Girls names that won’t come back…..

[Rincoe]

Barbara
Gertrude
Muriel
Mildred
Majorie
Eileen
Geraldine

I know a lovely 6 year old called Doris

Maureen
Sharon
Janice
Pauline

Maud
Lettice
Marjorie
Cynthia

Edna

Maureen , why not? Beryl also, it's a precious stone after all.

Eunice I dislike, but if Ethel can come back, why not Eunice?

I know a young girl Eileen! I think names have fashions. In 50 years, all the Amelia’s and Olivia’s and all that will be grandma names and people will want something that sounds different.

Mavis. This was my Mum’s name ( born 1923) . Even she didn’t like it.

I like Mavis! It's a shame she had a name she didn't like, though.

Plenty of names listed here I can absolutely see making a comeback as they aren't fundamentally ugly sounding names eg:

Hilda
Julia
Sybil
Dulcie
Agnes

I think the ones that won't come back were the ones that got quite a 'common' association and aren't going to be seen as 'classy' now.

Other than that names go in cycles I would never have thought in my teenage years that my peers would have been wild keen on names like Ava, Margot, Beatrice, Alfie, Hugh and Wilfred!

Yet absolutely these names regained popularity. Who knows what future generations will think!

My friend’s sister is Walburga, which is just as bad.

I found a Dulcibella in my family tree. That will be my next cat.

Mildred might come back but it would be badged as Millie

It was on my list 😊

Have names in the past recovered from being seen as common, though? It's probably sometimes possible.

Apparently the Queen vetoed the name Annabel for Beatrice as she saw it as 'yuppie'. Was this just her, or common in the 80s? It seems a lovely name to me.

As a teacher I have come across over half of these names 😅

My vote is Jacqueline

Think I've mentioned this before- my great aunt was called Nova Scotia because she was born on the SS Nova Scotia in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

Sonya, why? Seems lovely to me & it's still popular in Slavic communities.

I like Barbara and Geraldine isn't bad.
Ethel will not return, I think.

Yvonne Pauline Karen Elaine Julie Mavis Hilda Jane

I reckon Karen will be "reclaimed" at some point

Gaynor, Hayley, Tina, Beverley, Nigel, Neil, Ian, Graham, Deanna, Derek, Leslie/ey, Lindsay, Michelle, Darren, Paula,

Birdie
Bessie
Melvina
Minerva
Delmar

Actually these all seem Agnes adjacent so maybe they could come back 🤷

Anita, Dawn and Donna I can see coming back, also Karen. Also maybe Andrew, Paul, Richard and Stephen

I bumped into someone I knew recently Caroline. My children thought it was such an unusual name, never heard it before and thought it was really cool.
From that can see how the names cycle goes around

stacey
tracie
lacey
kayleigh
susan

I know a 3 year old Peggy