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Names in your class when you were at school

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lebopbop · 03/10/2025 23:54

Inspired by the ‘names in your kids class thread’ what were the names (or some of the names) in YOUR class as a child? Feel free to add the decade or let people guess :)

Mine:
Girls- Katie, Zoe, Holly, Natalie, Danielle, Lauren, Rebecca x2, Eleanor, Laura, Chloe, Bethany, Lydia, Kayleigh

Boys- Joshua x2, Samuel, Ryan, Daniel, David, Christopher x2, Luke, Reece, Liam, Andrew, Adam

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PurpleFlower1983 · 04/10/2025 08:15

Lisa, Sarah, Michelle, Laura, Rebecca, Stacey, Gemma, Charlotte, Donna, Matthew, Christopher, Russell, Simon, Daniel

child of the 80s 🤣

YelloDaisy · 04/10/2025 08:25

Glenda,Linda,Sheila, Dorothy, Helen, Rita, Gina
Ian, John,John,Brian, Jim, Gordon

Primary 50/60s

KelsCommemorativeSausage · 04/10/2025 08:30

Emma
Claire
Katie
Rachel
Kelly
Sarah
Lauren

Mark
Stephen
Daniel
Andrew
Gareth
Matthew
Ryan

My name is very unusual and I got mocked for it (by teachers and pupils!)

MannequinsArePeopleToo · 04/10/2025 08:33

Girls: Susan, Wendy, Nicola, Jane, Tina, Karen, Dawn, Maureen, Judith, Gillian.

Boys: John, Nicholas, Raymond, Peter, Christopher, Edward, Stephen, Graham.

Rocknrollstar · 04/10/2025 09:03

Linda, Janet, Christine (at least three of each in one class)
Sandra
Angela
Brenda (2)
Annette
Andrea
Rosalind
Gillian
Janice
Valerie

Rubyupbeat · 04/10/2025 09:15

I'm 61 names were
Gary, Andrew, Liam, Tony, Jason, Selwyn, Wesley, Martin, Graham, David,

Mary, Tracy, Sharon, Maria, Margaret, Joan, Elaine, Angela, Samantha, Helen, Paula, Ingrid, Susan

Obviously loads more, but my memory isn't that great.

HailtotheBop · 04/10/2025 09:22

1970s and 80s, comprehensive school in northern England.

Girls : Emma, Julie, Rachel, Tracey, Kelly, Sally, Marie, Maxine, Carla, Alison, Suzanne, Andrea, Karen, Melissa. Asian girls names were Abida, Farah, Naheed, Fatima, Madiha.

Boys : Richard, Daniel, Stephen, Nicholas, James, Andrew, Phillip, Alex, Mark, Lee, Christopher. Asian boys names were Mohammed, Shahan, Farrukh, Rashid, Hasan, Sohail.

Onefortheroad25 · 04/10/2025 09:41

Girls..
Yvonne, Margaret, Claire, Carol,Rachel
Boys..
Brian, Keith, David, Barry, Alan
Not naming them all just in case it’s a bit outing.
Anyone guess the decade??

BreadstickBurglar · 04/10/2025 09:42

Emma, Debbie, Vicky, Natalie, Mary, Jenna, Natalie, Maeve, Sophia.

Jimmy, Charlie, Mathew, Jonathan, Tristan, Christopher.

90s

Barneybagpuss · 04/10/2025 09:42

Lots of Joannes, lots of Paul’s 80’s

DocMcMuffin · 04/10/2025 09:45

Girls: Sarah (loads of them), Rachel, Joanna, Natalie, Amy, Vicky, Nicky, Katy.

Boys: James, Mark, Ben, Richard, Jonathan, David.

