Here's a vintage name that I haven't seen used yet.

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Thelma.

What do you think? It's definitely original these days. Not sure it's shaken off the cobwebs yet though!

I love Joseph for a boy and Josephine, for a girl but they've stood the test of time! Not that controversial

When will we re-embrace Kevin? Another name that's lovely on the sound of it. Maybe new mums will take to it.

I think Matthew is quite boring and old fashioned but it's not gone away.

I haven't even got over names like William coming back yet this latest wave needs damming.

I pushed so hard for Gertie - Drew Barrymore in 'E.T.' is one of my favourite child roles ever. Didn't get anyone else on board, but I have an Augusta instead, which I'm chuffed about.

Myrtle or Agnes are rare gems too. 😍

I reckon Tracy must have started to get popular after Grace Kelly's character in High Society which would have been made in the late 50s. And then it would have climbed steadily for the next decade or so. I'm sure she made the name seem fresh and beautiful!

It was probably a lot of dads into Thunderbirds in the 60s 😂

Horrible sound. It makes me think of phlegm.

@peering2021 DGD is a Jennifer

My DAs include Gladys, Nora, Rose, Lillian, Shirley, Joyce, Nancy & June.

DS goes to school with a Rodney, you don’t meet many of those these says.

I teach one. She's 13

I quite like it, probably because I loved the movie!

@StarryStarrySocks

I see your Thelma and I raise you Beryl. Doubt that will ever make a comeback either!

I love Thelma! And Beryl! (I work with old people and it only makes those names more special!) But Thelma is so sweet for a baby!

@Luddite26

I haven't even got over names like William coming back yet this latest wave needs damming.

Coming back? Never out of the top 100 in centuries!

I like Thelma.

I know of children called Thora, Ida, Mabel, Pearl, Esther, Ivy, …so I can absolutely see Thelma coming back.

I also think Vera is a great name. I wonder if the ‘een’ granny names will come back? Doreen, Maureen, Irene.

Baby Bev made me laugh, though

Years ago I knew a youthful and very pretty Mavis. I daresay that now she's in her mid-fifties, it sounds a little less jarring. It still is, though. I think you had to be called Sarah, Jane, Linda or Rachel to get a school place when I was a child. Or Karen, of course. Not Mavis.
Anyone for Phyllis?

@DahliaMacNamara possible, but only because of the wonderful Nurse Phyllis Crane!

Is Ethel cool again yet?

Lily Allen's girls are called Marnie and Ethel, both have that 'old skool' vibe which is very sweet.

William was definitely not used in the 70s the only ones we knew were old great uncles. First young William i met was born in 1986 and it was oh my God how could they.

DahliaMacNamara i knew a Mavis in 1989 she was 19 it stuck out so much.

@Luddite26

William was definitely not used in the 70s the only ones we knew were old great uncles. First young William i met was born in 1986 and it was oh my God how could they.

DahliaMacNamara i knew a Mavis in 1989 she was 19 it stuck out so much.

My Cousin is William, born 1973.

Ok HHSchultz i give up i alone have always seen it as an old mans name !😂

My mum was Phyllis and her siblings called her Phyl which was cool.

I actually really like Thelma

It was my grandma name, and my cousin has called his 2 year old after her.

I love it. Go for it!

My grandmother was Phyllis and her sister Winifred.

Ds name has been mentioned on this thread.

If he has been a girl we had Alma and Rita on our list.