dolf.

LOL, some of you are behind the times, with some of these suggestions, and they are already back in favour.

I know a baby Cedric.

Iv got an Ernie 🙈

I'm just baffled that somebody has said "Babette."

Mind you my sister’s middle name is Harriet after our parental grandmother and we used to piss ourselves at that when she was young and it’s quite popular now.

Already got a couple of Lesleys, a Shirley, a Carol, Pamela, Christina (nn Tina) and Barbara at work.

Deirdre

Oh and Alan, Montague and Beauregard.

Karen
Meghan
Boris
Donald

Sandra
Pamela
Gary
Kevin
Patricia
Eunice
Gaylord
Wayne
Leslie

Maud

Ten or so years ago, I couldn’t have imagined anyone calling their babies Arthur or Ted or Audrey yet their popularity has increased. So I don’t honk there are many names that will never come back.

Interestingly, a lot of the above mentioned names were commonly given in the 70s and 80s. Their time probably just hasn’t come back yet. I quite like Susan, Leanne, Lisa and Kelly.