Grace, Olivia, Isabella - How many do you know?

[Freddie456]

How many little ones (under 5 or so) do you know called Grace, Olivia or Isabella?

I know they are all very popular names but I haven’t come across any in my DS’ nursery/nct/music classes. DS is 1.5 yo.

My dc's are at secondary school and loads of their friends have these names.

Under 5s? Olivia - 1. Grace - 0 and Isabella - 1

I only know people in their 20s called these names - all aged around 23 to 26.

Zero

Lots - they are the equivalent of calling your child Sarah Rachel or Claire in the 70s. Now so dull they have lost all appeal sorry.

There are lots of nice names that aren’t overused - off top of head Zoe Miranda Susannah sound refreshing in a sea of Graces and Isabel’s. .

Every other child here has one of those names

None under 5.
I know at least 10 teenagers with these names.

@MsTSwift

Lots - they are the equivalent of calling your child Sarah Rachel or Claire in the 70s. Now so dull they have lost all appeal sorry.

There are lots of nice names that aren’t overused - off top of head Zoe Miranda Susannah sound refreshing in a sea of Graces and Isabel’s. .

I’ve always detested the name Susannah. So frumpy!

Under 5
2 grace
2 olivia
1 isabella
Teenagers on the hand
3 grace
1 olivia
4 isabella

I also like Mabel but DH isn’t keen.

Olivia-6
Grace-1
Isabella-4

Lots.

It's not how many there are in your DCs nursery - there will be several of them through school, university and in the workplace.

Olivia has been in the top 5 most used names for 18 years.

Grace peaked in 2005 but is overused as a middle name.

Isabella is another name that has peaked but is still the 8th most popular name, and Isabel/le is also popular

They are all pretty names but so overused

Fair enough but better frumpy than wall paper! Honestly have 2 dds and half their friends have those names and the weekly school news letter littered with them. Had a popular name myself didn’t want that for mine. If it doesn’t bother you it’s fine I guess.

It’s school I would worry about, would hate my kids to be called Grace S or Olivia M or whatever all through school. I always think how annoying that must be

1 Grace under 5.

2 Olivia, 0 Grace & 2 Isabella between 5 - 10.

Lots of Isobel's!

red yep, my name is so common I'm still "Meglet X" at work. Common names are a pain.

At one point a third of the girls in dds class were named a variant of the name Eve. It got terribly confusing. Very odd that people flock to the same few names.

DD is 4 and has multiple classmates with variations of Isabelle/a, Ella, Annabel etc. We only know one Olivia and one Grace though

@megletthesecond

red yep, my name is so common I'm still "Meglet X" at work. Common names are a pain.

I'm with you, I have the most common name for women my age. DD has a well known but not common name because of that

In my dc class (5-6 yo)
2x isabella
2x olivia
1x grace

Feckin loads, especially Olivias and Isabellas.

They were popular and quite fresh names when my mid 20 somethings were born.

Every girl has Grace/rose/May as a middle name. I'm a reception teacher and let's just say Olivia and Isabella have to always be known in class with their second initial.

Mabel is lovely, and far less used (although I know a couple of dogs called Mabel....maybe that doesn't help, sorry!)

I know:
2 Olivias (NN Livvy and Via)
3 Isabella's (NN Izzy x2, Bella)
0 Graces

I love Mabel though and of the 4 it's the one I would pick.