Girls names that won’t come back…..

[Rincoe]

Barbara
Gertrude
Muriel
Mildred
Majorie
Eileen
Geraldine

I think Susan is lovely but they inevitably become Sue.

My neighbours 6 year old daughter is called Sheila Isobel. Shes as cute as a button and her name really suits her 😍

Boudica (Boadicea if you must)
Æthelflæd
Sappho
Hatshepsut
Ælfthryth
Cartimandua

Funny how Cleopatra and Eleanor (of Aquitaine) did last.

Maureen
Paula/Pauline
Hilary
Ann/Anne

Just remembered, years ago I looked after an elderly lady called Resolution !!.

Edna.

Daphne is lovely. Do not pity the poor wee mite.

Fanny

I feel bad for Maud in this family, it seems like she got the Ugly Sister name (unless she was French, where the accent makes Maud sound softer and more sophisticated).

I think Geraldine could make a come back. Gerry.

For boys: Gordon, Brian, Kevin
For girls: Edna, Thelma, Sue

From earlier suggestions I know a little Lettice and several primary aged girls called Agnes and Maggie.

Prudence
Constance
Mercy
Hope
Charity
Faith
Peace
Patience
Courage

All used as names.

If there is a 100-year-rule we should be up to the 1920s by now. Most popular girls' names apparently were Margaret, Mary, Joan, Joyce, Dorothy, Kathleen, Doris, Eileen and Elizabeth. Gwendolene, Monica and Josephine, which I think are magnificent names, were also popular. Thelma also features but I've never met one under the age of about 80.

Not the long names but there are plenty of little Cleos and Ellies around.

Ive got a baby Rita in my circle.

Definitely Karen!!
Sharon is another one.
Patricia.
Gladys.

I love Eileen and Geraldine

These lightweights calling their dds just "Ethel". Pah, give me Ethelburga, Ethelgiva, Ethelfleda, Ethelred etc. Let's bring back some hardcore Anglo-Saxon names! 👍😅

David Mitchell and Victoria Coren’s daughter is Barbara

I know a Rita and two Geraldine’s (all under 6!) so I don’t think those are has beens tbh.
i also think Eileen is not so out of date.. I could see that coming back

My Dads auntie was Tryphena. Auntie Fenna! There are a couple more down the family tree, as well as Trefillis!

Didn't Christine Lampard call her daughter Patricia? I actually love it, and kudos to her for not choosing some bizarre or outlandish name like so many celebrities. Her son is called Frederick I think.

Angela
Maud
Freda
Nora

Maud
Mavis
Gloria
Doreen
Christine
Hilda
Edna
Gertrude
Phylis
Margory
Myrtle

Karen must definitely be on the list