names that are making a re appearance

[noddyholder]

What names have you noticed making a comeback? and do you think alan kevin and the like are about to be cool again?

[Greensleeves]

Queenie is sweet

My favourite old-fashioned name atm is Irene - I can't see it as an old ladie name, because to me it's the little girl in The Princess and the Goblin

also Archie to me is a lovely and evocative name, because it reminds me of the Secret Garden, when Archibald Craven's wife Lilian was calling him from her garden.

[Emprexia]

oh, and my cousins wife just had twins, and one of them she called Archie.

[Emprexia]

My boy is Tomas.

I've also see Christopher, Cameron, Olivia and Esther making a come back.

[vicsta]

How about Queenie? I love it

[bettythebuilder]

my friend had a rabbit called Colin. He used to attack the postman.

[pointydog]

colin was quite a popular scottish name so sure it will make a come bakc

[RosJ]

What about Cliff? I quite like Cliff. Maybe if I have another one...

[ScubaDuba]

I knew of a toddler called Douglas a year or so back. Also heard of John recently on another toddler.

Names ripe for revival:

Desmond
Cecil
Alfred
Michael
Wilbur

Brenda
Joyce
Doreen
Marion
Mary

[Sunshinemummy]

I know an Arthur, Elsie, Jim, two Archies and a Gloria.

[suedonim]

We want to name our next cat Keith. Or maybe Kevin.

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Hilary!

[kateri]

I like Colin too!

My baby twins are Mervyn and Stella, and we get asked about giving them "old people" names a bit.

But we think they're beautiful names, and they suit them. Even though most people hate the name Mervyn! But he's Merv for short, and if he hates it at school, he can be Vinnie/Vynnie which is normal enough.

...I have the beginnings of a soft spot for the name Nigel, but think that might be pushing it! :D

[nkf]

Ada is a lovely name. I like those - I think of them aas parlourmaid names. Florence and Daisy and so on.

I used to fantasise about calling girls those rather stern Protestant names like Prudence and Patience. I do know a Faith and a Hope and, even a Chastity though I wouldn't want to be her aged 18.

[Botbot]

One of dd's middle names is Pauline (named after my auntie who died the year before she was born). I reckon by the time she's a teenager, it'll be a cool name again.

[PortAndLemon]

England and Wales only officially list top 100 names each year, whereas US lists top 1000. This means it's not as obvious when a name is climbing up through the ranks in E&W, because it only registers on the official statistics once it's broken into the top 100.

Since 2005, Scotland produces a list of all names given to babies in Scotland each year, together with numbers (so for 2007 there were two Scottish boys named Kal-El, for example. And Scottish girls named Sister and Possum).

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2005

So you can at least get a feeling for the trend a name is following in Scotland.

[ElfOnTheTopShelf]

Oddly on that site I get no results on the England and Wales for the name but do for the US - how odd!

[PortAndLemon]

ElfOnTheTopShelf -- the Name Voyager only looks at the US. If you want to get a look at trends across England, Wales and Scotland as well look at Behind The Name.

merryberry -- that's (one reason) why we like it too.

[NorthernLurker]

That's a geeky but good namesake!

[merryberry]

We would have had Ada is dc2 was a girl. For Ada Lovelace, Byron's daughter, feminist, inventor of computer programming...geeks us? Oh yeah.

[lottiejenkins]

This thread is starting to remind me of the Joyce Grenfell Nursery Sketches with Sidney, Lavinia, George Elvis etc........ all those names are now back in vogue, i did one of these for a reading at christmas, the hamsters in the original were called Harold Wilson and Edward Heath so those names were subbed for Gordon Brown, and David Cameron.

[KnickersOnMaHead]

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[ElfOnTheTopShelf]

oooh, my daughters name is declining in popularity - I thought it was on the rise!

[UnderRated]

I know 2 young Colins and an Alan

[shaqpe]

also know an ellen, archie, rufus, connie, lavinia

[Sixer]

Far too much Horid Henry is on in your homes!

[southeastastra]

'At work we have a frank, willoughby, benedict, stanley, monty.. all under'

shaqpe