WoodenBoat80 · 04/10/2025 10:19

1980s early 90s
Girls - Joanne, Natalie, Sarah, Debbie, Rachel, Helena, Hannah, Lisa, Helena, Dawn.
Boys - Carlton, Wesley, Simon, David, Robert, William, Daniel, Gavin, John.

greengrit · 04/10/2025 10:23

Sarah, Kate, Vicky, Alison, Sally, Tanya, Vivette, April, Julie, sara, Sharon, Amy, Stephen, Marcus, Jamie, Robert, Richard, Justin, Paul, Geof, Stewart,

CanIbeRio · 04/10/2025 10:26

1970s/1980s - late 60s children

Rachel x 4!, Julie, Susan, Rebecca, Caroline, Deborah, Vanessa, Elspeth, Helen, Jennifer, Paula, Dawn, Tracey, Georgina, Sharon, Michelle, Melanie, Joanna, Ann, Joanne, Anna, Christine, Sara

Colin, Trevor, Sean, Adrian, Neil, Andrew, Gordon, Michael, Daryll, Timothy, Keith, Mark, Terence, Christopher, Brian, Robin, Robert, David, John, Peter

SullysBabyMama · 04/10/2025 10:26

Amie, Kimberley, Chrissie, Christina, Laura,

Stephen, Damon, Dean

Twoshoesnewshoes · 04/10/2025 10:26

First year of secondary school, so 1987 ish

Karen Karen Nicola Kim Suzanne Donna Rebecca belle sarah Tegan (random)

Russell Luke Ian Darren Paul Paul Matt Matt mark

MyAcornWood · 04/10/2025 10:27

I feel like you could well be a very similar age to me op, perhaps very slightly older. I’m 31 and that’s a very familiar list!!

I will try and remember some of the most common ones;
Kayleigh/Kaylie/Kayley
Alice
Gemma
Sophie
Lauren
Laura
Chloe

Josh
Jack
Ben
Matt
Tom
Dan
Adam
Sam

TigerRag · 04/10/2025 10:31

ArtesianWater · 04/10/2025 02:52

And yes, why was everyone's middle name Louise??

I felt very left out at school - everyones middle name was either Louise or Marie. I have my great grandmother's first name as my middle name

(There's nothing wrong with the name; it was more having something different!)

Girls - Gemma, Amy, Nicola / Nicole, Rebecca, Amanda, Natalie, Victoria, Danielle

Boys - Adam, Nicholas, Michael, Karl / Carl, Samuel, Jacob, Calum, Richard, Ryan, Daniel

cjs99x · 04/10/2025 10:34

Girls: Chloe, Abbie, Ellie, Isobel, Alice, Zoe, Maisie, Lucy
Boys: Harvey, Ryan, Will, Sam, Bradley, Alex, Connor

Can anyone guess what decade I was born in? 😅

Uricon2 · 04/10/2025 10:34

Infant/Primary school, High was single sex

Paul, Dean, Darren, Mark, Simon, Gareth, Colin, Stuart, Philip

Sharon, Tracey (both in quantity), Debbie, Joanne, Lianne, Pauline, Christine

Glaringly obvious which decade isn't it really 😂

Deerfolk · 04/10/2025 10:36

Girls— Stacie, Jodie, Elizabeth, Leah, Amy, Kirsty, Chloe

Boy— Jake, Josh, Luke, David, Michael, Toby

Deerfolk · 04/10/2025 10:37

Uricon2 · 04/10/2025 10:34

Infant/Primary school, High was single sex

Paul, Dean, Darren, Mark, Simon, Gareth, Colin, Stuart, Philip

Sharon, Tracey (both in quantity), Debbie, Joanne, Lianne, Pauline, Christine

Glaringly obvious which decade isn't it really 😂

70’s?

Deerfolk · 04/10/2025 10:37

cjs99x · 04/10/2025 10:34

Girls: Chloe, Abbie, Ellie, Isobel, Alice, Zoe, Maisie, Lucy
Boys: Harvey, Ryan, Will, Sam, Bradley, Alex, Connor

Can anyone guess what decade I was born in? 😅

90’s

Uricon2 · 04/10/2025 10:38

Deerfolk · 04/10/2025 10:37

70’s?

All born early 60's so yes!

Pippapoppalov · 04/10/2025 10:40

Elizabeth, Alice, Suzanne, Louisa, Christine, Sarah x 2, Katie x2, Bernadette, Fay, Katherine, Helena, Nicola, Jane-Marie, Lucy, Jane, Yvonne, Sharon, Karen, Leah, Margaret.

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