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What names would you expect a man in his early to mid 40s to have?

135 replies

Randombabynamequestion · 21/11/2022 13:41

Odd question I know but this stems from a discussion/debate I'm having with a friend.

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JaninaDuszejko · 21/11/2022 13:42

At work they are all called Jonathan.

IggyAce · 21/11/2022 13:43

Paul, Nick, James and Matthew.

NCFT0922 · 21/11/2022 13:43

James
Greg
John / Jon
Steve / Steven / Stephen

WorkForMums · 21/11/2022 13:45

Mark, Simon, David, Andrew, John, James, Nick, Ben...

IHeartGeneHunt · 21/11/2022 13:47

David, Tom, Ben, Andrew, Gareth, Darren, Sam, Paul, Stephen, Mark, Daniel

EL8888 · 21/11/2022 13:48

Matt / Matthew
Chris / Christopher
Michael
Andrew
Steve / Stephen

OnLockdown · 21/11/2022 13:49

Paul, John, Michael, Dave, Andy, Mark, Stephen,Pete, Neil, Phil.

Theoldwoman · 21/11/2022 13:50

Rex
Dean
Martin
Nic
Evan
Lance
Philip
Trent
Blair
Michael
Rowan

Eleusa · 21/11/2022 13:50

Most of them are called Ben, I think.

EmmaGrundyForPM · 21/11/2022 13:51

Mark
Tom
Nick
Matthew
David
Steve

ImHavingAnOldFriendForDinner · 21/11/2022 13:52

Simon, Dave/David, John, Nick, Stuart/Stu, Lee, Mark, Chris.

Randombabynamequestion · 21/11/2022 13:52

Thanks all. It's helpful.

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Rayna37 · 21/11/2022 13:54

Craig and Richard definitely missing off the mostly excellent lists so far.

AntlerRose · 21/11/2022 13:55

David, Chris, Andrew, Nick, Richard, Lee, Mark

CassandraBarrett · 21/11/2022 13:58

Has nobody said Kevin?
Also Gary. Mark, John, Paul, Stephen, Barry,

Fluffluff · 21/11/2022 13:58

Ross
Robert
Derek
Craig
Jamie
David
Ewan
Gordon
James
Blair
John
Stephen

SallyWD · 21/11/2022 14:00

That's around my age. There were a lot of boys at school called:
Mark
Matthew
Chris
David
Oliver
Simon
Ben
Dominic
Stephen
Stuart
Daniel
Jonathan
Gregory
James
Paul
Scott
Sean
Andrew
Gary

Espritdescalier · 21/11/2022 14:01

Ed is definitely missing from the lists so far too. Loads of Eds in their 40s.

CraigDavid · 21/11/2022 14:04

Loads of Tom, Ben and Dan!

PAFMO · 21/11/2022 14:05

Ben, Dan, Scott, Alex.

Most of the others mentioned already were in my class at school and uni. I'm 57.

4yearsandwaiting · 21/11/2022 14:10

Matthew, Christopher, Andrew, Richard, Luke, Ben, Johnathan, David and Nicholas were very common names in my year group (I'm early 40s).

Twizbe · 21/11/2022 14:10

Richard. Very popular is the early 80s

antipodeancanary · 21/11/2022 14:20

These are the ones I know, Stuart, mark, Chris, Tim, Glenn, Daryl, Richard

MissHavishamsMouldyOldCake · 21/11/2022 14:21

They're either called James or Paul.

LubaLuca · 21/11/2022 14:24

I can't see it on anytime else's list, but Gareth is a very common name for men of that age.