Names that are creating a buzz

[LiverLungs]

What are the new names that you've noticed mentioned on here more than usual or mentioned by friends and on other baby name forums etc.

I have noticed:

Daphne
Sylvie
Nancy
Clara
Lara
Rosalind
Tess
Eleanor
Lucy
Maeve
Louisa
Eloise
Elowen

I also know two young mothers (under 25) who have given birth this year with one choosing the unusual name of a celebrity, the other choosing a very American name (think along the lines of Hunter or Clyde). I have a feeling American names will start to creep into popularity here.

You forgot Bea and Vespa

Vida, not sure how to pronounce it.

I've seen Anya popping up on a few threads recently. Although I may be noticing it more as it's the name we've chosen for DC3 if they're a girl. Although it was on our list 2 years ago when we had DS.

I have noticed a lot of American surname style names for boys, at the baby group DS attends there's a Hunter, Archer and Chase.

Daphne
Violet
Nancy
Rosemary

Sebastian
Quentin
Arthur
Vincent

So old names seem to be coming back...

Same as @Warrickdaviesasplates but with Thea. Not sure if I'm just noticing it more because it's what we've chosen.

Agree that old man/lady names are coming back eg Dorothy and Wilfred.

Algernon
Kaiser
Atlas
Calliope and other assorted Greek names but not Penelope
Minnie
Agnes
Betty
Agatha
Frances/Francis

Kaiser? Means emperor in German! I've never seen it as a name

Round my way we went from the Ivy/Evie/Ava stage to suddenly every girl born being named Maisie, Marnie or Martha. So that’s my contribution - cutesy girls’ names.

@violetlavenders that was my reaction when I was told a relation of my DGD had called her new baby that ( sibling is Aria). I have since read of others called this. I tend to think that the young mums are not aware of the significance of the name.
I have always considered some of the names favoured in Edwardian and Victorian times such as Agatha as very ugly but some mnetters lax lyrical about them.

Anya, Susanna and Juliet get mentioned on here a lot too.

@Warrickdaviesasplates, it could be the same poster.

A while ago, there were a lot of threads about one name, and it was the same poster.

I was reading the other day that popular names for 2020 were

Oakley
Grayson
Hudson
Mason

Vile! This is so trendy right now; they will be so naff in 20 years time

And little girls names things like Luna, Aurora. I cringe when I hear these names being called

Kaiser - definitely a German Shepherd name. Let's all be on the look out for Max, King and Killer.

Eloises are starting to abound. Alanna (various spelling) was everywhere with people I know a few years ago, not mentioned much on here. Can't bear it as it's just Alan with a girly ending, and noone likes Alan.

*And little girls names things like Luna, Aurora. I cringe when I hear these names being called" Presumably part of the Sky(e) name trend. Hmm, Venus, Jupiteria, Comet...

Mason
Thea

Still a load of Grace/Rose middle names

Thea pronounced in a SE/London accent

Feee-arr

And her brother. Feee-oh

I like the name Alan.

I get the impression that we are moving through the Daphne, Nancy, Margot, Clara, Audrey, Sylvia era and into plainer traditional names starting with Susannah , Edith and Rosa and moving on to Sarah, Jane, Mary, Jean, Agnes etc with quite a scattering of welsh and Irish names still popular.

Thea

Nova
Aria
Wren

Hector
Aspen
Hunter

Thea seems to be everywhere.

Cordelia seems to be having a moment on here at least, not sure if that translates into the real world.

Other short names starting with consonants - Vida, Vega, Nola, Nova, Vaila, usually a v in there somewhere. These names feel like a reaction to the short vowel names Eve, Ivy, Ava, Ada etc - maybe the search for something different.

Not sure on boys.