Girls names that won’t come back…..

[Rincoe]

Barbara
Gertrude
Muriel
Mildred
Majorie
Eileen
Geraldine

Agnes sounds like a great aunt!

I would have definitely included Daphne, except someone I know has recently called their poor wee mite this.

This was the name i wanted for our youngest, it would have suited her so well. But we're from a place where names ending with 'a' or 'y' sound bad. (According to my dh)

Hell yes, I'm 55, was 12 when COE was out, wtf is it going to mean to new parents past or present, most of whom will be at least 20 years younger than me! 🤷‍♀️

Some old names are objectively pretty (Florence, Constance, Mabel etc)

I wouldn't have called Mabel a pretty name. The rhyme with label/table, etc is too noticeable and it was certainly old-fashioned back when I was young. Yet it has made a comeback recently, so I'm guessing the names which were popular in my primary school days in the 50s (Susan, Sylvia, Kathleen, Linda, Judith, Ann) have a fair chance of coming back further down the line.

I know a wee poppy and I think Skye is still popular in Scotland.

I know a Gertrude.

There's also
Samantha
Jodie
Bessie
Roberta
Zoe
Trudy
Una
Fiona

I’m intrigued by your idea of people ‘jumping on the old lady bandwagon’. Can you explain a bit more about that?

Even worse than these, I knew of a Hamishina and an Angusina 😱

Alene
Freda

I wonder which place names will be popular in the future?

We've had Jordan, Chelsea, India, Dakota, Georgia, Brittany/Britney, Atlanta, Sienna etc.

It's not something that will go out of fashion completely because Florence Nightingale was named after the city nearly two hundred years ago.

My mam and one of her sisters were Ethel and Hilda.
I can't see those coming back.

Hilda

There is no reason any of these names can't come back. Names tend to cycle.

Eileen.

Well it’s a trend isn’t it? Old fashioned names have been back for a while. Stanley being an obvious boy choice. And lots of the girl names that have been mentioned here. I was an 80s baby and I don’t know a single woman my age called Florence but over the past 10 years it’s become incredibly popular. Like all trends people will try and push it by sticking with a theme (old fashioned names) but trying to be unique and picking an obscure name within the category.

I’ve just posted Eileen then read this. Take it back 😂

What about Chardonnay? 😄

See I love Daphne. I also think Joan is wonderful.

Isn’t there a three generation rule for how long it takes names to go through feeling boring, then old fashioned and then come back into common use?

I’m in my 50s and my grandmothers were Mabel and Agnes. There’s no way I would have used those names for my DDs but another generation on and I know quite a few friends with granddaughters with those names.

The Brewster family who sailed on the Mayflower had daughters, I think, called things like 'Fear' and 'Humility'. Very strange people Puritans.

I think most of these names will come round again. Some already have! Others will sound fresh to our children. I never thought Agnes would come back - I hate it - but it has.

I can't personally see Hortense, Mildred, Fanny, Eglantine coming back. Or Alexa until the gadget is defunct.

I actually love Gladys. I think because I hear Glad and think Happy.

Desta sounds quite cool.

Thank you for replying. That’s an interesting perspective ❤️