Girls names that won’t come back…..

[Rincoe]

Barbara
Gertrude
Muriel
Mildred
Majorie
Eileen
Geraldine

My GGM was Hildegaard. Apart from Mildred and Gertrude, I know a few people with the other names, though I live abroad. Maybe Muriel sounds more exotic with a french accent.

Gladys

deidre

Karen

Gladys

Doris
Joan
Sheila
Agnes
Bernice

Peggy

I can see Barbara making a comeback though.

Doreen

I think Peggy will cone back in

Maybe Beryl or Cilla

Ermintrude

Myra

It’s a huge shame that the name Karen has been used for the ridiculous American slang term.

Norma

Hortense and Phyllis are two I can’t imagine having a resurgence.

I know a baby Joan and a baby Agnes! 😅

Plenty of young Barbaras about

Dorcas

Ethel

Gayle
Dawn
Pauline
Maureen
Doreen
Shiela
Sharon

David Mitchell and Victoria Coren have a Barbara.
Can't see Ethel coming back.

I love most of these names! When you distance yourself from the connotations and baggage, most of them are objectively really nice.

I know a baby Agnes

I know a 3 yo Agnes (it really suits her) and a 2 yo Julie May.

I think Joan and Agnes will be making a comeback soon.
A return to spare simplicity feels chic after all the frilliness we've had.

I think Hilda will also come back.

Muriel and Deirdre will take longer to ever make a comeback. They have a lot of baggage to lose. They feel depressing rather than chic.

Gemma