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Your Most Over/Underrated Names

20 replies

BeaKind · 05/03/2023 13:36

Interested to know peoples opinions on overrated and underrated names. Mine are:

Boys
Underrated - Alistair
Overrated - Oliver

Girls
Underrated - Jade
Overrated - Lily

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Reddahlias · 05/03/2023 13:48

Do you mean overused and underused?

Overused: Theo, Oliver, Jack, Olivia, Eva, Ellie, Lily,

Underused: Conrad, Quentin, Magnus, Clara, Nora,

user1492757084 · 05/03/2023 14:02

O.R. BOYS
Aidan, Jaydan, Noah, Jake
O.R. GIRLS
Lily, Violet, Ava, Cora

OliviaFlaversham · 05/03/2023 14:03

I really love names others comment are boring but personally am not keen on girl names ending in ee/y/ie.

Underused for me: Ellen, Anna, Nicholas, Jonathon

PottedSprout · 05/03/2023 14:51

I think John is very underused now.

35andThriving · 05/03/2023 21:06

Ellen
Louisa
Martha
Catherine
Amy
Julia
Elsa
Selina
Dorothy
Connie
Leah
Adelaide
Lillian
Mariah
Jemima
Josephine
Victoria
Gwendoline
Keziah
Angelina
Abigail

All currently outside the top 100, in England and Wales.

Mumofgirls2017 · 05/03/2023 22:05

overrated: Noah, amelia
underrated: John, Juliet

35andThriving · 05/03/2023 22:07

John
Leon
Edgar
Reginald
Hugh
Patrick
Andrew
Wilfred
Jonathan
Victor
Maurice
Howard
Lionel
Douglas
Timothy
Clifford
Gerald
Vincent
Jeremiah
Solomon
Simon
Montague
Raymond
Ivor
Alan
Vernon
Lance
Ronald
Guy
Miles
Malcolm

All currently outside the top 100, in England and Wales.

BeaKind · 06/03/2023 08:08

Johnathan seems to be a favourite underrated.

@Reddahlias kind of. Names that are say top 100 but you feel like they shouldn’t be. I also really like Conrad! I never hear of any!

@Mumofgirls2017 oh Juliet I love too. Such a pretty name.

Have to agree with you @OliviaFlaversham about the ee/ie ending names not to my taste either.

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Kranke · 06/03/2023 08:51

I love Peter. Rarely used anymore.

BeaKind · 06/03/2023 14:02

Peter’s actually lovely @Kranke surprised it’s not more popular with Peter rabbit.

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Namechange828492 · 06/03/2023 14:04

I can't believe Wilfred is not too 100, I know 4 lol

Heckythump1 · 06/03/2023 14:11

I think Theo is probably the most boring and overused boys name.
An I can't stand Aria/Arya, completely over used where I am, millions of them and usually hyphenated with Rose/May/Mae/Mai etc
Oh and Elsie and other old lady names, completely over used!

I think Toby is really underated, I only know of 1 and I think it's an amazing name!

ourflagmeansdeath · 06/03/2023 21:27

Underrated - Ariadne, Heidi, Isolde and Lyra

Overrated would probably be something like Ellie or Jack or something.

KatPatPat · 06/03/2023 21:52

Underrated boys Gareth, Philip, Solomon
Girls Alexa (sadly) Julianna, Vera

Seashor · 06/03/2023 22:36

Over rated - Mason, Kayden, Jayden, Alfie, Archie, Stanley.

Ava, Ayla, Elsie, Evie.

Under rated-
Robert, Jonathan , Paul, Dominic, Michael

Anna, Sarah, Helen, Eleanor

marblemad · 08/03/2023 23:00

Not necessarily all overrated but definitely names I can't stand for various reason:
Hazel
Heather
Lily
Olivia
Megan
Nicole
Shannon
Amy
Any variation of kiera
Chelsea
Kate
Sasha
Any variation of courtney
Any variation of isabel
Gemma
Sophie
Ellie

Jack
Jamie
Daniel
Sean
Owen
Jonathan
Kieran
William
Leiws

mellybumps · 09/03/2023 18:58

Over used: Olivia, isla, evie maya,

Sam, kai, kayden, Jayden

Underused: Jasmine....I can't think of any more 🤣

WaxingGibbon · 09/03/2023 19:07

Overused: Isabelle, Freya, Olivia, and agree with pp all the done to death old lady names

Under rated: Xanthe, Catherine

Ohyouareawful · 09/03/2023 19:28

Boys
Overrated: Oscar, Arlo, Atticus and Milo

Underrated: Anthony, Victor, Mark and Nicholas

Girls:
Overrated: Luna, Mia, Mila and Ivy.

Underrated: Catherine, Anna, Maria, Celeste.

35andThriving · 09/03/2023 22:36

Natasha is underused at the moment.

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