It's always fun to speculate which are the baby name choices of tomorrow- and what names will start to fade.
My forecasts include the following.
Strong gothic and medieval boys names will be popular. Following Edwards' revival look out for Edmund, Edwin, Godwin, Edgar, Hugo and Otto.
The popularity of Old testament names like Noah and Jacob will spread wider- look out for more Elijah's, Ezekial, Reuben, Malachi, Jonah, Jude and Barnabas.
Some mid century giants will come back into favour. I would be watching for Peter, David, Jonathan and Simon to start reappearing.
For girls I think that pretty feminine names will still thrive- I'd be looking for classic names like Cecelia, Celia, Celeste, Cecile, Cecily along with Della and Delia.
Twenties flapper names- or Malory Towers school girls are already back in vogue- Penelope, Audrey, Daphne, Pamela, Dorothy, Sybil, Sylvie, Marguerite, Betty.
Scandi chic might push Astrid, Greta, Ingrid or Soren onto UK parents list.
Finally I'm sure that new and classic none binary options will be popular. I love Jesse, Lark, Avery, Bright.
Anyone else want to play?
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Hobbesmanc · 02/08/2022 14:40
TempsPerdu · 03/08/2022 22:24
Agree that people are likely to favour stronger, more ‘solid-sounding’ names, rather than the currently trendy cutesy and vowel-heavy ones - especially for girls.
Also agree that mid-century, ‘Enid Blyton-style’ names are likely to come back into fashion next - many of these also happen to fit the above ‘strong, sensible’ trend.
Nature and modern virtue names are likely to continue to be popular - but increasingly branching out from flower and plant names to incorporate more unusual choices and geography/astronomy-related names (I’m thinking things along the lines of Prairie, Haven, Pax and Orion)
Gender neutral names are also likely to increase in popularity.
pigeonstreet123 · 03/08/2022 09:14
Hugo is huge already
Have recently heard of a baby Otto which seems utterly pretentious to me
FayCarew · 03/08/2022 10:52
Lots of Reubens, Zacharys, Raphaels and Ezekiels around here already. Jesse is a biblical name (he was David's father) and not unisex.
Vowelly names will fall out of favour.
Mumofgirls2017 · 03/08/2022 08:39
i think names due revival: Ernest, Walter, Leonard, Herbert, Orson; Dorothy, Ida, Winnie, hazel, nora, enid, esther, etta
frilly names for girls clementine, Aurelia, Seraphina, marigold, primrose, Rosalie, evangeline
nature/ place names river, forest, Caspian, Vienna, flora, clover, juniper, Daphne
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