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Without saying your first name ,is your name common/uncommon?

242 replies

FoodLover36 · 27/09/2020 14:58

Common as in well used

I would say fairly common

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greenlynx · 27/09/2020 18:20

Very very common in my birth country especially for my generation, I’ve got 3 university friends with the same name. Uncommon in UK.

custardbear · 27/09/2020 18:49

Uncommon in the UK - more common in USA

olderthanyouthink · 27/09/2020 19:41

There are 3 of us ever on the English birth register. As far as I know, all still living.

Pizzamyhart · 27/09/2020 20:21

Uncommon but not unusual.

yellowmaoampinball · 27/09/2020 20:48

Very unusual. Consistently quite a bit less than 20 in England and Wales every year since 1997 according to some search thing on the BBC news website. Apparently none at all registered in 2018.

Eloisedublin123 · 27/09/2020 20:49

I was the only one in my country with this name - I think! - as in my user name. I only met another Eloise in my 30s! Now it’s crazy popular!

Dreamscomingtrue · 27/09/2020 20:51

Uncommon, very popular in the 50’s and 60’s.

Boringnamechanging · 27/09/2020 20:54

Uncommon but not unheard of. Became fairly popular 20 years later.

Princesspickle777 · 27/09/2020 20:57

Ridiculously common Sad

NormaSnickers · 27/09/2020 20:58

Fairly common for my age group, it’s a classic Biblical name but you don’t meet many young ones nowadays. Think there were 4 of us in my school year but it would be uncommon now.

1Micem0use · 27/09/2020 20:58

Not common, but long, and lots of similar names share the same diminutive.

JonHammIsMyJamm · 27/09/2020 21:01

Pretty average, neither common nor rare.

mrsmummy1111 · 27/09/2020 21:03

@MojoJojo71

Very common for women born in the same decade but rarely used now
Tracey?
steppemum · 27/09/2020 21:04

semi common for my age. Very recognisable well known name though

11MrsLuther · 27/09/2020 21:04

Not very common for my age (just checked 75 th in my year of birth). The.longer version of the name (mine is the short version) was more popular but again not top 20). I now share my name with arguably the most famous woman in the UK!

PenguinsOnParade · 27/09/2020 21:05

It was more common in the decade or two before I was born but is fairly classic so it was still used quite a bit. I was somehow the only person in my year at school with it though.

tinytemper66 · 27/09/2020 21:05

Uncommon now-Welsh name.

MsKeats · 27/09/2020 21:06

Yes the only one I know and the same with my kids and they all end with the same letters which isn’t a usual ‘letter’ either

Dogegg33 · 27/09/2020 21:06

Uncommon

Carrotgirl87 · 27/09/2020 21:06

Uncommon. There was once an entire threat dedicated to how much people dislike my name Grin

Carrotgirl87 · 27/09/2020 21:06

Thread even

saturdaymorning · 27/09/2020 21:08

Uncommon

JurassicShay · 27/09/2020 21:11

Very uncommon
Can't finds stats for the uk but only 493 baby's born in the US since 1880!

trilbydoll · 27/09/2020 21:12

Classic regal name, there was one other in my year at school. DH had a great great aunt with this name and there's a little girl in dd2's Y1 class, it spans generations.

Might become super popular when the Queen dies Wink

Scarby9 · 27/09/2020 21:17

Was common when I was at school - six of us in a yeargroup of 66.
Now - no babies named that in England for three years.
Clearly very much of its time!

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